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Great and important topic and great replies! Hope to hear some more opinions from those reading this...

Written by Ed Rush, Chief of the Hartsdale Fire District. Local departments are discussed in the article, and this is something I've always wondered about myself, and I agree with the points in this article. Thanks to snotty for the heads up on this piece. FULL ARTICLE: http://www.iafc.org/onScene/article.cfm?ItemNumber=8777

Great and important topic and replies! Hope to hear some more opinions from those reading this...

And EMTBravo Incident Alerts readers are in the know.......here's what happened in the past month in Westchester County Scarsdale - Large Propane Leak 12-15-15 Yonkers - Barricaded Subjects/SWAT 12-14-15 Brewster- Barricaded Subject/Shots Fired 12-14-15 Continental Village - MVA w/ Overturned Truck and Pin 12-14-15 Irvington - Major MVA with Multiple Pins 12-14-15 Katonah - Serious Fatal MVA 12-13-15 Briarcliff - Working Fire 12-12-15 Hawthorne - MVA w/ Pin & Motorcyle Down 12-12-15 Hartsdale - High Call Volume/Gas Main Rupture 12-12-15 Mount Vernon - Working Fire 12-12-15 Ossining - Working Fire 12-11-15 Millwood - Large Fuel Spill 12-11-15 Port Chester - Working Fire 12-10-15 New Rochelle - Pedestrian Struck w/ Pin 12-10-15 Yonkers - Working Fire 12-6-15 Yonkers - Working Fire 12-5-15 New Rochelle - MVA w/ Pin 12-3-15 New Rochelle - Working Fire 12-3-15 Yonkers - Working Fire 12-1-15 Hartsdale - Working Fire 11-30-15 (UPDATED) Rye - Working Fire 11-27-15 North Salem - Working Fire 11-26-15 Ossining - Working Fire w/ Mayday 11-25-15 Yorktown - Working Fire 11-24-15 Yonkers-Fatal MVA w/ Pin(s) 11-23-15 Rye Brook - Fatal CO Incident 11-23-15 Katonah - Working Fire 11-20-15 North Salem - Missing Plane Search 11-19-15 (Delayed) Pound Ridge - Working Fire 11-19-15 Yonkers - Working Fire 11-18-15 Greenburgh - MVA w/ Fire & Pin 11-16-15 Yonkers - Fatal MVA w/ Extrication 11-15-15 White Plains - Fatal Working Fire w/ Rescues 11-14-15

It went to Montserrat, an island in the Caribbean. A volcano there erupted in July of 1997, and many AFD members saw it on the news running calls.

Date: 12-15-15 Time: 09:36hrs Location: 136 Saxon Woods Rd at the construction site, C/S Boulder Brook Rd & Mamaroneck Rd District: Scarsdale Battalion: 19 Channel: Fire 19 Weather: 55F, clear Units: (See unit rundown below updates) Writer: x635 Description: Dispatched as a 100 gallon propane tank leak at a construction site. 09:44 Car 2432 reporting 100 gallon propane tank on its side with active leak, requesting 1 Engine & 1 Ladder relocate to Scarsdale HQ 09:48 Car 2432 advising adjacent Saxon Woods Park and Golf Course being closed and evacuated, as well as specific residences and offices nearby. 09:50 Greenville Ladder 4 cancelled enroute on the relocate, Scarsdale FD has Tower Ladder 29 manned in house 10:32 Car 2432 reporting 2 lines stretched and operating, situation is contained at this time, awaiting Yonkers Haz-Mat 10:42 Yonkers Battalion 2 reporting all Yonkers units are on scene, operating 10:55 Car 2432 requesting propane company send a truck with a technician for tank recovery 11:58 Car 2432 reporting situation is mitigated, golf course in process of being reopened 12:21 Car 2432 reporting Yonkers Haz Mat Task Force has been released 12:35 Car 2432 advising White Plains Engine 66 is released from the relocate, Scarsdale Engine 54 will be available from the scene if needed 12:50 Car 2432 advising Ladder 28 available from the scene if needed Units: Scarsdale FD Engine 54, Engine 55, Engine 57, Ladder 28, Tower Ladder 29 (Manned in quarters), Car 2432 (I/C), Car 2431 White Plains FD Engine 66 (Relocate Scarsdale) Yonkers FD HazMat Task Force, with Yonkers Haz-Mat 1, Haz-Mat Support Unit, Rescue 1, Battalion 2 Greenville FD Ladder 4 (Relocate, cancelled enroute, Scarsdale has a ladder manned in house) Scarsdale PD Car 1, Car 5, Car 7 WCPD WCDES Battalion 19 **Please PM me with any updates or corrections**

Date: 12-14-15 Time: 20:40hrs Location: 290 Woodworth Ave C/S Point St & Glenwood Ave District: Yonkers Units: Yonkers PD, ESU, SWAT, K-9,Hostage Negotiator, Empress EMS Description: Barricaded subjects. Possibly armed. SWAT resources assembling. 21:08 2 subjects surrendered, are wanted for recent armed robbery 21:10 ESU and K9 units searching for weapons. Still active crime scene. **Please PM me with any updates or corrections**

Ardsley, NY Engine 242 "Old Betsy" 1928 Seagrave Photo taken just prior to departing for a complete restoration by P Fahl's Mack & Antique Truck Restoration in Bethlehem, CT Very fond memories with this truck and it's caretaker, the late Ex-Chief Ted Knoesel

Date: 12-14-15 Time: 12:14hrs Location: Nichols Rd & Peach Lake Rd District: Brewster Units: Putnam County Sherriff, NYSP, regional SWAT resources, Brewster Ambulance 11-7-1, Transcare Medic 4 & 5 (EMS Standby Precautionary) Writer: x635 Description: At 1215hrs, male made a 911 call stating he was suicidal and intended to harm officers. Officers arrived to shots being fired from inside the house to the exterior, subject presumably inside still firing. Area residents being ordered to shelter in place or evacuated. Reverse 911 in use. Perimeter being secured. SWAT resources responding. Brewster FD EMS and Medic 4 & 5 being staged in area. 18:00hrs Multi-agency coordinated effort still operating 21:19hrs Subject still barricaded at this time. xx:xxhrs SWAT team robot able to make entry into the house, subject committed suicide (12-15-15) 00:30 Roadways in area being reopened, unknown outcome at this time **Please PM me with updates or corrections**

Date: 12-14-14 Time: 09:07hrs Location: Bear Mountain Bridge Road (Goat Trail) in the area of the overlook District: Continental Village FD/Peekskill EMS Units: (See below) Writers: x635, INIT915 Description: Dump truck overturned, driver pinned Notes: 1 patient ALS to Westchester Medical Center, 1 patient BLS to Hudson Valley Hospital Units: Continental Village FD Engine 231, Rescue 39, Car 2135 Peekskill EMS 75-B-1, 75-B-2, 75-12 (EMS I/C) Cortlandt Paramedics 39-M-1, Medic Supervisor Garrison FD Engine 15-2-1, Rescue 15-6-1 WCDES Battalion 17 WCPD Patrol Unit Putnam Sheriff Patrol Unit NYSP Patrol Unit, BCI, Commercial Vehicle Enforcement **Please PM me with any updates or corrections**

Date: 12-14-15 Time: 09:07 Location: South Broadway & Dows Lane District: Irvington Battalion: 14 Channel: Fire 14 Weather: 52F, overcast Units: (See unit listing below rundown) Writer: x635 Description: MVA with multiple injuries and multiple pins 09:10 Car 2203 on scene, one car down an embankment into a tree major damage, one car on roadway also with major damage, subjects in both vehicles pinned, requesting 2 mutual aid ambulances in addition to Irvington VAC. 09:12 Car 2201 requesting Dobbs Ferry FD for extrication assistance, they will be needing multiple tools 09:42 Car 2203 advising all occupants have been extricated and are in care of EMS, Irvington FD units continuing to mitigate hazards, Dobbs Ferry FD will be taking up shortly Units: Irvington FD Engine 177, Rescue 49, Car 2201 (I/C), Car 2202, Car 2203 Dobbs Ferry FD Engine 48, Utility 24, Car 2092, Irvington VAC 64-B-1, 64-B-2 Tarrytown VAC 81-B-1 Dobbs Ferry VAC 56-B-2 Greenburgh EMS 75 (ALS Flycar), 79 (ALS Ambulance) Irvington PD WCDES Battalion 14 **Please PM me with any updates or corrections**

Date: 12-13-15 Time: 06:01hrs Location: I-684 MM16.8 Southbound at the Bedford Hills/Katonah line (IAO Harris Rd) (Between Exit 5 & Exit 6) District: Bedford Hills Weather: 40F, clear Units: Bedford Hills Engine 199, Rescue 10, Mini-Attack 9, Utility 6 Car 2031 (IC #2), Car 2033, Katonah FD Engine 115, Rescue 17, Utility 8, Car 2211 (IC #1) KBHVAC 65-B-3, WEMS 45-M-2, Bedford Police Car 39 (Traffic Assist), Westchester County Police Airport Car (Traffic Assist) NYSP 3K21, Accident Investigation Team Writer: x635 Description: Dispatched as MVA with multiple injuries, possibly involving a wrong way driver. 06:04hrs NYSP 3K21 on scene initially reporting 3 car MVA, head on collision 06:05hrs Car 2031 arriving, reporting call is in Katonah's district, dispatch Katonah FD as well 06:06hrs 45-M-2 reporting 1 patient DOA (single occupant of car that was struck by wrong way driver), 2 patients minor injuries (driver and passenger of car traveling wrong way), 3rd vehicle 2 involved not injured 06:12hrs Multiple PD and FD units being requested to shut down I-684 Southbound completly. Cars going around and disregarding police and fire vehicles and barricades. 06:15hrs I-684 SB south of Exit 6 will be closed completely for several hours for accident investigation 06:25hrs 65-B-3 enroute to Westchester Medical Center with 45-M-2 on board 06:35hrs Katonah retoning for manpower to staff Utility 8 for traffic control, 2211 requesting they load up on cones and flares Notes: Bedford Hills initially dispatched, Car 2031 arrived and found it slightly in Katonah's district **Please PM me with any updates or corrections**

Date: 12-12-15 Time: 20:44 Location: 1031 Pleasantville Rd, Law Memorial Park, Pool pavilion District: Briarcliff Channel: Fire 12, Fireground 2 Units: (See unit rundown below updates) Weather: 51F, clear Writer: x635 Description: Dispatched as structure fire at Briarcliff Village Pool Pavilion (SEE UNIT RUNDOWN BELOW INCIDENT UPDATES) 20:45 Briarcliff PD Lieutenant on scene advising Car 2052 fully involved structure 20:46 Car 2052 on scene, 60x40 Pool Pavilion, building fully involved 20:48 Car 2052 requesting bolt cutters, Engine 92 to hit the hydrant on Pleasantville Rd and lay in 20:50 PD Supervisor on requesting to Police Desk that Parks Superintendent, Buildings Department, and Village Manager be notified 20: 53 Car 2052 requesting first due engine (Ossining Engine 99) respond in through Pleasantville Rd/The Atria Car 2053 has command in that area 20:56 Briarcliff Engine reporting hydrant problems 20:59 Engine 93 Officer to Engine 93 requesting water, Engine 93 advising hydrant is malfunctioning 20:59 Ossining 36-M-1 requesting Briarcliff PD for traffic issue, cars running over hose 21:04 Car 2052 requesting Car 2001/HazMat for issues with chlorine 21:10 Car 2053 requesting Ossining Engine 99 lay into Millwood Ladder 52, Ladder 52 already laid in themselves 21:14 Battalion 11 advising Ossining Tower Ladder 42 position behind Engine 92 at the rear of the pavilion, access from the park side 21:16 Haz-Mat team requested for response 21:42 Battalion 11 60x40 wooden pavilion structure several lines operating both outside and inside, also ladder truck working on roof, all hands working 22:53 Car 2052 requesting tones for Fire Police to South State Rd & Pleasantville Rd for traffic control (12-13-15) 01:40 Relocated units going back into service Units Operating And Relocated: Briarcliff FD Engine 92, Engine 93, Engine 94, Rescue 37, Tower Ladder 40, 53-B-1, Car 2052 (I/C), Car 2053 Ossining FD Engine 99, Tower Ladder 42, Car 2332 Croton FD Utility 14 (FAST) Millwood FD Ladder 52, Car 2252, Car 2253 Pleasantville FD Engine 260 (Relocate Briarcliff HQ) Chappaqua FD Tower Ladder 27 (Relocate Briarcliff HQ) Pleasantville VAC Rehab 76-05 Ossining EMS 36-M-1 Valhalla VAC 82-B-3 (Relocate Briarcliff HQ) Briarcliff PD Car 14, Car 16 WCPD Arson K-9 WCDES Battalion 11 (Acting Battalion 12), Car 4, EMS 11, Car 2001, Haz-Mat 1, C&O Zone 3 **Please PM me with any corrections or updates**

Date: 12-12-15 Time: 17:03 Location: Route 9A (Saw Mill River Rd) IFO Oriental Diner, C/S Old Saw Mill River Rd & Skyline Drive District: Hawthorne Units: Hawthorne FD Engine 154, Engine 155, 63-B-1, Car 2191 (IC), Valhalla VAC 82-B-3, Mount Pleasant 37-M-1, Mount Pleasant PD, WCPD AI Unit Description: Car vs. Motorcycle. Motorcyclist in traumatic arrest. Car was going approximately 50 MPH. 17:07 Car 2191 advising motorcycle patient CPR in progress, 1 elderly female stable but pinned in car with heavy right side intrusion. Tools going to work. 17:14 Car 2191 advising patient has been extricated and is in care of EMS, Route 9A closed in both directions at Skyline Drive & Old Saw Mill River Rd 17:38 Car 2191 advising 1 patient transported ALS via 63-B-1 with 37-M-1 on board, 1 BLS via 82-B-3, both to Westchester Medical Center. Hawthorne Fire units are taking up. Route 9A between Old Saw Mill River Rd and Skyline Drive will be closed for an extended period of time for MPPD/WCPD Accident Investigation. **Please PM me if you have any updates or corrections**

Date: 12-12-15 Time: 1600hrs Location: 6 Cornell Drive District: Hartsdale Units: (See below) Writer: x635 Description: Hartsdale handling multiple calls in district. All apparatus were committed at different scenes when a call came in at 6 Cornell Drive for a contractor who damaged a gas line. Engine 171 freed up after a few minutes and responded, Engine 170 responded with a 4 firefighter crew only OOS as an apparatus. Engine 169 and Car 2172 stated they would be tied up for several more minutes. Engine 171 Captain 23 requested Greenville Ladder 4 and Fairview Engine 175 to 6 Cornell Drive. Engine 169 and 2172 freed up, Engine 171 Captain requested they respond to the scene, and request Scarsdale Engine relocate to Hartsdale Station 2. Fairview FD requests Elmsford Engine 237 to relocate to Fairview HQ, Fairview also operating on multiple calls in their district. 16:xx Engine 171 on location 6 Cornell Drive, heavy gas odor and high readings in (residential) area due to a gas line break, requesting Con Ed Gas forthwith. 16:42 Hartsdale Captain 23 relinquishing "Cornell Command" to Car 2172 upon his arrival, Captain 23 now has operations 16:45 Car 2172 Con Ed on scene, requesting 1 Officer, 2 Firefighter off duty recall to staff Engine 170 as needed 16:54 Cornell Command reporting damaged curb valve, Con Ed digging, units checking residences, holding all units 17:16 Cornell Command reporting Con Ed was able to shut off curb valve, waiting on Con Ed contractor to dig up other side, holding all units 17:28 Engine 237 released from Fairview relocate 17:35 Engine 175 released from Hartsdale scene 17:54 Scarsdale Engine 57 and Utility 37 returning to Scarsdale from Hartsdale relocate 17:56 "Cornell Command" terminated, scene turned over to Con Ed, all units in service 18:01 Greenville Ladder 4 taking up returning to Greenville Units: Hartsdale FD Engine 171-Captain 23, Engine 169, Engine 170, Car 2172 Fairview FD Engine 175 Greenville FD Ladder 4 Scarsdale FD Engine 57 (Relocate Hartsdale Station 2) Elmsford FD Engine 237, Car 2111 (Relocate Fairview HQ) Greenburgh PD **Please PM me if you have any updates or corrections**

Date: 12-12-15 Time: 10:20hrs Location: 11 South 10th Ave C/S W 1st St District: Mount Vernon Units: (Assignment) Engine 4, Engine 1, Engine 3, Engine 6, Ladder 1, Ladder 2, Battalion (Relocates) Mount Vernon Engine 5, Eastchester Tower Ladder 17 (Relocate MVFD Sta 3) Description: Fire in a 3 story attached, wood frame occupied multiple dwelling 10:30hrs IC on scene with 10-26 (first alarm of fire) **Please PM me with any updated or corrections**

Date: 12-11-15 Time: 18:32 Location: 220 North Highland Ave C/S Yates Ave & Westview Ave District: Ossining Channel: Fire 12 Weather: 52F, clear Units: (See list below updates) Writer: x635 Description: Dispatched as a kitchen fire 18:34 Car 2331 on scene, requesting a 10-75 with heavy fire showing from the second floor 18:39 Car 2331 reports primary search, possible 2 victims 18:44 Car 2331 requests Con Ed Electric to the scene ASAP 18:46 Car 2331 progress report: 2 story wood frame, 60x25, with heavy fire on the second floor. Searches still in progress 18:52 Car 2331 reporting 3 lines stretched and operating 18:58 Car 2331 requesting ETA on Con Ed, 60 Control requesting message to relay on why, Car 2331 reporting fire in the A/B corner where house service lines enter, hampering suppresion effort 19:05 Con Ed on scene 19:08 Battalion 12 Fire darkening down, Searches negative, 4 lines stretched, 2 lines operating, truck company opening up, Tower Ladder in operation 19:15 Car 2331 reporting Con Ed....GAS....is on scene. Still waiting on Con Ed Electric, still requesting expedite 19:50 Battalion 12 reporting all visible fire knocked down, companies opening up checking for extension, 4 lines stretched, 3 in operation 20:01 Car 2331 placing fire under control 20:27 Battalion 12 requests FAST be placed back into service, Utility 14 picking up 20:32 Battalion 12 requesting relocated units be returned Units: Ossining FD Engine 96, Engine 97, Engine 98, Engine 99, Engine 100, Engine 101, Ladder 41, Tower Ladder 42, Rescue 14, Car 2331 (IC) Croton FD Utility 14 (FAST), Car 2083 Briarcliff FD Rescue 37 (Cascade), Car 2052 Pleasantville FD Tower Ladder 5, Car 2373 (Relocate Ossining HQ) Millwood FD Engine 247 (Relocate Ossining HQ) Ossining EMS 74-06 (EMS I/C), 74-A-1 Ossining PD Car 107, Car 112 WCDES Battalion 12 **Please PM me with any updates or corrections**

Excellent, to-the-point piece on this important matter and why the legislation is direly needed. This op-ed letter was written to and published by the Journal News/LoHud.com by Chief Ed Rush of the Hartsdale Fire District. http://www.lohud.com/get-access/?return=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lohud.com%2Fstory%2Fopinion%2Fcontributors%2F2015%2F12%2F08%2Fview-2-hartsdale-fires-show-lifesaving-value-working-smoke-alarms%2F76921504%2F

My condolences to his family and his IFCO family. RIP.

Date: 12-11-15 Time: 12:20hrs Location: 185 Millwood Rd District: Millwood Units: Engine 247, Rescue 36, Car 2251, WCDES Haz-Mat Team w/ Haz-Mat 1, Car 2001 & Battalion 17, New Castle PD Description: 200 gallon home heating oil spill adjacent to a waterway. **Please PM me with any corrections or updates**

Date: 12-10-16 Time: 17:48 Location: 715 King St Apt 5F District: Port Chester Units: Engine 58, Engine 62, Engine 64, Tower Ladder 2, Rescue 40 Description: Reported apartment fire. Crews arrived to find couch on fire inside 5th floor apartment extending upon arrival, quick knockdown. **Please PM me if you have any updates or corrections**

Date: 12-10-15 Time: 17:08 Location: North Ave & Anderson Ave District: New Rochelle Units: Engine 21, Ladder 12, Rescue 4, Car 2302, 30-A-2 Writer: x635 Description: Pedestrian struck. Pinned under vehicle. Extrication needed. 17:18 Per Car 2302, patient extricated in care of EMS **Please PM me with any updates or corrections**

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Spartan ERV Dealer Hendrickson published this photo the other day of a preliminary drawing of New Rochelle's next Tower Ladder 11.