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Date: 2-15-04 Time: 0631hrs Location: 110 South Central ave. Units: Engine 169, 170, Tower Ladder 15, Cars 2172, 2174, 2173 Engine 174 relocates to HFD station 2 Frequency:46.26 Description: Fire in health Spa Writer: HFD211, HFD209 0631hrs Hartsdale Engines 169, 170, TL-15, Car 2172 Responding to 110 South Central for a Activated Fire Alarm. Units on location 0633hrs. Car 2172 reports fire on the 2nd floor in the Health spa this time in the main lobby. Eng 170 takes the hydrant and stretches a 1 3/4 inch hand line... Fire was in several bags of towels piled on the floor, minor extention to the wall. 0635 fire knocked down. Units venting. Companies removed the bags to the exterior of the structure. While investigating a cause of the fire it appears that the towels in the bag were used for massage therapy that contained some massage cream or oil that appeared to heat it self up.

Date: 2-14-04 Time: 0330hrs Location: 110 South Central ave. Units: Engine 169, 170, Tower Ladder 15, Ladder 4, Cars 2172, 2174 Frequency:46.26 Description: Fire in health Spa Writer: HFD211, HFD209 0330hrs Automatic Fire alarm 110 South Central ave. Eng 170 on location 0331 hrs nothing showing from the out side.. 0333 hrs Eng 169, TL-15 and Car 2172 on location.. 0335hrs Car 2172 requests units stretch a line and lay in from the hydrant.. Also request HQ to retone for additional man power to the scene of a working fire.. Fire was confined to a laundry room main body knocked down by sprinkler system and a 1 3/4 inch line from Eng 170. 0345hrs. HQ notifies 2172 alarm sounding in 130 south central which is located down stairs from 110.. 2172 requests Eng 150 and Ladder 4 to respond to that alarm.. 0350hrs 2172 request additional engine company to scene for over hawl..Ladder 4 relocates in place of the engine from 130 South Central ave. Units Cleared about 0530 after removing large amounts of water from the sprinkler system on the 2nd floor and checking for extension.

i was just wondering if they were paid combination or volunteer based upon the fact yonkers had lent them a rig.. does any one know the specifics of this loan or more detials about it? no offense ment to any one, i was just wondering, caz yonkers isn;t the most volunteer friendly...

This parade should be interesting, i will tell those of you who are not marching or even if you are i suggest you bring your camera's we have a few surprise's with regards to apparatus and other events scheduled at the parade on may 30th at 14:00... and at the Department inspection dinner / 100th anniversary dinner which will include chief officers of other departments who are invited. additionally if any one else wish's to attend this event contact me for more information about how you can be invited or included in these events... also invitations we out recently if any department didn't receive one for some reason but wish;s to come also feel free to contact me, the more the merry, we want to share this occasion with all our fellow brothers in westchester county.

i don't know about all of you, but i think us neighboring departments need to drill even more then we already do together. also i think we need to be wiser in our mutual aid calls. Why shouldn't we call our immediat neighbor and get the help to the scence faster. i think all these disputes and issues need to be thrown away. i know we in Hartsdale as reciently as thus past june when 300 South Central went up skiped over ardsley who was reayd in 1/4's with a full crew to call dobbs ferry, what the reason is i don't know mabe it was becuase Ardsley has skiped us as well in the past, not saying either is right, but i think all this needs to be put aside and us neighboring departments need to work together for the good of our own brothers, who knows one day we may save each others lives thanks to the decreased responce time in calling an immediat neighbor.. any opinions or comments?

i heard this was a 3 alarm with m/a to yonkers and 3 tL's operating with exterior ops only... fire on 3 floors... as of 1512hrs? any one know anything more specific?

side note.. Tl-15 is back in service... as of 19:00hrs tonite

ya, i am glad to hear that in a time of need they were so help full... but i also understand where some departments in westchester couldn;t lend out rigs many have no spares... our ladder is currently out of servious, we are running 2173 a spare chiefs car with a plow as or truck with all the truck equipment in it... GFD ladder 4 is on primary standby but as with a alarm today in a occupied high rise dwelling we automaticlly get a 3rd engine usually Greenville engine 150... in this case we got ladder 4 GFD and laDDer 1 FFD... thanks to our neighbors for their help in our time of need...

i wasn;t sure so i though i would ask... is Larchmont FD.paid? volunteer? or combo?

if we are tlaking straight stick aieral ladder... no pump.. normal truck... then i choose seagrave.. just like FDNY...

yorktown use's engine 270... rescue 16 is the back up fast team unit...

i still hear by the end of the month... also i have be told if u fail, you get your results faster... for what ever thats worth to any one so this delay could mean better news... but soposedly they will be out in the new 2 weeks, and the list won;t be certified till march when the old list expires.. thats why ithink they are stalling alittle....

toatl unit inventory engs 303, 304, 306, 308,307, 309, 310, 312, 313, Ladders 71, 72, 74, rescue 1, and Batt 1, batt 2...total 9 engines 3 trucks and the rescue

Date: 1-18-04 Time: 0045hrs Location: 19 Knowles St. X Riverdale Ave/Hawthorne Ave Frequency:46.500 Units: Eng 303 304 306 308 lad 74 71 batt 1 res 1 dispatched to reported 10-75 at above address. On arrival 10-75 transmitted or as per yonkers 10-29 ( working fire ) 0047hrs eng 309 dispatched as F.A.S.T.... 0050 Batt 1 requests 2nd alarm bringing engs 307 and 313 with ladder 72... batt 1 requests immediatly foloowing the 2nd alarm s/c 2 more enegines bring in engs 310 and 312... Reports of heavy fire, 0100hrs- B-1 rpts. searches (-) ....0010 hrs 8 L/S/O. 0058 eng 311 relocates to station 1.... 0059 ladder 70 to station 1... 0100hrs eng 314 to station 12..... Under Control time: 1:38 hrs, Over hauling, Writer: HFD211 L/S/O and S/C mean? lines stretched and operating... and special call... this was technically a 2nd alarm with the special call of 3 additional engines.... could almost be concidered a 3rd or even a 4th alarm beign 2 engines go in on every alarm assigment over a 1st... there were just no additional ladders requested..

January 1, 1976, Rescue Co. 1 removed from service.. replaced in 2000

. following the 1980 closing of Fire Station 2, on Vineyard Avenue due to the structural condition of the building Engine Company 302 was relocated to Station 9 and Engine Company 305 was relocated to Station 1. Ladder Company 76 was housed at Station 11 in 1982 Engines 302, 305, 311 and Ladder 76 ( Truck 3) were disbanded, Engine Co. 1, was disbanded on January 1, 1976, In June 1983, Engine 302 and 311 were reactivated, however one month latter they were disbanded once again... 1984 saw the reactivation of Engine Company 311 January 1, 1976, Rescue Co. 1 was disbanded housed at station 1

i heard all that, but nothing further... also they had a different alarm at the same time that ladder 49 and one engine took in before relocating to 10 Dana rd.

The Fire was south Bound on the Sprain dirrectly across fromt he Greenburg Town garage, the front engine compartment was fully involved prior to arrival.. Also there was as in most case's when dealing with the sprain some conflicting information as to which side of the park way north or south bound, the later being correct. Engine 174 stretched its front bumper line and knocked down the fire Unit inventory Rescue 3 Eng 174 Res 29 Engine 150 Multiple GPD and State police units...

11:04 hrs Hartsdale Car 2172 and Engine 170 dispatched to 430 north central ave. Mcdonalds parking lot for a working car fire infront of the structure. 11:06hrs 170 and 2172 on location.. 2172 reports working car fire in white plains's district, 170 will be operating. Eng 170 stretched a 1 3/4 pre connect and knocked down the fire and began over hauling. the own of the vehical sustained minor burns to the hands.. units operating Hartsdale Car 2172, Eng 170 White Plains Eng 2 Tower ladder6, Gpd car 64, 79, WPPD...units 10-8 at 11.27Hrs By HFD211, HFD209

Any idea where we can locate a copy of those FDNY SOP's? Also has any one thought about what you would do if for some reason the stand pipe as inoperable? or no stand pipes in the building? would u stretch 2 1/2 or 3 inch up the stair well? or would u consider lifting the line by rope into a window on the floor below? and connect your attack line from there? just wondering what every one things plan B would be if something goes wrong... lets think alittle outside the box before we acutally face the problem...

Does any one else take issue with trucks with tower ladder platfroms being called ladders, rather then tower ladder?, It is a Tower Ladder why not be given a number and listed as a tower ladder? i think this could be a problem when a department is specially looking for a straight stick and there could be some confussion...

i couldn;t agree more that things would be alot better the way kentland and other companies dispatch and would love to see it happen up here, the question is will it ever happen? and whats it goin to take to impliment?

Here in Hartsdale we Ran 31 alarms, with varriations between a car crashed through CVS on central ave... several EMS calls, 2 or 3 class related to candels in the home, numerious comercial and residential fire alarms, outside smoke investigations 2 car accidents and several stuck occupied elevators.. in addition to running these alarms we went to every high rise building containing elevators and located every one to make sure they were empty... we had back up generators for the computers, TV.. and A/C... Staffing was increased with the day and nite crews held... 3 FF's and a Capt on Eng 170 ( the Day crew ) Eng 171 was placed in service with 3 FF's and a CApt.. (the nite crew) Eng 169 had 2 FF's and a deputy chief... Car 2172 had a deputy chief Car 2174 Had a FF and a DEputy Chief and TL -15 Had 1 FF and ONe LT.. ( Being My Self) 1 interesting alarm was a auto matic fire alarm on topland road with TL-15 and Car 2172 assigned due to Engs 169,170, and 171 all assigned other calls... 2172 requested a mutual aid eng and was informened that Fairview, Greenville, Elmsford and Scarsdale were all occupied... interest pulling up to a structure with no fire supression other then a water can and a Dry chem extinguisher... I even tried to call CM36 via nextel to attempt to get a Ardsley eng... but most nextels were down...

actually its marked 78.. its over at the water department, i was there today fueling TL-15... i wish i had my camera.. i am goin to have to go get a picture.. as a side note GPD crashed on of their ambulance's into the over pass of the parking structure in hartsdale village behind the bank and the bagel store yesterday, i hear the top of the bus hit and nearly ripped the box off the back.. as the officer tried driving the wrong way down the one way and it didn;t have enough high to clear...

ladder 72 was also assigned as fast whent he 3rd alarm came in due to the inoperable ladder.. as well as i believe eng 308 who was the 4th due engine on the 1st alarm that may have been changed when the 3rd and 4th alarms went in.. but 72 was one of two fast teams i heard assigned