GBFD109

As the Operations officer at this incident I think I can shed some light on this situation. First, the property conditions that first due units encountered where deplorable. The entire property was covered in 18-20 inches of snow with one, 12 inch wide footpath barely shoveled to the front door. The initial stretch alone was extremely strenuous and taxing on the manpower. Once interior, crews encountered extreme Colliers Mansion conditions, preventing them from making an expedient advance on the fire on the first floor. The basement, where the heaviest fire was encountered, was a whole different story. Upon making entry to the basement, crews dealt with floor to ceiling junk as well as a well seasoned pile of firewood and the contents of of a woodworking shop. As far as the apparatus on scene; in that geographical location, due to the lack of hydrants, we were operating from our tanker district alarm assignments, which brings more tankers than manpower carrying apparatus. The time of day is tough on manpower regardless of conditions. Factor in the conditions, and your burning through fresh bodies faster than you can get them there. In closing, I would like to personally thank all Mutual aid departments for their quick response and assistance.

Seth/Guys, The new Tanker 1 will be delivered today. However wont be in service until Tuesday. I have a few pictures from 4Guys already but as you can imagine today will be very photo heavy. I will make sure to get pics up as soon as possible.

One more thing I forgot... The Town of Lewisboro has provided our organization with some unused space at the rec department and were are currently working feverishly to get logistical operations back up and running.

Alright, here goes nothing... First, the chiefs vehicle that is being investigated as the cause of the fire was parked in the garage because it was due for replacement. Our replacement, another Police Interceptor SUV, has been on order for months and is currently at Cruiser Division for outfitting. It had been expedited at this time and is slated for delivery within the next couple of weeks. As it stands the Goldens Bridge Fire District is being covered by the South Salem and Croton Falls fire departments. The officers from GBFD will be responding to aid with logistical aspects I.e. Water source locations, address locations and aspects of that nature. We are not responding solely due to the fact that a good majority of PPE has been either completely burned beyond recognition or has been exposed to extremely high heat. Not to mention it's all covered with about a quarter inch of soot. All of our reserve sets were in storage in the effected apparatus bay. We did have a chief resign for reasons that are far, far out of my pay grade. However, he was in attendance throughout the process of of this incident. Both remaining chiefs were on location however opted to have 2071 act as incident command, however remained at the command post to aid with building construction aspects and to assist with possible hazards. After another day, the amount of aid that we have been offered is unbelievable. We have received emails from fire departments from all over the world offering assistance. From turnout gear to pieces of apparatus, the offerings have been truly amazing. A huge thank you goes out to the Croton Falls, South Salem, and Katonah Fire Departments for making this process extremely easy for us. Again we can't thank everyone enough for reaching out a offering any assistance possible.

We did lose a few items that are irreplaceable. As many know we lost our '43 Willys. We lost some memorabilia from the Rec Room, however a good majority was able to be recovered. The majority of the things we lost were completely replaceable. We lost approx 30 sets of turnout gear, with the remaining being sent out for testing. HUGE THANKS goes out to car 2443 for recovering our 100+ year old "Golden's Bridge Fire Department" sign from our meeting room. It was on the original firehouse when it opened and is probably one of the most important historic pieces in the firehouse currently. We are already making progress in leaps and bounds. The restoration company, SoundShore Restorations out of Bedford Hills, has done a phenomenal job and has made the process as easy as possible for us. Their guys have been at GBFD scrubbing, wiping and mopping basically non stop since monday evening. They have assured us that by the end of this business week, that the remaining side of the engine bay will be cleaned to the point that you wont even be able to tell there was a 2 alarm fire in the building. when I left last night, I was able to see the white paint on the ceiling and the nasty puke green walls are back to being the nasty puke green walls. They literally have an army of workers there round the clock. as i counted yesterday, the total neared 40 workers. which doesn't even include plumbers, electricians, engineers and architects. Currently "the neighbors" are housing our apparatus. We are waiting on a semi-permanant structure being transported from Tennessee, which will house all remaining equipment. For anyone whos familiar, it s the same building Katonah FD had out behind their firehouse while they were under renovation. As it stands now E-139 and Marine 25 are being housed in Katonah, E-138 & E-140 are being housed in Croton Falls Sta. 2 and T-1 is being housed in South Salem. Also, there was a huge Interior attack initiated at this fire. Operations went exterior only for a small period of time after a partial collapse, however after deemed that it was safe to re-enter, the interior attack was re-established. The Master stream from TL-57 as well as the deck gun on E-149 were utilized after the collapse to darken down the free burning fire. The roof was constructed out of tri-bearing wood trusses. however the engine bays luckily, and unknown to us, had a double redundant walls. the first layer is 4 inch solid concrete block, which covered 2 inch styrofoam insulation board, which covered at least a 12 inch thick structural reinforced poured concrete wall.

Gentlemen, I would like to start by thanking anyone who was involved with on scene operations as well as all of you who took the time to bring us refreshments and food during our definite time of need. While I was not on scene, I would like to try to clarify some of the still foggy details. 1.) @RWC130, Engine 138 was successfully removed from the building before any damage was sustained. That goes for E-139, E-140, and T-1 as well. R-24 was badly burned and while it's not been deemed a total loss yet, it's in bad shape. We did lose 2142, a 2006 Chevrolet Suburbam 2500 as well as ex-2143, a 1998 Chevrolet Suburban 2500. 2.) @JM15, Mack your somewhat correct. We do currently have a tanker in the final/paint stages at 4Guys and we were visiting for pre-paint inspection. Myself and 3 others attended. Truck looks phenomenal, once I'm done here I'll post a few pics. 3.) Our tanker was full until, like GBFD111 said, an ex chief deployed the contents into the 1st arriving Porta-Pond. Standard practice is to leave the tanker full in quarters in preparation for an alarm, we're no different, our tanker stays full. 4.) The alarm system was functioning properly and it did activate. The original call was for a commercial alarm. Anyone who has any doubts regarding this fact, pm me your cell numbered I'll be glad to send you the ipage.

Date: 1-5-13 Time: 12:37 District: Golden's Bridge Location: IAO MM 18.7 I-684NB Units: 2141, 2143, 2144, 2146, R-24, E-140, KBHVAC, NYSP Frequency: 46.26 & WCDES Fire 13 Weather Conditions: Sunny Reporters: GBFD109, firedude Description: 12:37 - Initial Dispatch MM18.7NB I684 1 Car MVA w/ poss injuries 12:40 - 2141 Responding, update from 60 Control CPR in progress 12:43 - 2141, 2146 On location, confirmed entrapment, 2 Patients, CPR in progress on both 12:45 - 2143 On location 12:49 - R-24, 2144 on location, beginning extrication 13:02 - E-140 on location, stretching 1 handline 13:05 - as per 2141 both PT's extricated, 1 Transported, 1 DOA **Transported PT pronounced at NWHC

@16fire - - I love my F4. Ive trained on it a number of times and its just so simple to use. 1 Handed operation is great. I feel way more comfortable with a free hand coming out the window. No more having to lock of the rope system with a hand against the wall so i can focus on keeping the anchor in place on my way out the window. As for not being able to hide 50ft of rope, your right, theres no way to go about hiding it completely. I dont know much about it and maybe JM15 from Somers FD can elaborate, but if my memory serves me correctly they have a system built into their SCBA's which keeps the entire PES out of the way until you need it. Elaboration Mackey?

Gemtor 541NYC style harness, Sterling Rope F4 Descent Device.

1998 Chevrolet Suburban - Ex-2142 almost in service as 2143 (awiting lettering)

An ammendment to what 111 said: 2008 Chevrolet Suburban - Ex-2141 now in service as Rescue 25 2006 Chevrolet Suburban - Ex-R25 now in services as 2142 1998 Chevrolet Suburban - Ex-2152 almost in service as 2143 (awiting lettering)

Date: 10-25-2011 Time: 13:57 Location: Diane Ct X Increase Miller Rd Frequency: 46.26, Fire 13 Units Operating: GBFD Car 2143, Car 2146, Rescue 24, Rescue 25, WEMS 45M3, 45M2, LVAC 67B2, Lewisboro PD, NYSP Weather Conditions: Description Of Incident: Apparent suicide by drowning Reporters: Writer: 13:57 - Initial Dispatch to residence on Diane Ct for possible drowning 14:00 - 45Medic 3 on location 14:02 - Rescue 25 responding 14:03 - Rescue 24 responding 14:05 - Rescue 24 on location, 2146 establishing operations FG-5 - Car 2143 responding 14:08 - Rescue 25 on location 14:11 - 2146 reporting 45M3 pronouncing 14:12 - 2143, 45M2 on location, holding remaining units in quarters, all responding can slow it down. 14:14 - 2143 reporting per 45M2, LVAC can return 14:15 - 67B2 on location 14:18 - 45M2 clearing Diane Ct. Responding to Katonah 14:45 - Body removed from pool by GBFD 14:49 - 2143 reporting all units in service/returning, turning scene over to NYSP.

In this situation, i think Phoenix's SOP's are the best your gonna find. Ladders should always be the first option. If conventional ladder methods are inappropriate, then its time to start climbing the tree. Climbing the tree should be left to trained personnel only, and by trained i mean more than passed knot tying in FF1. Westchester county developed the technical rescue team just for f*cked up situations like this one, call them, I'm sure they'd love to help out. Also, I'm sure theres plenty of tree companies in the area of Bedford Village, call sav-a-tree over in the hills, im sure they'll be happy to lend a bucket truck and operator for the occasion. Plus, nobody knows trees better than an arborist, a.k.a tree mechanic. It may be a good idea to have someone there, either a member or not, whom is experienced operating with, in, or around trees.