Disaster_Guy

To answer your question: every community Hatzalah is different. National and international chapters are not connected in any real way. All developed Hatzalahs have at least BLS capabilities. I'm sure in the more advanced chapters, ALS is certainly an option. The usual policy is that if they do not get enough of the right response in a minute or so from their members they call 911. Some of you may find this page of interest: https://www.facebook...tzolahWorldwide

Date: 10/4/12 Time: 22:52 hrs Location: 602 Homestead Avenue x McKinley Street, Peekskill, NY 10566 Frequency: 46.26 (dispatch), 453.875 (FD), 453.225 (FD), Fire 17 and 10; 153.750 (PCVAC), EMS 17 and 10; 460.10000 (PD); 462.6750 (Peekskill Citywide Channel 1, DPL 244) (OEM). Units Operating: Peekskill FD: full assignment. Lake Mohegan FD: E-255 (FAST). Buchanan FD: U-12 (Cascade), 2551. WCDES: Battalion 17; Cause & Origin Team (Zone 4). Relocate: Verplanck FD: TL-46, 2491, 2493 to Station #1. Montrose FD: E-121, 2273 to Station #6. Peekskill EMS; Peekskill PD; Peekskill Emergency Management Office (PEMO) [units 2 & 3]; American Red Cross; ConEdison. Weather Conditions: 61°, clear, humid. Description of Incident: Small working fire relatively quickly knocked down in a 3rd-floor attic area of a multi-family dwelling. 2.5 story, 60x40, wood-frame, garden/low-rise. Primary searches negative (all residents evacuated before FD arrival). All-hands. 1 L/S/O. No injuries reported. Cause determined to be electrical malfunction, originating in 3rd floor bathroom light fixture/fan. Fire, smoke, and water damage to third floor bathroom, fire extended to adjacent kitchen and small portion of roof, smoke and water damage to other two floors. Red Cross, with OEM assistance, helped 5 displaced families (9 adults, 7 children). Reporters: firedude (for nearly all times/info); Larchmont_Boy; peterrose13 (for times/info); x4093k (for corrections); PEMO3 (for additional OEM/Red Cross info); Spartan052 (for chief number). Writer: Larchmont_Boy. News Articles: Peekskill Patch- #1 (original), #2 (recovery status info); Journal News (w/ pic); Peekskill Daily Voice; Newsday/News12. 22:52 hrs: dispatch for fire in the attic to 602 Halstead Avenue (later corrected to Homestead). Peekskill FD, Lake Mohegan FD (FAST), Buchanan FD (Cascade), Battalion 17 dispatched to scene. Montrose FD Engine and Verplanck FD Tower Ladder 46 to Peekskill FD to Standby. Peekskill OEM (Unit 3) o/s. 22:59 hrs: FAST and Cascade only to the scene. MFD to Station #6. VFD to Station #1. Bat 17 to scene. 23:00 hrs: 2273, E-121 from MFD are relocating. U-12 (Cascade) from BFD is relocating. 23:04 hrs: C&O (Zone 4) to Landline. 2273, E-121 out at Standby PFD Station #6. 2493 out of Station #1. 23:08 hrs: Bat 17 o/s. 23:12 hrs: Per Bat 17, 2.5 story 60x40 wood-frame. Primary searches negative. All-hands. 1 L/S/O. 23:32 hrs: Per Bat 17, visible fire out, overhauling. Mohegan FAST released. 23:37 hrs: ConEd o/s. OEM in contact with Red Cross (appx.). 00:02 hrs: Per Bat 17, Command releasing U-12 and will call in when back in service. 00:04 hrs: OEM reporting five families displaced. 00:06 hrs: Buchanan Chief and U-12 are leaving the City of Peekskill. 00:10 hrs: OEM directing displaced residents and Red Cross to do paperwork at PCVAQ HQ. 00:16 hrs: Per 60-Control, Montrose and Verplanck released. 2273 copies, 2493 copies. 00:24 hrs: Red Cross responding for five families. 03:45 hrs: Last of residents received Red Cross assistance and are now en-route to hotel in Elmsford. 04:03 hrs: OEM Units 2 and 3 closed out job to PD dispatch. Please PM me if you have any more information or corrections.

"A recent exercise to test responses to potential terrorist threats and suspicious activities in Westchester and Putnam counties was pronounced a success by Irvington Police Chief Michael Cerone." Article here: http://tarrytown.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/westchester-counter-terrorism-exercise-praised

"The Department of Emergency Services and the Westchester Citizens Corps Coalition held a disaster drill for area volunteer teams at the Westchester Fire Training Center in Valhalla as part of National Preparedness Month. Dozens of participants from various volunteer responder agencies tested skills during the drill, which was meant to simulate a mass casualty incident." Photos: http://newyork.newsday.com/news/disaster-drill-in-valhalla-1.4057651 http://lohud.us/PXBavf [see me (wearing hardhat) in picture #12, directly behind the lady with the orange survivor light] Article: http://yonkers.dailyvoice.com/news/westchester-volunteers-learn-disaster-skills

LoHud photos: http://lohud.us/ViDaTq "Indian Point employees run a FEMA-required biennial emergency drill at Indian Point in Buchanan on Oct. 2, 2012. Plant officials and other organizations participated in a mock emergency drill inside the plant's emergency center." Looks like a nice EOC. Does anyone know if parts of the facility be evacuated, does the EOC stay or go somewhere else?

Date: 10/2/12 Time: 07:09 hrs Location: 46 Havemeyer Lane x MacArthur Drive, Old Greenwich, CT 06870 Frequency: GFD Units Operating: Greenwich Fire Department - appx. 60 FFs Box Assignment: Engines 5, 2, 1; Tower 1; Car 3. Added: (for victims trapped / overhaul / investigation) Engines 3, 8, 4; Ladder 5; Cars 201, 501; Patrol 2 (Fire Patrol Police); Utility 2 (Fire Patrol Police); Fire investigator. Greenwich EMS [at least two ambulances]; Greenwich Police Department [patrol cars for traffic; Crime Scene/Forensics Unit, investigators, Detective Division]; Connecticut Fire Marshal's Office [investigators; arson dog and handler]. Weather Conditions: Overcast. Description of Incident: Fully engulfed working fire on the first floor of a residential with two rescues, including one civilian fatality. Home was two-story brick and vinyl-sided as well as cluttered inside, but especially outside, which made extraction and search efforts more difficult. Originally dispatched to 4 MacArthur Dr., but address later corrected to 46 Havemeyer Lane. Caller was next-door neighbor reporting smoke coming out of windows. 3 HL/S/O, multiple ladders thrown, roof vented. Two occupants of building; one was elderly wheelchair-bound. Both transported to hospital. One victim died, the handicapped victim sustained serious burn injuries. Heavy fire damage to first floor, smoke damage to second floor. GPD and State Fire Marshal's Office are saying fire was deliberately set, but joint investigation continues. CBS reporting that it was a suicide attempt in defiance of those who were trying to stop their hoarding. Reporters: news articles; JFS250 (for most of rundown); SoHoTruckin20 (for additional operational and rundown details). Writers: JFS250 (original IA); Larchmont_Boy (re-wrote with more info). News Articles: Greenwich Time; Greenwich Patch- #1, #2; CBS 2 New York; News 12 Connecticut; Greenwich Post; WTNH News 8; WFSB News 3; Greenwich Daily Voice. (all times are approximate) 07:09 hrs: Box alarm for 2 MacArthur Court in Riverside. 07:15(?) hrs: Volunteer Officer o/s rprts working fire. E-5 confirms working fire, 1st floor fully involved. Neighbors say 2 occupants inside, including 1 wheel-chair bound. 07:20(?) hrs: 1 HL/S (1 3/4) through front door, encountering heavy fire. Crew pulls out wheel-chair bound victim through rear of structure to awaiting FFs. CPR in progress, handing off to GEMS. 2nd occupant still inside. 07:25(?) hrs: Crew pulls out male victim (possible DOA) through rear of structure to awaiting FFs, and transferred to GEMS. 07:30(?) hrs: GEMS with male victim en-route to hospital. 07:40 hrs: GPD closed Havemeyer Ln. and MacArthur Dr. 09:10 hrs: GPD CSI unit o/s. 10:30 hrs: State Fire Marshal's Office arson dog o/s. 10:50 hrs: Arson dog leaves scene. I re-wrote the IA due to the fatality and the lack of critical info from original IA. Please PM me if you have any more information or corrections!

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Town of Mamaroneck Open House Day on Oct. 13 from noon to 3 p.m. Kids will be able to try on fire gear, sit in fire trucks, explore the firehouse and participate in a simulation teaching them how to escape from a smoke-filled room. There will be hot dogs and soda.

More pictures: http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/25654728_BbPZGx#!i=2118699049&k=w2QP5ww

Date: 9/18/12 Time: 23:40 hrs Location: 595 Kimball Avenue x Mile Square Rd., Yonkers, NY 10704 Frequency: YFD Units Operating: Yonkers Fire Department- Box Assignment: Engines 313, E-307, E-312, E-314 (FAST); Ladder 73, Tower Ladder 75; Rescue 1; Battalion 2. 10-29/10-30 Assignment: Engines 310 (S/C), E-306 (S/C); Battalion 1 (Safety); Mask Service Unit (MSU). Yonkers Office of Emergency Management (Y-OEM) [units 40, 32, 46]; Weather Conditions: Overcast, 70°. Description of Incident: Working fire in a vacant two-story, three-bedroom, tudor-style, single-family residential structure that was undergoing renovations. Fire had already been burning well before 911 was called. Fire was extinguished within approximately one hour (according to news reports). No injuries reported. Cause was determined to be accidental electrical due to contractors. Reporters: "YonkersFDAlerts" (for most of times and info); Yonkers OEM 40 (for some info and times); srfd18 (for rundown); Truck4 (for corrected rundown); news articles (for some additional details). Writer: Larchmont_Boy. News Articles: Newsday / News12; Journal News. (all times are approximate) 23:40 hrs: dispatch. 23:44 hrs: B-2 transmits 10-29 (Working Fire) and 10-30 (All-Hands). B-2 Special Calls (S/C) for two more Engines. 23:57 hrs: B-1 responding as Safety. 00:03 hrs: B-2 reporting main body of fire k/d. Checking for extensions. 00:05 hrs: B-2 reporting building is vacant and undergoing renovations. 00:17(?) hrs: Mask Service Unit (MSU) is also o/s. 00:41 hrs: OEM is leaving scene. Please PM me if you have any more information or corrections.

It ended up being a 4-Alarm, btw. A good summation of the updates and work that has still been going on at the scene can be found on LoHud.com.

Here are photos from the Convention taken by Westchester County government. http://on.fb.me/OQhTKN Photos by Journal News of the Parade http://lohud.us/O6gnsk

Very nice, but the American Red Cross and Salvation Army disaster canteens units have been performing this function for decades and have good relationships with the relevant authorities. Both organizations respond once requested, so as not to waste the efforts of their volunteers or complicate/annoy the efforts of the responders on the scene.

Date: 9/12/12 Time: 19:24 hrs Location: 20 Fero Street x near Saw Mill River Road, Yonkers, NY 10701 Frequency: YFD Units Operating: Yonkers Fire Department- Full Assignment: Engines 312, 310, 306, 309; Ladders 75, 72; Rescue 1; Battalions 2, 1 (Safety). Yonkers Office of Emergency Management (Y-OEM) [units 30, 36]; Empress EMS; Yonkers Police Department; ConEdison American Red Cross. Weather Conditions: Fair, 73° Description of Incident: Working fire in a private 2-story home. 10-29 (Working Fire) and 10-30 (All-Hands) were transmitted. Fire began in 2nd floor kitchen oven, no exposures. One resident transported for injuries. Fire was quickly extinguished. Per OEM- 4 apartments total, 3 of which are empty. Occupied apartment has 5 residents; 2 residents in college, and other 2 [3?] have other places they can stay. The Red Cross was requested to assist displaced resident(s). Reporters: Truck4 (for Unit Rundown and info); Yonkers OEM 40 (for OEM details). Writer: Larchmont_Boy. News Articles: none. 19:44 hrs: B-2 rprts fire out, u/c, checking for extensions. 19:55 (appx.) hrs: Companies overhauling. ConEd o/s. Please PM me if you have any more information or corrections. Note: info used with explicit permission.

Did anyone here feel it? Article #1: http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Earthquake-strikes-Greenwich-3850270.php Article #2: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ld60019903#summary Always good to be prepared for anything.

Public Information Statement on NYC Tornadoes EF-0 Tornado near Breezy Point, NY http://forecast.weat...1&highlight=off EF-1 Tornado near Canarsie http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&issuedby=OKX&product=PNS

Summary of current timetable for incoming weather: 000 WWUS81 KOKX 081924 SPSOKX SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 324 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012 NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ067>075-176-178-082200- WESTERN PASSAIC-EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN- EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION- EASTERN UNION-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER- SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX- RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHERN QUEENS- SOUTHERN QUEENS- 324 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012 ...LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY AND NEW YORK CITY LATE THIS AFTERNOON... AT 319 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. BASED ON THEIR CURRENT MOTION...THESE STORMS SHOULD ENTER ORANGE COUNTY AROUND 430 PM...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...ROCKLAND AND PUTNAM COUNTIES AROUND 5 PM...AND NEW YORK CITY AND WESTCHESTER COUNTY AROUND 530 PM. THE STRONGEST PORTION OF THE LINE WAS OVER SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA EAST OF READING...AND HEADED TOWARD NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK CITY. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...AND POSSIBLY A BRIEF TORNADO. KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM. $$ GOODMAN http://forecast.weat...OKX&product=SPS

Click the following link to see all current Tornado Warnings issued by the National Weather Service. http://forecast.weat...Tornado Warning

Tornado Warning for our area cancelled. NJC003-NYC087-119-081756- /O.CAN.KOKX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120908T1800Z/ ROCKLAND NY-BERGEN NJ-WESTCHESTER NY- 146 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012 THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTCHESTER.EAST CNTL BERGEN AND ROCKLAND COUNTIES IS CANCELLED. STORMS OVER S. ROCKLAND & WESTCHESTER COUNTIES HAVE WEAKENED AND NO LONGER APPEAR CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM. LAT.LON 4128 7391 4120 7368 4091 7390 4092 7392 4089 7393 4087 7394 4093 7408 TIME.MOT.LOC 1746Z 206DEG 24KT 4113 7386 $$ GOODMAN

"A severe weather outbreak is possible across the Northeast on Saturday. Potential is increasing for widespread damaging winds, large hail, and tornadoes from central New England south to the New York/New Jersey metro areas to the DelMarVa region. Also, rough surf and and dangerous rip currents are expected this weekend at ocean facing beaches due to the large swells produced by Leslie." (per here) "Concern is increasing over a potentially significant damaging wind event tomorrow over the Northeast. We've upgraded to a moderate risk in our latest Day 2 Outlook with the forecast of a long line of thunderstorms. Tornadoes are also anticipated within and ahead of the line centered over the Hudson Valley. See http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day2otlk.html for further information." (per here) "Potentially Significant Damaging Wind Event Forecast for Much of Northeastern U.S. on Saturday The NWS Storm Prediction Center is forecasting a potentially significant damaging wind event across much of the northeastern U.S. on Saturday. Latest model guidance suggests that severe thunderstorms will develop across the northern Mid-Atlantic region into New England during the afternoon and evening hours. SPC is indicating a Moderate Risk for severe thunderstorms from northern Maryland and Delaware, across eastern Pennsylvania and New York state and into Vermont and New Hampshire. Details- http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day2otlk.html" (per here)

Yes, that makes sense. Thanks!

Hi all, I was driving past the New Rochelle Fire Department Station #5 today and out of the corner of my eye I saw a white trailer with the lettering (that I saw) "New Rochelle OEM" and I think "... FEMA". Does anyone know what is inside of the trailer?

Follow up article: http://newrochelle.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/new-rochelle-council-vote-firefighter-grant "The New Rochelle City Council will decide at its Sept. 12 meeting whether to accept funding to add six more firefighters."

Latest update: http://www.lohud.com/article/20120830/NEWS02/120830005/Boil-water-advisory-continues-Yonkers

http://www.newrochel...-security-grant