Disaster_Guy

"A watch will likely be issued later this afternoon for New Jersey and the NY Metro area. How the storms develop and orgaize over PA will determine whether it will be a severe thunderstorm or a tornado watch." Per comment on National Weather Service Eastern Region HQ Facebook Page, 20 minutes ago

Beginning radio traffic of the incident.. more than what was already posted http://www.firefighternation.com/videos/audio-colorado-theater-shooting

Hi Admins, Please change my Username from "Larchmont_Boy" to "Disaster_Guy". My original request via email did not receive a reply. Several attempts at using the "Contact" tab above were unsuccessful. So, this is a last-ditch attempt. Please delete this topic after task completion. Thanks!

Date: 7/14/12 Time: 23:10 hrs Location: 56 William Street x Webster Avenue (Nodine Hill neighborhood), Yonkers, NY Frequency: Units Operating: Yonkers Fire Department- Box Assignment: (Assignment was a little funky. B-2 covering the city due to recent cuts. I believe 75, using a spare, broke down, per nycfire.net post) Engines 306, 303, 312, 304; Ladders 71, 74; Rescue 1; B-2. Yonkers Police Department Empress EMS Yonkers Office of Emergency Management (OEM) American Red Cross. Weather Conditions: 80 Degrees, Fair. Description of Incident: Minor working fire on the first floor of a three-story Multiple Dwelling. Fire was declared under control approximately 30 minutes after arrival on scene. Fire gutted the bedroom of a basement apartment. Description of structure can be found here. One FF briefly treated at to St. Josephs Hospital for a knee injury. Cause remains under investigation. The only tenant lived in a third-floor apartment and was allowed to return. The American Red Cross was called to provide assistance to the displaced on 7/16. Reporters: Yonkers OEM Twitter; Larchmont_Boy; truck4 (via nycfire.net); News Articles: The Journal News. (Note, I did not listen to this incident live. Almost all of the info below is from Yonkers OEM Twitter. All times should be considered approximate.) 23:10 hrs: 10/29 - 10/30 at 56 Williams St. Full alarm. Rescue is on scene. People are in the streets. [Yonkers OEM monitoring.] 23:11 hrs: 306 confirmed. Fire on the 1st floor. 23:15 hrs: All hands working. 23:18 hrs: OEM responding. 23:42 hrs: B-2 reporting fire is under control. 00:10 hrs: Fire is out. OEM has secured the scene. Please PM me if you have any more information.

Date: 7/13/12 Time: 00:28 hrs Location: 254 Union Avenue x Monroe/4th, Mount Vernon, NY Frequency: 154.145 (Mount Vernon dispatch), 46.26 (60-Control dispatch). Units Operating: appx 30 firefighters: Mount Vernon Fire Department; Pelham Fire Department; Eastchester Fire Department; New Rochelle Fire Department. Transcare EMS. Mount Vernon Police Department. American Red Cross. Box Assignment: Engine 1, Engine 5, Engine 4 Tower Ladder 1, Ladder 3 Rescue 1 Battalion 2 (Deputy Chief) 2nd Alarm Assignment: Engine 2, Engine 6 Ladder 2 Weather Conditions: Mostly cloudy, calm wind, appx. 80 degrees. Description of Incident: 2-Alarm working fire in the basement of 2.5-story frame, 50x30, semi-attached. Showed from three sides upon arrival. Primary and secondary searches were negative. One firefighter taken to local hospital for heat exhaustion. Cause is still under investigation. Homeowner smelled smoke, went downstairs, and heard an explosion; exited home. The displaced family criticized FF's "slow pace". Most of the home is destroyed. Reporters: truck4 (via nycfire.net); Larchmont_Boy; EFD1883; x4093k; News Articles: Newsday (w/ photo and video), The Journal News, News12 (w/ photo and video). (Note, I did not listen to this incident live. Most of the info below is from nycfire.net. All times should be considered approximate.) 00:28 hrs: call came in. 10-26 transmitted. A few minutes later went to 2nd alarm. 00:57 hrs: Car 2 reports heavy fire in the basement, showing from three sides. 01:00 hrs: Car 2 reports primary search is negative. 01:05 hrs: M/A Pelham E-5 and Eastchester L-15 to 5 Monroe St. for inside smoke (address is around corner from fire). 01:08 hrs: Eastchester L-15 redirected to the fire scene, reporting to the front with tools. 01:10 hrs: M/A Truck to cover Mount Vernon. 01:11 hrs: M/A New Rochelle L-12 to cover. 01:17 hrs: Car 2 reports primary and secondary searches are complete and are negative. 01:20 hrs: Pelham E-5 reports 5 Monroe St. call is smoke from the fire on Union. 02:00 hrs (appx.): American Red Cross contacted and en-route. Seven adults displaced (one family and a relative visitor). Family given emergency lodging at a nearby hotel. Please PM me if you have any more information.

http://www.rocklandfires.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13923 Check out the Patch and LoHud for updated news articles.

Date: 7/11/12 Time: appx. 01:10 hrs Location: 235 Corona Ave x The Boulevard (near the New Rochelle line), Pelham, NY Frequency: Units Operating: 20-25 firefighters from Pelham Fire Department; Pelham Manor Fire Department; New Rochelle Fire Department; Mount Vernon Fire Department; Greenville Fire Department (re-locate, Ladder 4); Eastchester Fire Department (re-locate, Engine); Westchester County Cause and Origin team; ConEdison. Weather Conditions: Description of Incident: Working fire on the first floor of a 2.5 story home. Family of three was awakened by fire alarm, exited the house, and called 911. Upon arrival, fire was showing out of the 1st floor windows. Made quick entry and knocked down fire. Extensive damage to the front den and minimal smoke damage to the 2nd floor and water damage to other areas. Cause was determined to be spontaneous combustion of work materials used to stain and varnish wood located in the den. No injuries reported. Family is staying with neighbor until they are able to return home. Reporters: Larchmont_Boy; truck4 (via nycfire.net). News Articles: The Daily Voice (w/ pictures), News 12 (w/ video), The Journal News (w/ picture), Newsday. (Note, I did not listen to this incident live. Info below is from nycfire.net) 01:13 hrs: M/A New Rochelle E-23/L-13, Mount Vernon E-5/L-3 to the scene. 01:15 hrs: M/A Eastchester Engine and Greenville L-4 to cover Pelham. 01:19 hrs: Car 2361 requests re-tone for additional manpower. 01:22 hrs: Car 2361 reports fire appears to be K/D. 01:28 hrs: Car 2361 reports fire is K/D, checking for extension. Holding New Rochelle's M/A. Please PM me if you have any more information.

Date: 7/7/12 Time: 12:06 or 15:01 (see explanation below) Location: 22 Orchard Street x Myrtle Street, Yonkers, NY Frequency: Units Operating: Yonkers Fire Department- Box Assignment: Engine 309, Engine 306, Engine 312, Engine 310 Tower Ladder 71, Ladder 72 Rescue 1 Battalion 1 Car 6 (Fire Investigation Unit) 10-29 (Working Fire) / 10-30 (All-Hands) Assignment: Engine 310 (S/C F.A.S.T.) Battalion 2 (Safety) Weather Conditions: hazy, hot and humid. Description of Incident: 1-Alarm working fire on the 1st floor with extension to the 2nd at 22 Orchard Street in Yonkers. Fire relatively quickly knocked down. 3 lines were S/O. Unsure if structure was going to hold at the time when the fire was k/d. Google results describe the building as a wood-frame 3-story home with 5+ families and 4,400 total square feet. Original call came in as someone set fire to something in the building, then upgraded to possible structure fire; arson assignment was added to the Box. Reporters: Larchmont_Boy; Yonkers OEM twitter (@yonkersoem40) and YOEM Twitter user (@YOEM44); srfd18; truck4 (via nycfire.net). (first time is as reported by YOEM and the second is from nycfire.net. Note, I did not listen to this incident live.) 12:06 or 15:01 hrs: 10/29 for 22 Orchard Street. Full alarm and rescue (R1). [OEM monitoring.] 12:13 or 15:07 hrs: 310 F/T. Battalion 2 responded as Safety, two minutes later transmitted 10/30. 12:16 or 15:15 hrs: B-2 reporting fire located on the rear of the first floor with extension to the second floor. 3 L/S/O, and making progress. All hands working. Exposures: #1 is street, #2 is 3-story wood-frame M/D, #3 is rear yard, #4 is 3-story wood-frame M/D. 12:20 or 15:10 hrs: E-310 will be FAST. Require a 5th engine, E/C E-308 or F/T. 12:25 or 15:17 hrs: Fire knocked down. It's possible that the structure will hold. 12:33 hrs: Fire under control. One of three lines still stretched and operating. [OEM continuing to monitor.]

Another article, per peterrose313: http://ossining.dailyvoice.com/obituaries/donald-berretta-56-ossining-volunteer-fireman

http://www.lohud.com...k-Putnam-County

New presentations about agencies that make up Westchester DES recently posted on County website.. see below ---------------------------- Department of Emergency Services Agency Officers' Information LAST UPDATED ON MONDAY, 04 JUNE 2012 The Department of Emergency Services (DES) offers a variety of services to Emergency Service Agency Officers. These services include Haz Mat Team, Tech Rescue Team, Cause and Origin, Emergency Management and Communications. Learn more about each below. DES Overview Office of Emergency Management (OEM) Fire Training (Officer Need to Know) Fire Training Simulators Communications & EMS Division SEE: http://emergencyserv...ers-information

http://www.lohud.com/article/20120607/NEWS02/306070108/Yonkers-fire-department-budget-talks-stall-2-firetrucks-could-sidelined

http://www.lohud.com/article/20120606/NEWS02/120606008/-Yonkers-City-Council-votes-Thursday-revised-city-budget http://www.lohud.com/article/20120606/NEWS02/306060034/Yonkers-firefighters-rally-against-cuts-revised-Spano-budget-scales-back-layoffs

http://www.lohud.com...e-crash-Taconic IA: http://www.emtbravo.net/index.php/topic/46457-yorktown-fatal-motorcycle-accident-6-3-12/

Date: 6/3/12 Time: 15:05 Location: Armstrong Court Housing Complex (Building #8), 8 Armstrong Court, Greenwich, CT Frequency: Units Operating: Greenwich Fire Department: the Box Assignment was probably Engine 3, Engine 1, Engine 4, Tower 1, and Car 3. American Red Cross: Greenwich Disaster Action Team (DAT). Weather Conditions: Description of Incident: According to officials the fire started in the kitchen on the 1st floor. Building is a three-story, wood-frame, type-1, OMD. 2 L/S/O's, quick knockdown, few flames, mostly smoke. Nobody was home at the time. No injuries reported. The cause is still under investigation. The displaced couple of the uninhabitable 1st floor apartment declined temporary lodging assistance from the American Red Cross. Reporter: Larchmont_Boy; sfrd18; Twitter. News articles: The Greenwich Time. (all times below are approximate, and mostly according to Twitter) 15:05 hrs: Working fire reported at 11 Armstrong Court in Norwalk (911 discrepancy, was in Greenwich and at 8 Armstrong Court) (according to The Hour News and Twitter posts). 15:11 hrs: Command reports fire on the first floor. E3 laying in, E1 stretching in. 15:19 hrs: Car 3 (DC1) reports main body of fire knocked down. Please PM me with any additional information. I will update as I receive new info.

News articles: http://www.lohud.com/article/20120602/NEWS02/306020056/Heavy-smoke-fire-destroy-Valhalla-home-50-year-resident-escapes-flames-unharmed http://www.news12.com/Login/home_login?articleId=322034&position=1&news_type=news&region_name=WC&regionId=4

I really, really enjoyed having the Shoutbox at the top of the page. That way I could periodically refresh the page and see if there are any incidents of interest that I would want to turn the scanner on for. Does anyone else support moving the Shoutbox back to the top?

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Mass email I received, enjoy: From: wcfire <wcfire@list.westchestergov.com> To: ------ Subject: [wcfire] APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSIONER JOHN M. CULLEN Date: Tue, May 8, 2012 1:39 pm Please join us in congratulating Commissioner Cullen in his appointment as the DES Commissioner. Commissioner Cullen’s appointment was approved unanimously last night by the Board of Legislators. You can view the video of the board meeting below (the appointment is the first item of business on the video): http://westchestercountyny.iqm2.com/Citizens/SplitView.aspx?Mode=Video&MeetingID=2209&MinutesItemID=37824&MinutesID=2047&FileFormat=pdf&Format=Minutes&MediaFileFormat=wmv Luci Labriola-Cuffe Training Technician - Fire Division Westchester County Dept. of Emergency Services 4 Dana Road Valhalla, NY 10595 Phone: 914-231-1674 Fax: 914-231-1697 E-Mail: LEL2@westchestergov.com For current information about training, please visit our website: http://emergencyservices.westchestergov.com/

Click here for the report. Below is the mass email list message: From: wcems <wcems@list.westchestergov.com> Subject: [wcems] Message from the DES Commissioner (Annual Report) Date: Tue, Apr 17, 2012 4:12 pm Sent on behalf of Acting Commissioner John Cullen, Westchester County Department of Emergency Services The Commissioner would like you to share with you the following report: http://emergencyserv...m/annual-report Katherine O'Connor Program Specialist, EMS Division Westchester County Department of Emergency Services 4 Dana Road, Valhalla, NY 10595 P: 914.231.1685 | F: 914.813.4160 | E: koc1@westchestergov.com EmergencyServices.WestchesterGov.com

http://www.lohud.com/article/20120415/NEWS/304150118/Peekskill-blaze-displaces-8

http://www.lohud.com/article/20120410/NEWS/304100111/Park-blaze-nearly-contained

Date: 4/8/12 Time: 05:12 Location: 145 Hawthorne Avenue x Herriot Street, Yonkers, NY Units Operating: see here; nine engines and four trucks (75 FFs) (according to LoHud); Yonkers OEM; American Red Cross. Weather Conditions: Clear and cool Reporter: see here; various Twitter posts. Sorry that this IA isn't live, but I figured it's better to post one late than never. Writer: Larchmont_Boy Description of Incident: (mainly according to LoHud) Heavy fire reported on 2nd floor of a 3-story OMD. Firefighters rescue two trapped inside, and another five residents climbed the fire escape and jumped to adjoining building roof (according to LoHud). Accidental fire started in 2nd floor kitchen, and quickly extended to third floor and porch. Two residents were treated for smoke inhalation, and nine firefighters had to be taken to the hospital for conditions ranging from exhaustion to a sprained back. Red Cross, with OEM's help, provided emergency lodging and/or funds for food, clothing, and/or other basic necessities for the three displaced families (11 adults and three children) of the three affected apartments. The Red Cross was later called on April 10 for the School Street apartment fire and assisted four residents. News articles: Journal News (with photo) here; News12 (with video) here (all times below are approximate and mostly according to Twitter) 05:11 hrs: Building resident runs two block and knocks of Vark Street firehouse door to alert FFs of fire. 05:12 hrs: Yonkers FD arrives on scene, reporting heavy fire on 2nd floor of 3-story OMD, doubtful if structure will hold. Transmits 2nd alarm. 05:16 hrs: Reporting heavy fire on 2nd floor extended to third floor. 05:18 hrs: Battalion 1 transmits 3rd Alarm. All Companies working. Working to extinguish extension to upper floor. 06:36 hrs: Reporting main body of fire now under control. 07:15 hrs: Red Cross volunteers on scene and working with Yonkers OEM to assist displaced residents. 10:19 hrs: Fire quickly extinguished in 7th-floor apartment of School Street. Please PM me with any additional information.