peterose313

I have to agree on the traffic issues. I got caught in the traffic coming off 134 onto 9a north at about Stormytown Road. It took me about a half hour or so to get to Cedar Lane where they were detouring traffic. They had a vehicle (with nobody in it and no lights on) and a construction cone blocking the road. There was no officer directing anyone. Once you made the round about there was nobody to give directions as to which way to go so everyone followed one another. Me being from the area thought I could avoid the traffic by turning onto Ogden Road, only to find out that a wire was down across the road about halfway up. Granted Con Ed had a supervisor on scene there but there was nobody at the stop sign at the beginning of the road to prevent cars from going up. I was fortunate enough to know my way around the back roads to get back home. Eventually they decided to shut down 9a at the 134 intersection.

They extricated him and OVAC transported to the med ctr. Lohud has a story/video/photos about it. They said it took 2 hours on the nose to extricate.

Pelham and New Rochelle were both reportedly there as well. Not sure if they were on scene or s/b but News 12 reported them being there.

3 alarms now http://www.lohud.com/article/20130423/NEWS/304230115/3-alarm-Mount-Vernon-blaze-spreads-other-buildings?odyssey=mod|breaking|text|Frontpage Update 00:23: White Plains ladder and other m/a being released. Mt. Vernon is going back in service.

Date: 4/23/2013 Time: 15:20 hrs Incident Type: Mva with Hazmat District: Mt. Kisco Location: 588 Byram Lake Road - x Byram Lake Road/Oregon Road Units: Mt. Kisco FD: (Car 2281, 2282, Engine 105, Tower Ladder 14, Rescue 15, Rescue 31, Utility 13), Mt. Kisco PD: (King 2, 5) Bedford PD, Westchester County DES: (Battalion 15, Hazmat 1), Armonk FD: (Car 2021, Car 2022, Utility 82, Marine 24), Mt. Kisco VAC: (70 B2 cancelled en route), Westchester EMS (45 M1 cancelled en route) Frequency: 46.26 60 Control Weather Conditions: Overcast and cool. 46 degrees Reporters: peterose313 Description: Truck into lake with fluids leaking 15:20: Mt. Kisco Fire/ EMS/ 45 M1 toned for a possible truck in Byram Lake 15:26: Units confirming truck is on the bank but not in the water 15:29: Mt. Kisco PD reporting a large oil spill in the lake 15:33: Units reporting there are negative injuries. Can cancel the medic 15:36: Command is requesting booms for the oil spill and truck is fully engulfed in the water 15:39: DEP/ Spill response requested for a response and command reporting gasoline leaking from the truck now too 15:52: Westchester County Hazmat toned for a response 15:54: Armonk toned m/a for their boat 15:59: Car 2001, Car 2002 responding. 16:03: Car 2021/2 on location 16:08: Car 2021 requesting a full crew for the boat. They just need them for placing out the booms 16:09: Utility 82 responding momentarily with Marine 24 16:13: Command notifies Utility 82 they can launch at the pump house along Route 117 16:29: Waiting for a tow truck to arrive 16:32: Utility 82 o/l - pump house 16:34: Hazmat 1 - 2001 approaching the scene. Coming in from Armonk, approaching the bridge. 16:35: Hazmat 1 on location 16:42: Marine 24 doesn't have a fireground radio, 2021 will get them one and have them switch to channel 8 17:15: Mt. Kisco toned for a 2nd call in district. Rescue 31 and Utility 13 responding from Byram Lake Road. LoHud Article

Most of your questions can be answered here. Update: A friend of mine here in Westchester told me she paid like $35 per class or something but most places like Westchester Crossfit (White Plains) have package deals. There's a place in Yorktown that she's heard good things about too.

I know a bunch of people who do it, it's a pretty brutal workout. It most definitely works but you have to stick with it.

Boston Police just tweeted suspect is in custody. Multiple sources confirming as well. Suspect is alive but in need of medical. Boston Police Dept. ‏@Boston_Police Suspect in custody. Officers sweeping the area. Stand by for further info. Cambridge Police ‏@CambridgePolice Proposing #HeroesInBlue to thank officers who worked for days to successfully capture suspect & for those injured/killed in line of duty

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/04/18/mit-shooting-cop-massachusetts/2095733/ Boston Police scanner: http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/6254 Cambridge Police and fire scanner: http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/13467

County: Davidson City/Town/Municipality/Dept: City of Nashville Fire Department Unit designation/identifier: Not specified Chassis & Body (or Aerial) Manufacturer and model: KME/NAFECO tractor drawn AerialCat with a KME Predator MFD cab with seating for six and an EMS compartment. - Auto lube system - Air ride rear suspension - Independent front suspension - 500hp engine - PTO/hydraulic 10kw generator with hydraulic rescue tools. Pump size, tank size (water/foam), aerial type & length: 101' tractor drawn pre-piped ladder - 1500 gpm rating - 2.5:1 structural safety factor based upon an NFPA 500lb rated tip load - 94’ horizontal reach, - -7 to +80 degree range of elevation - Storefront Blitz, 150” tiller wheelbase and a - 330” trailer wheelbase. Estimated delivery date: Spring 2014 Notes: Departments that are interested in tagging-on to this public bid should contact their local KME sales representative http://www.kovatch.com/news/13-04-17/City_of_Nashville_Chooses_KME.aspx

Amateur video of the explosion.

Triage is being moved to the community center due to an anhydrous ammonia tank burning. The community center is about 6 blocks from the scene. Dr. George Smith, Director of West EMS believes casualties are at 60-70 with hundreds injured.

I just saw a report a total of 15 medevacs have landed. The high school football field is being used as triage and every home in a 4 block area is gone. http://www.wfaa.com/video?id=139367478&sec=553117 live stream

Boston PD have confirmed that the story the media are reporting is false. There has not been an arrest made. It was tweeted about 20 minutes ago now. Boston Police Dept. ‏@Boston_Police18mDespite reports to the contrary there has not been an arrest in the Marathon attack.

Briarcliff's fb page has their open house on the 21st but the recruit ny link has it as the 27th. Edit: The facebook event had the wrong dates. It is the 27th.

Doesn't that basically do the same thing as the Tech Rescue truck here?

http://commuting.lohudblogs.com/2013/04/15/interstate-287-more-traffic-delays-ahead/

2 megs is a really small image and reducing a photo that's 13 megs to 2 just to fit will kill the quality of the image as you're throwing out a ton of pixels. It was larger prior to the site crashing.

I'm seeing the same as you, just errors in the Westchester section. Sorry, should have been more descriptive.

The incident alert section of the portal is all screwy again.

I can view it but our profile photos and other photos on the portal aren't visible. I can't upload anything above 2 megabytes so none of my photos will upload.

Boston's mayor said in a press conference earlier that police are at all the hospitals and the stories of having a suspect were "not true". The NY Post has been reporting a lot of false information in regards to this as well. http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/boston-police-no-arrests-have-been-made-in Morris County, NJ : USAR 8 is reporting an explosion with injuries. A car with an IED attached. Bomb Squad responded. 17:10

Updated count is 2 casualties, 68 injured with at least 6 critical. Boston PD have a person of interest whose being guarded by police at a local hospital. The NHL has postponed the hockey game between the Ottawa Senators and the Boston Bruins tonight.

Thanks, I wasn't aware how that worked. I just figured it was the same as a car which is why I thought it was low.

Oo ok. I guess there's a large difference b/t 4k on a fire truck vs. a car.