ChiefGGG

Good questions. Re the water problem. I stopped by the scene today and found out that there were two major water leaks in the nortwest section of the city. They both were in a 24 inch main, Both located on Webster Ave. One was near the Rosedale Nursery and the other near the the Hutchinson River Pkwy Wester Ave. northbound exit. Webster Ave was closed at both locations. I also heard that the NRFD asked for increased water capacity and pressure at the incident. This might have caused undue stress on those sections of pipe. Boy just what u don't need in a incident like that. Great job by all.

Good questions. Re the water problem. I stopped by the scene today and found out that there were two major water leaks in the nortwest section of the city. They both were in a 24 inch main, Both located on Webster Ave. One was near the Rosedale Nursery and the other near the the Hutchinson River Pkwy Wester Ave. northbound exit. Webster Ave was closed at both locations. I also heard that the NRFD asked for increased water capacity and pressure at the incident. This might have caused undue stress on those sections of pipe. Boy just what u don't need in a incident like that. Great job by all.

In re: to the 5th alarm. 2301 notified 60-control that he was declaring a 5th alarm due to the apparatus that was on the scene. There was no additional apparatus dispatched at that time. It doesn't sound like there was a 1-2-3-4-5 alarm progression of dispatched apparatus. There was a second alarm called on arrival. Very soon after the second alarm a request for 1 and 1 to the scene with a TL requested for the truck.
re: water. Around 4:30 AM there was a report of water entering houses on the top end of Webster Ave. Just south of the Twin Lakes. I believe this is one of the major water main entry areas into N.R. Covering companies dispatched to that location found a large water main break in the middle of the road. Later there was a second water main break located on Webster south of the original break.

Good questions. Re the water problem. I stopped by the scene today and found out that there were two major water leaks in the nortwest section of the city. They both were in a 24 inch main, Both located on Webster Ave. One was near the Rosedale Nursery and the other near the the Hutchinson River Pkwy Wester Ave. northbound exit. Webster Ave was closed at both locations. I also heard that the NRFD asked for increased water capacity and pressure at the incident. This might have caused undue stress on those sections of pipe. Boy just what u don't need in a incident like that. Great job by all.