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Date: 02-21-07 Time: 1615hrs Location: Sprain Pkway Southbound X Taconic State Pkway Interchange Units Operating: NYSP, Mount Pleasant PD, Valhalla FD, Hawthorne FD Description Of Incident: Origianl report on dispatch of a rollover with ejection, entrapment and fire. Writer: Truck4 1615hrs- Hawthorne and Valhalla dispatched for rollover with fire, entrapment and ejection reported by NYSP. 1619hrs- Hawthorne Chiefs O/S. 1619hrs- Valhalla R-9 responding. 1620hrs- Valhalla E-84 enroute. 1621hrs- E-155 and R-9 req'd to enter from Hospital Road and proceed north on southbound lane. 1621hrs- Re-tone Hawthorne EMS for EMT needed. (2) cars off road and into woods, (1) vehicle on highway with confirmed entrapment. 1625hrs- NYSP rpts MM 11.8 for accident. E-155 O/S req. M/A EMS with a rush. (2) M/A EMS units enroute. Car 2481 establishing command. 1626hrs- Valhalla VAC and ambulance from Grasslands Reservation enroute. 1629hrs- M/A Elmsford for 3rd Ambulance. Co's working on a comfirmed pin. Occupant possibly DOA in vehicle. 1632hrs- Elmsford 58B2 enroute. 1634hrs- Hawthorne EMS advising unit standing-by in quarters. 1637hrs- 58B2 on location. 1645hrs- 58B2 enroute to WCMC with (1) female.

Date: 02-21-07 Time: 0221hrs Location: 400 Palisade Ave X Glenwood/Lake Description Of Incident: Fire on the 1st floor of a 2.5-story frame P/D. Writer: Truck4 (O/S) 0221hrs- Original call for structure fire with people trapped on 2nd floor. B-1 req. E-303 respond as 5th Engine while enroute. E-303 awaiting Con Ed after a transformer fire relieved by PD and responding as 5th Engine. 1st Alarm: E-309, 308, 306, 312, 303; L-72, 71, R-1, B-1 0226hrs- L-72 rpts 10-29. Occupants reportedly trapped on 2nd floor porch. 0227hrs- B-1 10-84 transmitting 10-30, rpts heavy fire 1st floor Exposure #2 side, extending to 2nd floor. 0230hrs- B-1 rpts (1) occupant removed from 2nd floor front by ground ladder. Now getting rpts of people trapped in basement. E-309 has a dead hydrant, B-1 req. co's to bring water. 0232hrs- Co's report all occupants are accounted for. 0234hrs- Car 5 (Safety) transmitting 2nd Alarm. 2nd Alarm: E-304, 310; L-75, B-2 0237hrs- L-75 to the front of the building with tools. Main body of fire is K/D. Co's still opening up. 0240hrs- E-314/L-73 to cover Sta. 1.

Date: 02-20-07 Time: 0623hrs Location: 1940 Pacific St. X Ralph Ave Description Of Incident: Top floor fire in a 4-story OMD. Writer: Truck4 0623hrs- 10-75 for fire top floor of a 4-brick OMD. 1st Alarm: E-227, 234, 233, 222; L-123, 176, 112 FAST; R-2, Sq-252; B-38, 37 (10-75) 0626hrs- B-38 transmitting 2nd Alarm on Arrival. Co's have people on fire escapes and out windows. 2nd Alarm: E-277, 231, 283, 214; L-120, 111; E-207/S-6; B-44, 57; Safety B/C, Rescue B/C, Field Com, TAC 2 0628hrs- B-38 rpts fire top floor of a 4-brick 50X75, Exposure #2 is similar attached. Occupants being removed by aerials. 0640hrs- Div. 15 rpts fire is K/D. P/W/H.

Date: 02-20-07 Time: 1800hrs Location: Mount Vernon Ave X Bleeker/Short St Frequency: 154.145 Units Operating: Description Of Incident: Original req. by Con Ed for FD standby, B/C req. fill out assignment. Units evacuating and metering surrounding properties. Writer: Truck4 1805hrs- Engine and Truck with B/C to assist Con Ed. 1810hrs- Req. full assignment to Mount Vernon X Bleeker. 1848hrs- M/A New Rochelle L-12 to cover Sta. 3. 1857hrs- Command Post set up at Mount Vernon Ave X Short St. Empress req'd for standby at scene. Keyholders enroute for 17, 19, 21 Mount Vernon Ave. 1920hrs- (10) buildings have been evacuated. WC with buses on scene to shelter/shuttle the displaced. Red Cross on scene.

Date: 02-20-07 Time: 0310hrs Location: 974 St. Nicholas Ave X 159th St. Description Of Incident: Fire on the top floor of a 150X100 6-brick OMD. Writer: Truck4 0310hrs- 10-75 for fire on the top floor of a 6-brick OMD. Reports of people on the fire escapes. 1st Alarm: E-84, 67, 69, 80; L-34, 28, 30FAST; R-3, Sq-41, B-16, B-13 (10-75) 0312hrs- B-16 Using All-Hands On Arrival. S/C extra Engine and Truck. S/C: E-93/L-45 0320hrs- Div. 6 transmitting 2nd Alarm for fire on the top floor and into the cockloft. Searches and evacuations underway. D/W/H. 2nd Alarm: E-59, 71, 37; L-49; E-72/S-2; B-17 (Safety), B-14 (RUL), Rescue B/C, Safety B/C, Field Com., TAC 1 0330hrs- Div. 6 rpts (1) 10-45 No Code. 0336hrs- S/C Truck S/C: TL-17 0343hrs- Div. 6 rpts fire is K/D. Still D/W/H. 0555hrs- Div. 6 S/C (2) trucks for salvage. S/C: L-26, 40

Date: 02-19-07 Time: Location: 59th Ave X Camelback Road Departments: Glendale PD Description: 24-year old P.O. shot and killed while removing suspects with active warrants from a vehicle after a traffic stop. Suspect was shot by other Officers and is in custody. Writer: Truck4

Date: 02-20-07 Time: 1635hrs Location: 24 Pleasant Pl X Atlantic Ave Description Of Incident: Heavy fire 2nd floor of a 2-story P/D with Exposure #2 similar attached. Writer: Truck4 1634hrs- 10-75 from a distance. L-175 FAST. 1636hrs- B-44 transmitting 2nd Alarm On Arrival for heavy fire 2nd floor of a 2-story P/D. (1) L/S, none in operation. Co's reporting water problems. Exposure #2 is similar attached and Exposure #4 is a frame seperated by a 3-foot alley. 2nd Alarm: E-290, 283, 222, 277; E-207/S-6; L-103, 112; B-28 (RUL); TAC #2, Field Com, Safety B/C, Rescue B/C 1648hrs- Div. 15 rpts fire in a 2-frame with extension to (4) exposures. (3) L/S/O, (1) in original building, (1) into Exp. 2A, (1) into Exp. 2B. Heavy fire is K/D. Duration is 16 minutes. 1651hrs- Div. 15 rpts Searches (-), (3) L/S, (1) in operation. Fire is K/D. P/W/H.

Date: 02-19-07 Time: 2200hrs Location: 27 Harrimac Road Units Operating: Putnam Valley, Continental Village, Mahopac Falls, Mohegan Lake, Peekskill, WC B-10; Garrison to cover Putnam Valley, Buchanan to cover Continental Village. North Highland on stand by in their quarters. Description Of Incident: Fire in a P/D with (1) DOA. Writer: Truck4

From: The Philadelphia Inquirer 2-18-07 On a Perilous Edge- Poor living conditions and a lack of smoke alarms have contributed to a spate of deadly fires. By Julie Stoiber Inquirer Staff Writer First thing in the morning, in a house so cold the water in the dog's bowl turns to ice, Jacqueline Holmes hurries down to her cluttered kitchen to boil water. Not for a cup of tea, but for her bath, and then her teenage daughter's. The part-time cashier doesn't have money to fix her furnace and hot water heater, so she and her son and daughter are in survival mode, tempting fate with a rigged-up system of staying warm that involves two portable heaters, extension cords, "and, I hate to say it - it's a fire hazard - the stove," said Holmes, 43. On a recent afternoon, all four burners were going full blast while, a few feet away, a towel hung from a clothesline strung across the room and water dripped from a gaping hole in the kitchen ceiling. One more thing: The two-story, three-bedroom rowhouse on Ninth Street in North Philadelphia has no working smoke alarms. Such conditions exist in perhaps thousands of homes across the city, places where people live on the edge, overwhelmed by poverty and layers of dysfunction, where grandmas raise babies, where the sick and elderly scrape by, where jobs come and go and families crowd into barely habitable firetraps. "The problem is huge," said Liz Robinson, executive director of the Energy Coordinating Agency, which helps low- and moderate-income city residents meet energy needs. And it threatens not just individual households but whole rowhouse blocks. This winter, the twin menaces of poor living conditions and missing smoke alarms have contributed to a particularly brutal run of fatal fires, with 10 people - six of them children - dying since last weekend. Holmes said it scares her, but added, "You have to stay warm some kind of way." While Philadelphia Fire Commissioner Lloyd Ayers sends crews door to door with free smoke alarms and brochures, and enlists fire-safety block captains, advocates for the poor rail against a cycle of escalating utility bills and shutoffs and the risky home-heating solutions that result. An 81-year-old man who died in a fire last month in Kensington had two 100-pound propane tanks in his rowhouse, one of them attached with a rubber hose to a gas burner that was his primary source of heat. "We all could have died in that one," said Executive Fire Chief Daniel Williams. More than 7,700 Philadelphia households were without central heat as of the end of January due to termination of service by Philadelphia Gas Works, the municipally owned utility that is the primary source of home heating in the city. "It's concerning to us any time we know there's a household out there without heat when it's cold," said PGW spokesman Doug Oliver. "But we can't allow a customer to continue to use gas they're not paying for." The long-term solution, Robinson said, "is to weatherize these homes like crazy - not just for poor people, but for everyone - and to move to more affordable ways of heating." Short term, there is emergency help from the federally funded energy assistance program LIHEAP and state grants. PGW, Peco Energy Co., and other utilities offer grants, discounts and payment plans. Even in combination, those sources don't always close the gap. Someone qualifying for the maximum assistance might get around $1,300, but the typical utility user whose service has been terminated owes PGW $1,500, Robinson said. "There's not enough money in the world to pay everyone's utility bills," said Jerry Bennett, director of programs for ECA. So people improvise, with disastrous results. They heat water on top of space heaters, splice wires, overload antiquated electrical systems. Just last Sunday, 25-year-old Cornellry Robinson and her four small children died in a boarded-up West Philadelphia wreck that firefighters said had an illegal electric hookup and a maze of space heaters and overloaded outlet strips. Her home, like the eight others in which fatal fires have claimed 18 lives this year, had no smoke detectors. "No early warning," Ayers said. "People think, 'It's not going to happen to me,' but it does, and then you hear the wailing and the crying." In the last two years, his department has installed more than 10,000 smoke detectors in homes, but he estimated that up to 10 percent of Philadelphia households still need them. The Wissinoming house where Lydia Muniz, 26, lived didn't have them when she moved in, and it worried her. Her sister's boyfriend bought some, but they weren't working the night her sister left a candle burning atop the television in her room. "It just slipped our minds to get the batteries," Muniz said. On Jan. 24, she woke to screams, and escaped with her daughter and another roommate from a blaze that killed her sister, her 3-year-old nephew, and her sister's boyfriend. Thoughts of those smoke alarms haunt her. "If we would have went and put the batteries in...," she said last week, her voice trailing off. "I have so many things going through my mind, so many what-ifs." Jackie Holmes worries, too, but not enough to stop firing up the burners on her Kenmore, and running cords every which way. She did call the Fire Department's Smoke Alarm Hotline (215-686-1176) to request smoke detectors after she was provided with the number. "I'm embarrassed about my whole situation," said Holmes, who left school in 11th grade, and who lived for a time in a homeless shelter. Her utilities are on, but she said she couldn't afford even an estimate for repairs to the furnace and water heater. Liz Robinson, of the energy agency, said Holmes could get aid, if she can prove she owns or rents the home. Holmes brightened when she heard that. "I do rent it," she said, "from my mother." She said she was going to try to get help. Sloshing up the stairs with boiling pots of water is too much. Same with watching her daughter wash her hair in cold water. "This," she said, "isn't the way we should be living." 2007 Philadelphia Fatal Fires Eighteen people have died in fires this year, all in homes without smoke detectors, some in dwellings without working utilities or central heating. That is triple the number a year ago. A 19th victim, a 75-year-old woman, died in January from injuries suffered in a 2006 fire. Feb. 14:100 block of North 57th Street: A 6-month-old, a 3-year-old, and their great-grandmother died. Cause: a toddler's playing with matches. Feb. 12: 1900 block of Ingersoll Street: A 73-year-old woman died. Cause: a faulty extension cord. Feb. 11: 5900 block of Walnut Street: A 25-year-old woman and four children younger than 6 died. Cause: faulty wiring. Feb. 10: 1200 block of Latona Street: A 28-year-old woman died. Cause: smoking in bed. Feb. 3:4900 block of B Street: A 68-year-old woman and a 42-year-old man died. Cause: a pot left on the stove. Feb. 1: 4000 block of Parrish Street: A 60-year-old man died. Cause: a desk lamp too close to combustibles. Jan. 24: 2000 block of Anchor Street: A 19-year-old woman, a 3-year-old boy, and a 22-year-old man died. Cause: a candle left burning overnight. Jan. 10:3172 Amber St.: A 70-year-old man died. Cause: space heater. Jan. 10:112 E. Cumberland St.: A 81-year-old man died. Cause: space heater.

Date: 02-19-07 Time: 1400hrs Location: Opossumtown Pike, "Antietam Village Shopping Center" Departments: Description: Suspect attempted to rob a liqour store and fired on PD as they arrived. Perp holed up in store and set fire to it while on the phone with negotiators. Large 2-story commercial is heavily involved with exterior op's from a distance. Ongoing as of 1600hrs. Writer: Truck4 http://wjz.com/topstories/local_story_050143947.html Chopper video: http://wjz.com/video/?id=25901@wjz.dayport.com

Date: 02-19-07 Time: 0520hrs Location: NYS Thruway Northbound X Cross County Mall Units Operating: NYSP, YPD ESU Truck 4, Truck 2, K-9#1, 1st PCT units; YFD E-307, 313, L-73, R-1; Empress Description Of Incident: SUV struck right side barrier near exit for CCP and rolled over. Driver under arrest by NYSP on arrival for DWI/Vehiclular Assault. Female passenger removed by ESU through windshield. Victim sustained a head injury with a severe laceration to the forehead, transported to WCMC by Empress. Writer: Truck4

Date: 02-19-07 Time: 0310hrs Location: Kimball Ave X Woodlawn Ave. Units Operating: YPD 2nd PCT, ESU Truck 2, Truck 4, K-9#1; YFD E-313, L-73; Empress Description Of Incident: MV into (2) parked cars at high rate of speed, with pin. Writer: Truck4 0310hrs- R/C 203 on scene confirming pin. 0315hrs- Female passenger pinned. ESU and FD putting multiple tools into operation. Driver was outside of vehicle and belligerent on arrival, placed under arrest for DWI and transported to Jacobi for evaluation. 0335hrs- Victim removed with multiple fractures of her legs and transported to Jacobi.

Date: 02-17-07 Time: 1804hrs Location: 5th St. X Cortelyou Rd. Description Of Incident: Writer: Truck4 1804hrs- 10-75 for fire top floor of a P/D. 1806hrs- B-40 Using All-Hands for fire in a Queen Anne P/D 20X40. L-172 FAST. 1811hrs- S/C extra Engine and Truck. S/C: E-250/L-113 1823hrs- S/C extra Truck. 1827hrs- Div. 15 transmitting 2nd Alarm for fire dropping down from 3rd floor to 2nd floor. 2nd Alarm: E-247, 248, 330; B-41 (Safety), B-48 (RUL), E-284/S-3; Rescue B/C, Safety B/C, Field Comm, TAC. 1840hrs- Div. 15 rpts pulling all co's from building and going to exterior attack. 1904hrs- Div. 15 rpts (2) Tower Ladders in operation, fire darkening down.

Date: 02-17-07 Time: 0330hrs Location: Valley Farm Drive Departments: Description: Fire in a 1.5-story frame P/D with (7) dead, (1) burn victim flown to Pittsburg. Writer: Truck4 http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/1...860/detail.html http://www.nbc10.com/news/11042782/detail....l=headlineclick

Date: 02-16-07 Time: 1555hrs Location: 200 W.90th X Columbus/Amsterdam Description Of Incident: Fire in an OMD. Writer: Truck4 1555hrs- Numerous calls, 10-75 for fire in the basement of an OMD. L-22 FAST. 1558hrs- B-10 rpts Using All-Hands for fire in the basement of a 14-story 100X50. S/C extra Engine and Truck. Multiple calls for people trapped on floors above. 1603hrs- L-25 FAST being put to work, S/C new FAST (L-43). 1605hrs- Div. 3 transmitting 2nd Alarm. Fire in basement with possible extension to floors above. 2nd Alarm: E-22, 54, 35, L-35; E-9/S-1; Safety B/C; B-9 (Safety), B-8 (RUL) 1608hrs- B-10 rpts (2) L/S/O Main Body of Fire is K/D, still D/W/H. 1613hrs- Div. 3 rpts Pri and Secondary in basement are (-).

Date: 02-16-07 Time: 0121hrs Location: 268 Prospect Park West X 17th St. Description Of Incident: Fire 1st floor of a 4-story mixed occupancy 20X60. Writer: Truck4 0130hrs- B-48 Using All-Hands for fire in a 4-story mixed. E-228 is 4th due. Rescue/Squad assigned. 0134hrs- B-48 S/C extra Engine and Truck. S/C: E-279/L-147 0146hrs- Div. 11 transmitting 2nd Alarm for extention to the 2nd floor. S/C (2) trucks above 2nd Alarm. FOC rpts a Mayday, Div. 11 cancelling that Mayday. 2nd Alarm: E-282, 281, 280; 284/S-3; L-132; B-32 (Safety), B-40 (RUL); Field Com S/C: L-105, 114 0150hrs- Div. 11 req. all Engine Co's on 2nd Alarm to respond on 17th St side. 0156hrs- Field Comm. taking up from Queens 2nd Alarm and responding into Brooklyn. 0157hrs- TAC #1, Rescue B/C responding. 0157hrs- Div. 11 rpts (4) L/S/O. Main body of fire was in the 1st floor taxpayer which is attached to Exposure #4 (Taxpayer). Extention into Exposure #4 first floor and cockloft. D/W/H. 0159hrs- NYPD Level 1 Mobilization.

Date: 02-16-07 Time: 0104hrs Location: 173-48 105th Ave Description Of Incident: Fire 2nd and top floors of a 2.5-story frame peaked roof P/D with extension to Exposure #2. Writer: Truck4, CAM502 0107hrs- E275 10-84, 10-75 Fire in a 2 story P/D peaked roof. CIDS states 20'X40' with window bars on 2nd floor. Batt 50 request add. Eng and Truck due to window bars. 0110approx- E275 reports frozen hydrant. 10-70. E298 to relay water. 0118hrs- Batt 50 reports 2nd alarm fire into Exp 2 (similar dettached with 3 foot alley). L150 FAST truck going to work, L125 New FAST. 2 lines stretched and operating. Batt51 is Safety and Batt 53 is resource unit leader. 0122hrs- Div 13 reports partial collapse 1st floor into basement. FAST truck sent in to basement. 1 member was removed from basement by the FAST truck. 0128hrs- Div 13 reports 4 lines in operation. Exp 2 is darkening down. Primary searches complete and negative. Fire is doubtful. 0139hrs- Div 13 reports fire is darking down in original fire building. 4 lines still in operation. S/C 1 Truck (L155). Fire is Doubtful. 0151hrs- Fieldcom reports Div 13 reports this fire is P/W/H.

Date: 02-15-07 Time: 1130hrs Location: 10 Mill Road X Post Rd. (Route 22) Units Operating: Eastchester (All), New Rochelle E-22, L-12; EVAC Description Of Incident: Fire in (1) taxpayer (Nail Salon), end of row. Writer: Truck4 1135hrs- Original call for burning wires, Car 2102 rpts working fire in a taxpayer. 1150hrs- M/A New Rochelle Engine and Truck to scene. Car 2102 rpts fire in the walls and cockloft of a 1-story taxpayer. 1200hrs- M/A Mount Vernon TL-2, Engine to cover. 1210hrs- M/A Scarsdale E-54, Greenville L-4 to cover. 1215hrs- All M/A cover units to Sta. 1.

Date: 02-14-07 Time: 2210hrs Location: East Main St X Marietta Ave Departments: Description: Fire in (6) buildings in downtown Mount Joy. Reports of injured firefighters after a floor collapse in the original fire building. Writer: Truck4 http://www.wgal.com/news/11016844/detail.html

Suspensions in Fire Training Death http://wjz.com/topstories/local_story_043180657.html Fire Chief & Lt. Suspended After Recruit's Death (WJZ) BALTIMORE A Baltimore City Fire Chief and a lieutenant have been suspended in connection with the recent death of a cadet recruit during a fire training session. As WJZ's Kai Jackson reports, the Chief of Training for the Baltimore City Fire Department and a lead fire instructor have been suspended without pay. The suspensions were announced after the Department found several safety procedures were not followed when Racheal Wilson died during a training exercise last week.

Date: 02-13-07 Time: 0220hrs Location: 1968 Bathgate Ave X 179th St. Description Of Incident: Fire in a shaft between (2) buildings with extension to 3rd floors and cocklofts of both. Writer: Truck4 0220hrs- B-19 transmitting 10-75 for a vacant. E-46, 88, 42, 48; L-27, 38, 56 FAST; B-19, B-18 (10-75); R-3, Sq-61 0224hrs- B-19 using All-Hands for fire in a shaft between a vacant 3-frame and a similar attached OMD with extension to the 3rd floor of both buildings. S/C extra Engine and Truck. S/C: E-75/L-33 0232hrs- Div. 7 transmitting 3rd Alarm for fire on 3rd floor of (2) buildings. S/C extra Tower Ladder above 2nd Alarm. 2nd Alarm: E-43, 90, 93; L-58; E-72/S-2; B-20 (Safety), B-3 (RUL); TAC, Field Com, Rescue B/C, Safety B/C. S/C: TL-41 0238hrs- Div. 7 rpts fire top and cockloft of (2) buildings. Setting up Tower Ladders. D/W/H. 0250hrs- Div. 7 rpts fire K/D on top floor and in cockloft.

Date: 02-12-07 Time: 2030hrs Location: 5100 South 11th St. (Philadelphia Naval Yard) Departments: Description: Suspect shot (4) people, killing (3) during a buisness meeting at "Zigzag Net, Inc." Suspect, who was armed with an AK-47, found dead at scene with self-inflicted GSW. Writer: Truck4 http://www.nbc10.com/news/10993715/detail.html?dl=mainclick

Date: 02-12-07 Time: 1900hrs Location: Trolly Square Mall Departments: Description: 18-year old suspect shot (9) vicitms, killing (5) inside a shopping mall. (1) off-duty Ogden Police Officer exchanged fire with the suspect containing him to one area of the mall until other Officers arrived and engaged the suspect. Writer: Truck4 http://www.sltrib.com/

Date: 02-11-07 Time: 0330hrs Location: Walnut St X 59th St. Departments: PFD Description: A Mother and (4) children squatting in a vacant rowhome were killed when an electrical heater caused a fire. Philadelphia now has (15) people killed in fires since January 1st. Writer: Truck4 Links: http://www.nbc10.com/newsarchive/10982301/detail.html