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I'll second that.

I just dispatched 87A1 on a call - could this be their last one?
Personally, I hate to see 87A1 go away. I can't tell everyone how many times we've had to utilize them to cover calls as either an ambulance or a Medic in the Mount Pleasant area.
I know someone has to foot the bill, but I really think this is one resource that's been invaluable.

Interior crew bailing out the front fire excape 2nd floor when they where cut off from the interior starcase, Eng 58 down to half of tank!

A few shots from the north side of the fire building. Heard the sirens and saw the plume, but had to go to a stupid meeting. I cut it short, grabbed the work camera, and took a few shots. I had just eaten at Coyote Flaco a few doors up before the alarm went out.

Don't cross the stream's!

A few shots from the exposure.... exposure.... which side would you call this?
These shots don't do the LDH lays justice. There's a LOT of hose out there to be picked up. Glad everyone is OK!

As someone that was riding the second Engine on scene, I can say that your aerial map isn't correct, the house was at the corner of Scarborough Station Road and Beachwood Way. The call originally came out as a Vehicle Fire and was then changed to a Structure Fire when the fire spread and eventually involved the entire 3 car garage, both the first and second floors, and the roof. The heat played a large factor in the amount of manpower needed as it was very hot today and extremely humid. On scene there was already one Rescue from Briarcliff and 2 Rescue/Engines also from Briarcliff. This did not "strip down a large portion of the county if another fire or major EMS incident were to occur" as all the companies that responded, besides all of the BMFD apparatus, whose Ladder is currently OOS requiring the use of Ossining's Ladder 42, were only a small fraction of their overall companies and coverage areas. Westchester is a large county and would have been fine had another fire or major EMS incidednt occured. Overall, it was a good burn. Everyone worked well, it was well organized and everyone did their jobs. The biggest problem of the incident was the heat and humidity, which put many on scene on the sidelines for longer than normal, but everyone was able to work through it with very few people needing medical attention to deal with dehydration, overexertion, etc.
Here's a picture I snapped after the majority of the fire was under control/knocked down. The garage to the right was where the fire originally began, spread to the middle garage and eventually blew out reaching 4 cars, 3 parked to the right and 1 to the left of where the picture was taken, which are some 35 feet away from the structure. A few more spots popped up and the whole frame of what was the garage was knocked completely down, can't speak on the condition of the interior not scene here as I did the majority of my work during the initial attack before aiding with exterior and clean up operations.

As someone that was riding the second Engine on scene, I can say that your aerial map isn't correct, the house was at the corner of Scarborough Station Road and Beachwood Way. The call originally came out as a Vehicle Fire and was then changed to a Structure Fire when the fire spread and eventually involved the entire 3 car garage, both the first and second floors, and the roof. The heat played a large factor in the amount of manpower needed as it was very hot today and extremely humid. On scene there was already one Rescue from Briarcliff and 2 Rescue/Engines also from Briarcliff. This did not "strip down a large portion of the county if another fire or major EMS incident were to occur" as all the companies that responded, besides all of the BMFD apparatus, whose Ladder is currently OOS requiring the use of Ossining's Ladder 42, were only a small fraction of their overall companies and coverage areas. Westchester is a large county and would have been fine had another fire or major EMS incidednt occured. Overall, it was a good burn. Everyone worked well, it was well organized and everyone did their jobs. The biggest problem of the incident was the heat and humidity, which put many on scene on the sidelines for longer than normal, but everyone was able to work through it with very few people needing medical attention to deal with dehydration, overexertion, etc.
Here's a picture I snapped after the majority of the fire was under control/knocked down. The garage to the right was where the fire originally began, spread to the middle garage and eventually blew out reaching 4 cars, 3 parked to the right and 1 to the left of where the picture was taken, which are some 35 feet away from the structure. A few more spots popped up and the whole frame of what was the garage was knocked completely down, can't speak on the condition of the interior not scene here as I did the majority of my work during the initial attack before aiding with exterior and clean up operations.