Putnam Metro North MCI Drill

[Guest]

BREWSTER DID A MOCK TRAIN VS. TRUCK INICIDENT ON ROUTE 312 AND ICE POND ROAD. HERE IS A LINK TO THE SLIDE SHOW DONE BY THE JOURNAL NEWS.

http://www.thejournalnews.com/legacy/Slideshow/050706C

[Guest]

i think this was the Putnam MCI drill if im not mistaken...

[PC414 0]

You are correct. It was a County-wide MCI drill held in the Brewster District.

The drill was an occupied Metro North train vs truck (fire and entrapment) at Route 312 (xst Ice Pond Road) and the Metro North tracks. From memory here: operating units included Brewster Fire and Ambulance; Patterson Fire and Ambulance; Putnam Lake Fire and Ambulance; Carmel Fire and Ambulance; Mahopac, Mahopac Falls, Garrison, Lake Carmel & Kent Ambulances; HAZMAT Team; CATeam; CC2, CC7, CC30 & 31; Alamo medic; Croton Falls engine (148, I think?) on standby in Brewster; Metro North RR and MTA PD; PCSO & NYSP ... Probably forgot someone (sorry) ...

Staging area was Wells Middle School. Dispatched equipment was held there for an appropriate period of time before responding to scene to simulate getting a crew, drive time, etc. Brewster and Patterson were out on a first alarm due to reported proximity of accident near the District line.

PC414

[Guest]

Yeah, i saw the memo at work and got the county-wide page Friday evening. Looks like it worked out well.