Pelham Manor- Working Fire 6-1-04

[DRD 0]

Date: 6/1/04

Times: 11:55

Location: 1065 Pelhamdale Ave x of Grant Ave

Frequency: 33.96, 46.26 (453.00)

Units Operating: PMFD, E4, L2, R45, L12, 2302, B18

Description Of Incident: 10-75 (heavy fire in attic)

Writer: DRD

11:55 - Pelham Manor disptached for possible roof fire

Units on approach reporting working fire

11:56 - Requesting 1 and 1 from Pelham (E4, L2) to scene

12:00 - Pelham R45 requested to scene

New Rochelle L12 requested to scene w/ 2302

12:05 - Mount Vernon E206, L62 to cover

12:20 - B18 (WCDES) responding to scene

12:31 - B18 on location.

Command reports fire through vent holes

Command requesting a NRFD radio (46.06)

Command post reports they cant communicate with NRFD

12:39 - NRFD radio en-route from PMFD HQ

Going to exterior operations

12:50 - Receiving numerous calls for smoke odor in the area

Going to interior operations

12:55 - MVFD E206, L62 dispatched on investigation of outside smoke odor at 19 Stellar Place and 488 Esplanade Ave.

PM Police will escort MVFD units from high school.

- Smoke was from the fire on Pelhamdale Ave.

- Fire is starting to be brought under control

Map:

http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?searc...&submit=Get+Map

[Guest x901]

Empress responded w Pelham Amb 1 (38A1) & Mount Vernon Amb 1 (32A1)

[hudson144 150]

as westchester continues to rely on each other someone has to fill in the communication gap. as always when the depts. in that area go on mutual aid the lack of communications is always present. even when units go into yonkers the radios assigned to units such as fdmv are not capable of recieving info from the mutual aid depts. yes,46.26 is available but on the firground there is no radio communications between them all. the solution? good question-again a problem that has gone un solved for years!

[tbendick 27]

Photos posted at

Pelham House Fire Photos

[mikeinet 37]

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