Sound Shore Major Emergency 4-15-07 UPDATED

[x635 4,066]

Date: 4-15-07

Time: Ongoing

Location: Mamaroneck, Rye, Port Chester, New Rochelle, Larchmont Coastal areas

Frequency:

Units Operating: Numerous local and mutual aid agenices

Description Of Incident: Rapid, heavy flooding due to rain and rise of the Long Island Sound prompting numerous water rescues and evacuations.

Writer: x635, x901 (O/S), JakeShine

Disaster situation in region. 60 Control handling numerous incidents and coordinating massive response. Westchester DES OEM activated. Red Cross opening shelters.

* There was a working house fire in Mamaroneck Village at 243 Knollwood Avenue where multiple Mutual Aid units went to work. Unconfirmed reports of a victim trapped..

Mamaroneck Village has a Command Post and manpower pool setup at the H&L on Mamaroneck Avenue. Units that have been mobilized include (some may be missing):

Personnel for relief purposes from Ossining, Mohegan, Tarrytown, Pleasantville, Elmsford, Valhalla & Peekskill FD.

Apparatus deployed includes (again, some may be missing):

Banksville R7 to Eastchester w/ pumps

Bedford Hills TL57 to Mamaroneck

Briarcliff R37 to Mamaroneck

Buchanan U4 (Bus) for transporting FF & civilians & Boat in Mamaroneck

Chappaqua TL27 to Mamaroneck

Croton E119 & M32 to Mamaroneck

Irvington R49 & Dive Unit to Mamaroneck

Montrose R51 & Boat to Mamaroneck

Mount Kisco E104 to Mamaroneck

Sleepy Hollow Boat to Mamaroneck

Ossining L42 to Rye FD

Pleasantville E260 to Mamaroneck

Pound Ridge 2408 to Eastchester w/ pumps

South Salem R34 to Mamaroneck

Tarrytown E80 to Mamaroneck

Valhalla R9 to Mamaroneck

Verplanck Boat to Mamaroneck

West Harrison Engine to Harrison & Mamaroneck

Yorktown MA8 & Dive Team to Mamaroneck

As of 04:00 units from Putnam have staged at 60 Control for deployment. They are:

Brewster Ladder 11-5-1

Carmel Engine 12-2-3

Mahopac Engine 19-2-3

Putnam Valley Rescue 24-6-1