Yonkers - Significant Power Outage - 04/21/07

[Oswegowind 17]

Date: 4/21/07

Time: 1745

Location: Central Park Ave (North of Sadore Ln) as far as I know just Yonkers

Frequency: YPD 1/2, YFD Ops

Units Operating: E314, L70, L75, 900, 100, 110, 103, 104, 102, p42, p37, k903, p33, p34, trk2, 101, 144, 938

Description Of Incident: Significant Power Outage affecting Central Park Ave & Vicinity

Writer: Oswegowind

1744 - E314 dispatched to Balint Dr/Central Park Ave after receipt of call from Con Ed that a connection box had caught fire.

1745 - L70 dispatched to 7 Balint Dr for stuck occupied elevators.

1746 - Burglar alarms coming in from businesses on Central Park Ave.

1755 - 1pct units sent to check traffic lights and conditions on Central Park Ave.

1756 - L75 dispatched to Burlington Coat Factory for stuck occupied elevator.

1805 - All power out north of 2300 Central Park Ave. and on Balint Dr....numerous 911 calls asking to turn power back on.

104 at Central/Crisfield

102 at 2500 CPA

301 to Kohl's

p42 to Pizzeria UNO

101 to Modells

K9 to CPA/Fort Hill Rd auth of 100 car

1821 - Units switched to Channel 2 for ops

1840 - Power remains out...Con Ed no ETA for repair. Barricades being deployed.

1840 - Greenburgh PD notified of condition.

1841 - 3PCT foot posts being deployed to store parking lots for Security Detail.

1841 - Trk2 dispatched to 2167 CPA (Toyota Dealer) for child locked in a car.

1842 - 2Pct units covering 1Pct patrols and jobs.

1917 - Con Ed reporting problem at Sprain sub station...5 feeder lines down...1196 customers without power.

1917 - Civil Defense requested for Light Truck(s).

1923 - 900 request YPD Mobile Command Center (938)

1952 - Mobile Command Center located ifo Best Buy 2458 Central Park Ave.

2015 - Outage remains...still no ETA on completion of repairs.

2215 - Power restored...unknown if condition corrected 100%.

Edited April 22, 2007 by Oswegowind