Westchester (Countywide) 60 Control Down 8-29-07

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Date: 8-29-07

Time: 1800hrs (Approx)

Location: Westchester Countywide

Frequency: N/A

Units Operating: N/A

Description Of Incident: See Below

Writer: x635

1805hrs:According to reports, 60 Control has lost all primary Fire & EMS radios at their Dana Rd. facility in Valhalla since roughly 1800hrs. They are working on backups and Departments have been asked to man their stations to dispatch until further notice.

21:09hrs (UPDATE): Cablevision Lightpath (Westchester County's Inter-Goverment Fiber-Optic Network run by Lightpath) outage causing the radio issues. Lightpath landlines link 60 Control with the dozens of transmitter and repeater site. Unknown ETA for repair, 60 Control is waiting on Lightpath technicians to find and repair the issue. Intial reports of issue being on a cable between White Plains and Valhalla. No further information at this time.