Mount Vernon- Multi-Alarm Fire 05-26-09

[Truck4 48]

Date: 05-26-09

Time: 0618hrs

Location: 214 and 218 Union Ave X Harrison/3rd

Units Operating: All MVFD

Description Of Incident: Fire in (2) 2.5-story frame dwellings.

Writer: Truck4 (O/S)

0620hrs- Heavy fire 1st and 2nd floor rear of a 2.5-story frame (214 Union) with extension to Exposure #2 (218 Union).

0627hrs- Fire all floors of original fire building, Exposure problem at the rear (1st St).

0630hrs- Co's going to exterior attack on original fire building. Tower Ladder 1 and Ladder 3 in front.

0635hrs- Engine to the Exposure #3 side on 1st Ave. for exposure protection. M/A Eastchester L-17, Greenville E-151 and Pelham Engine to cover.

0640hrs- Fire through the roof of the original fire building. Fire on all floors of Exposure #2. (2) Tower Ladders going into operation.

0645hrs- Fire through the roof of both buildings.

0705hrs- CMD rpts fire K/D in 214 Union. (2) Tower Ladders still in operation. Exterior attack only on original building.

0805hrs- Fire U/C.