Croton Drowning 8/3/09

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ON SCENE UNITS

Croton FD Units: 2083 (IC), 2084 (Ops), TL44, R18, M32, E119, Zodiac.

Croton EMS Units: 5513, 55B1 (Rehab), 55B2

Ossining VAC Units: 7405 (ALS Chief), 36M1

Yorktown FD Units: 2531, 2532, R55, U84

Croton PD Units: Cars 1, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, Truck 1, Marine 1, Zodiac, Divers

NYSP: Aviation, mobile units

*OVAC covered Croton with 1 ambulance during this incident.*

R18 responded to the Silver Lake Park and deployed the zodiac down stream towards the scene and conducted a search and assisted divers. R18 then responded to the Boat Launch at the end of Veterans Plaza to deploy Marine 32 upstream to search and assist divers. TL44 provided rope rescue equipment and personnel on scene, then redirected to the Van Cortlandt Manor property to walk the shore up to Nordica Drive. Additional personnel were sent to Maio's Landing on Nordica Drive to walk east to check along the shore as well. Command requested E119 to the scene for additional personnel and lighting. E119 was set up on Truesdale Drive and provided lighting down to the scene via on board generator and cord reel. Yorktown FD Dive/Water Rescue Team arrived with U84 & R55 and searched the river first from the surface, then once the current eased up, divers were put to work. After roughly three hours of searching, the party was located and recovered by the YHFD unit. All operations were broken down and units were back in service around 21:00.

On behalf of the Croton Fire Department, THANK YOU to YORKTOWN FD'S WELL-ORGANIZED AND OBVIOUSLY WELL TRAINED AND EQUIPPED WATER/DIVE TEAM! You guys were an excellent resource and our operation couldn't have been handled without you! ALSO, THANKS TO YOUR LADIES' AUXILIARY FOR PROVIDING MUCH NEEDED WATER AND GATORADE.

Another BIG THANKS to the CROTON EMS members! Many also assisted FD operations, a true testament of the teamwork we've been pushing for.

Lastly, I have to thank the nearly 35 members of my own CROTON FIRE DEPARTMENT for their efforts and professionalism, it just doesn't get said enough. Unfortunately we didn't have a positive outcome, however this incident ran smoothly and proved the value of our ongoing training initative.