Mount Vernon - 3rd Alarm Fatal Fire - 9/13/12

[firedude 985]

Date: 9/13/2012

Time: ~1937hrs

Location: 40 East Birch St (Between Westchester Ave & Gramatan Ave)

Frequency: 460.275 (MVPD), 154.145 (MVFD Disp), 153.770 (FG), 46.26 (Dispatch), 33.96 (Dispatch), Fire 18, 154.430 (EFD Disp), 453.500 (WPFD Disp)

Units Operating on Scene: [Mt. Vernon FD: 2292, E2, E3, E4, E5, E6, L2, L3, TL1, R1], [Eastchester FD: 2103 L15], [Pelham FD: E5], [New Rochelle FD: E22], [Fairview FD: L1], [Transcare: 32A1, 32M1], [WCDOT: Bee Line Bus 217], [WCDES: Bat 18], MVPD, Con Ed, Red Cross, Mt. Vernon OEM

Units on Standby at MVFD Station 3: [Greenville FD: SQ15], [White Plains FD: L34]

Weather Conditions: Partly Cloudy, 67 Degrees

Description Of Incident: 3rd Alarm Structure Fire, Fire on the 3rd Floor of a 5 Story OMD, 1 Civilan has died.

Reporters: firedude, Larchmont_Boy, EFD1883 Peterose313

1937hrs: Original Dispatch

2007hrs: IC Requesting 2nd Alarm

2059hrs: IC Requesting a Bee Line/DOT Bus for Rehab

2110hrs: IC Upgrading to 3rd Alarm, Standby Units move up, need Manpower and Tools

2140hrs: Bat 18 Reports Fairview has been released, returning to Fairview

2156hrs: Bat 18 Reports IC has released Eastchester, Pelham and New Rochelle Units, Holding with White Plains and Greenville on Standby

2215hrs: All Mutual Aid on Scene has been released by IC

2310hrs: Standby Units released by IC

Lohud Article: http://www.lohud.com...?nclick_check=1

Newsday Article: http://newyork.newsd...s-one-1.4001466

The Daily MV Article: http://mountvernon.d...rtment-building

NYCFire.net Thread with Truck4 info: http://nycfire.net/f...ic,18557.0.html

**Still Updating! Anyone with info please PM me!

Edited September 14, 2012 by firedude