Rye Trench Collapse

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Just a question about the Rye trench collapse today. White Plains, New Rochelle, and Westchester County DES all had their Collapse units there. How many members responded with each team? Who was the primary collapse team and who/when did they first arrive? And, who decides which team does what?

[Bnechis 3,961]

Just a question about the Rye trench collapse today. White Plains, New Rochelle, and Westchester County DES all had their Collapse units there. How many members responded with each team? Who was the primary collapse team and who/when did they first arrive? And, who decides which team does what?

New Rochelle & White Plains are part of the Westchester Special Operations Task Force (WSOTF) and both regularly train together along with Eastchester, Fairview, Greenville, Hartsdale, Scarsdale, Mt Vernon, Yonkers and recently Pelham Manor and Larchmont have been added. Our plan is to always send a minimum of 2 squads giving us at least 10ffs/2off.

At todays Incident NR, WP & WCTRT were all dispatched at approximately the same time. NRFD command officers arrived seconds ahead of WPFD R-88. Afew minutes later NRFD R4 & R54 (collapse Unit) arrived another approx. 7 minutes WPFD Collapse unit arrived.

White Plains & NRFD personnel worked as a team using NRFD & WPFD equipment. Their struts from R-88 were staged 1st and used while our trench panels arrived and were in the ground before theirs arrived.

The local IC decides, based on input from the teams.

WCTRT arrived at some point after that (a few of their members were on-scene earlier, but without equipment). They were staged as a back-up and also assisted ConEd in setting up the 2nd VAC truck..

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Thanks for the information. When New Rochelle responds with Rescue 4, is it still staffed by the crew on Tower Ladder 11? Putting them out of service? Who brings Rescue 54 and with what kind of staffing?

[Bnechis 3,961]

Thanks for the information. When New Rochelle responds with Rescue 4, is it still staffed by the crew on Tower Ladder 11? Putting them out of service? Who brings Rescue 54 and with what kind of staffing?

Yes Rescue 4 is cross staffed and when it goes in service TL-11 goes out. Normally E-21s crew will take R-54