North White Plains - Tractor Trailer MVA w/ HazMat 12-17-15 (UPDATED)

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Date: 12-17-15
Time: 10:53hrs
Location: In area of 47 Lafayette Ave C/S Washington Ave and Virginia Rd
District: North White Plains

Incident Commander: Car 2321
Battalion: 19
Channel: Fire 19, Fireground 2
Weather: 50F, steady to heavy rain throughout incident
Units: (See unit rundown below updates)
Writer: x635

Description: Tractor trailer vs. pole
CLICK HERE TO VIEW PHOTO (Courtesy msm232)

10:53 Car 2321 on location, tractor trailer vs. several poles, several poles are fractured in half, numerous wires down, large transformer down on top of and adjacent to the truck's fuel tank, with multiple fluid spill including a large amount of transformer fluid. Heavy rain with Bronx River and Metro North Harlem Line adjacent to incident. Numerous bystander from neighborhood standing near incident on wet pavement with live primaries down upon arrival (See photo of just part of what Car 2321 pulled up to)

10:55 Engine 74 has one line stretched as a precaution. Rescue 33 to put preliminary boom near incident. Ladder 47 to check basement of building adjacent to scene.

10:58 Car 2321 requesting Con Ed to the scene, DEP notification

11:01 Car 2321 requesting Metro North Safety rep to the scene

11:03 Car 2321 reporting unknown contents of trailer, no manifest, trailer is registered to a chemical company, is leaking, requesting WCDES Haz-Mat officer

11:10 Car 2321 reporting Con-Ed on scene, WCDES Car 2001 (Haz-Mat) also on scene

11:25 Car 2321 Progress report....in contact with DEP, Con Ed to handle spill and advising wires are still live, impact to Metro North is minimal but they will remain on scene.

11:30 Car 2321 reporting WCDES Haz-Mat 1 request for a response, non emergency, to Virginia Rd and the Bronx River, to investigate and mitigate fluid spill into the river. Requesting White Plains FD to check the Bronx River in their district.

11:42 Haz-Mat 1 responding, Car 2321 requests they boom the Bronx River at Virginia Rd as a precaution

11:48 60 Control advising Car 2321 White Plains FD has no indication of fluid spill in the Bronx River at Fisher Lane, Car 2321 requests they boom the river at Fisher Lane as a precaution and then they can take up

12:01 Car 2321 reporting Bronx River boomed at Virginia Rd, North Castle DPW on scene stating storm drains lead to the Metro North right-of-way adjacent to river, in process of booming those drains once they have the confirmation via Metro North Fire-Safety Chief on scene that the third rail power is shut down

12:26 60 Control advising Car 2321 that White Plains Engine 66 has boomed the river at Fisher Lane, and have taken up

12:53 Car 2321 advising Ladder 47 and Rescue 33 are taking up, Engine 74 and Car 2321 will remain on scene, wires are still live and Con Ed is working with their control center on that issue

13:45 FINAL UPDATE: Car 2321 advising North White Plains in service, command transferred to Con Ed

North White Plains FD Engine 74, Ladder 47, Rescue 33, Car 2321 (I/C)
White Plains FD Engine 66, Rescue 88 (S/C to boom river at their side)
Vahalla VAC 82-B-2
Transcare 37-M-1
North Castle PD Car 30, Car 31
WCDES HazMat 1, Car 2001, Battalion 19

Metro North Car 2643
Con Ed Emergency Commander

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Edited December 17, 2015 by x635
UPDATED