Mount Vernon - Multiple Alarm Fire 1-10-16

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Date: 1-10-16
Time: 08:32
Location: 25 W Sanford Ave C/S S 6th Ave & S 5th Ave
District: Mount Vernon
Battalion: 18
Channel: Mount Vernon FD, Fire 18
Weather: 49F, Heavy rain
Units: Mount Vernon FD Engine 5, Engine 3, Engine 4, Engine 5, Engine 6, Ladder 1, Ladder 3, Battalion 3 (IC), Car 2
Eastchester FD Tower Ladder 17 (Originally relocated, redirected to scene while enroute)
Pelham FD Engine 5 (Originally relocated, redirected to scene while enroute)
Pelham Manor FD Tower Ladder 3 (Relocate Mount Vernon FD Station 3)
Yonkers FD Engine 313, Ladder 75, Battalion 2 (Relocated to Station 3, redirected enroute to the scene)
White Plains FD Ladder 34 (Relocate Mount Vernon FD Station 3)
Transcare Mount Vernon Ambulance 1
Mount Vernon PD
WCDES Battalion 18
Writer: x635

Description: Dispatched as reported smoke in the building, Chinese Restaurant, dispatch receiving several calls that the roof is on fire

08:34 Battalion on location with smoke showing from the Chinese Restaurant

08:35 Working fire, 1 story commercial with attached exposures on each side, lines being stretched

08:36 Battalion confirming 10-26 (First Alarm Of Fire)

08:52 Car 2 2 lines stretched and operating, fully involved

09:10 Car 2, 4 lines stretched and operating, defensive operation, mutual aid relocates into the city

09:16 Car 2 reporting ladders in operation, multiple handlines

09:19 Car 2 requesting mutual aid relocates redirect to the scene

09:38 Car 2 requesting Yonkers Tower Ladder redirect to the scene, Yonkers Battalion 2 responding to scene as well

09:49 Car 2 requesting Yonkers Engine redirect to the scene

09:54 Car 2 requesting Motor Mechanic dispatched to the scene ASAP, Ladder truck in operation having mechanical failure

09:58 60 Control requesting White Plains Truck relocate, Car 2512 advising dispatch Ladder 34

10:15 MVFD Dispatch advising Car 2 they have 3 recall firefighters at Station 2 looking for assignment

11:04 Eastchester Tower Ladder 17 released from the scene

11:12 MVFD Dispatch advising Car 2 that MVFD Ladder 2 staffed with recall personnel operating out of Station 3

11:22 MVFD Dispatch advising Engine 2 in service from Station 3 with recall personel

11:44 Car 2 advising fire under control, units are picking up

11:53 Battalion 18 advising Yonkers has been released from scene (Yonkers has off duty recall Battalion 3, Engine 319, and Ladder 78 staffed and in service due to high call volume in city and units operating mutual aid in Mount Vernon)

Notes:

Mount Vernon Apparatus ID's don't conform to Westchester County Apparatus ID's

Edited January 10, 2016 by x635
UPDATED