Mount Vernon - Second Alarm 3-28-16

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Date: 3-28-16
Time: 0711hrs
Location: 423 Bedford Ave  C/S East 5th St & Sandford Blvd
District: Mount Vernon

Channel: Fire 18/ Fireground 7

Weather: 40F, rain
Units: Mount Vernon FD       Engine 2, Engine 3, Engine 4, Engine 5, Engine 6 (FAST), Ladder 2, Ladder 3, 
                                               Rescue 1, Car 2 (IC), Car 4 (Operations), Car 5

          Pelham FD                   Engine 5, Car 2351

          Pelham Manor FD       Tower Ladder 3

          Yonkers FD                  Engine 307, Ladder 73, Battalion 2 (Relocate MVFD Station 3)

          Empress EMS               Ambulance 1

         Mount Vernon PD

         WCDES                         Battalion 14 (Acting Battalion 18)
Writer:  x635

Description: Dispatched as reported smoke in the building called from apartment 4A. 

 

07:14 Dispatch advising Car 2 Dispatch receiving multiple calls

 

07:17  Car 2 transmitting 10-26 (Working Fire), 4 story ordinary construction occupied multiple dwelling

 

07:20  Battalion 2 assuming command, reporting fire in the basement, looking for seat of the fire, opening the walls on the first floor, 1 line stretched, building has been evacuated

 

07:40  Car 2 advising to have Pelham Manor Tower Ladder 3 and Pelham Engine 5 stage at East 5th and Bedford Ave

 

07:55 Car 2 advising primary searches are complete, secondaries are in progress

 

08:03 Pelham Manor TL-3 and Pelham Engine 5 released from the scene, holding Yonkers relocated companies

 

08:08 Battalion 14 reporting Car 2 placing fire under control

 

08:39 Yonkers Battalion 2 advising all Yonkers units in service from Mount Vernon, returning to the city

 

08:40 Empress Mount Vernon Ambulance 1 advising they are released from the scene, Tac 1 will continue standby

Edited March 28, 2016 by x635
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