FDNY Units Respond To Rockland Electrical Substation Fire

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I saw on a post on Facebook that FDNY units responded to a substation fire in Hillburn, Rockland County yesterday. It looked like a couple of Engines, Tower Ladder, Battalion, and dry chem unit.

 

Does anyone know of the protocol behind this? Is it like a task force with Con Ed? What resources do they send?

[dwcfireman 656]

Engines 33 and 84 with 23 Truck.  Purple K response.  That's all I know at the moment.

[S1720G 62]

Those Damn city guys again .

[vodoly 535]

Tappan Zee or GWB ?

[velcroMedic1987 330]

4 hours ago, S1720G said:

Those Damn city guys again .

 

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[nydude2473 79]

I'm pretty sure it was a special request by the IC. ConEd maybe gave them the heads up that the Purple K units were an option, but knowing Rockland County, a lot of those guys are FDNY to begin with so they probably knew already that that was an option to go with. Engine 33 and 84 are the closest Purple K units to our area, since the rest are situated in Brooklyn and Queens. I don't know why 23 Truck was added to the assignment but it could be because they have capabilities as well. It's cool to know that our brothers down to the south are more than welcome to give us a helping hand. That's what mutual aid is all about. Great job by all who were there!

[velcroMedic1987 330]

A well placed clandestine confidential informant close the investigation :-) has told me that there was a lengthy discussion about options and to try the Purple K.  It was an "experiment".   Considering that they used foam from NY and NJ on Sunday, I think we know the result of the experiment.   :-)

Edited June 28, 2016 by velcroMedic1987

[Dinosaur 844]

So what finally put the fire out?

 

[BFD2553 75]

Time?