Buchanan Working Fire- 2/18/04

[RES20CUE 40]

Date: 2/18/04

Times: 2133-Still Ongoing

Location: 149 Bannon Avenue, Village of Buchanan

Frequency: 46.42

Units Operating: 2551,2552, E160, E161, R26, Verplanck TL46, Croton E119-FAST

Description: Working fire in #1 Floor of Bannon Avenue Apartments. Reports of possible occupants trapped.

Writer: RES20CUE

UPDATE: 2152- Peekskill E134-FAST and Montrose E121 to scene

UPDATE: 2220- Montrose TL8 to scene, Ossining L42 to Montrose- Back Fill

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Relaying O/S update from MedicOfDrkness, 2152hrs :

2 story OMD, still poss entrapment, fully involved

Buchanan, Montrose, and Verplank working

Croton and Peekskill FAST

Cortlandt VAC/Cortlandt ALS also O/S.

Also BFD1054 O/S

[Guest DFFD227]

Update as of 0126hrs:

Peekskill Tower Ladder 45 and a Peekskill FAS Engine requested to the scene. Mohegan Ladder 10 requested to standby.

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Firehouse.com:

http://cms.firehouse.com/content/article/a...nId=46&id=26397

Got a nice screenshot of Utility 12.

[EMTbravo 312]

Photos from this incident are now posted, www.emtbravo.com

Thanks JJP2342 and 621West

[BFD1054 1,552]

Date: 02-18-04

Time: 2115HRS (TOD) - approx. 0730HRS (time all Buchanan units were picked up/returning)

Location: 142 Bannon Ave, Bannon Ave. Apartments c/s Cortlandt St./Seward St.

Frequencies: 46.26 (Dispatched) switched to 46.42 for fireground operations.

Units: Buchanan Cars 2551-57, E160, E161, R26 & U12, Montrose Cars 2271 & 2273, E121 & LT8, Verplanck L46, E128 (re-located to Buchanan HQ to cover) VFD's Bus for re-hab, Croton Cars 2082 & 2083, E119 w/208FASTeam (CFD FAST members ended up going to work), Peekskill Cars 2341 & 2342, E130 w/234FASTeam & L45, Battalion-17 (County Coordinator Shwartz), WC Cause & Origin Team Zone 4 1404 w/numerous members, Ossining re-located one Truck to Montrose to cover tri-village w/ladder & Mohegan on stand-by for Peekskill FD (Ladder), Cortlandt VAC Cars 8811 & 8812, 88B2, 88B3, Cortlandt ALS 35M1, Buchanan PD Cars 266 & 268(Chief), Buchanan Highway & Water Depts. & Con Edison Gas & Electric.

Description: Working fire in a 3-story multiple family apartment building (19 apartments). Fire started in a rear basement apartment and was aggressivly attacked by first-arriving units and fire was believed to be k/d. Due to the buildings' age and construction type (balloon frame), fire was able to spread vertically through open areas in the walls and eventually spread horizontally across the top floor. Fire also spread through the area between the ceiling and roof and crews worked hard pulling ceilings to k/d hidden fire. Unfortunately, crews were pulled from interior attack several times due to the integrity of the structure. Operations were switched back and forth from interior to exterior and finally to all exterior using master streams from the buckets of LT8, L45 & L46 and ground hand-lines, until crews could re-enter for overhaul. Note: there was a confirmed fatality in this fire, 1 male in his late 30s/early 40's was found in the reported room of origin in the rear of the structure.

As a member and officer of Buchanan FD, i want to thank all those who were involved in this incident, everyone did a great job, worked well together and worked hard all night.

Writer: BFD1054