Cornwall, NY 1/15/2012 Seven Alarm Factory Fire

Date: 01-15-12
Time: 1050hrs
Location: 2 Old Mill St X Willow Ave (Route 32)
Departments: Cornwall, West Point, Vails Gate, Cornwall-On-Hudson, Highland Falls, Fort Montgomery, Woodbury, Salisbury Mills, Monroe, Washingtonville, Orange Lake, Cronomer Valley, Good-Will, Middle Hope, Winona Lake, Chester, New Windsor, Coldenham, Newburgh (City), South Blooming Grove
Descritpion: Fire throughout a mill complex.

1050hrs- Cornwall CMD rpts working fire in the mill complex. 2nd Alarm transmitted. West Point FAST.

1108hrs- CMD req. additional FAST.

1113hrs- M/A (3) additional Engines to the scene.

1115hrs- 2nd FAST being put to work, M/A additional FAST.

1120hrs- 3rd Alarm transmitted. Cornwall's Truck putting ladder pipe in operation.

1125hrs- Co's have difficult access to the main fire building. Exposure problems to adjoining buildings.

1130hrs- Co's setting up a 3rd Tower Ladder.

1200hrs- M/A Engine to the scene. Co's setting up drafting operations.

1230hrs- Co's being ordered off the roof of the exposure buildings. Master streams in operation.

1235hrs- CMD transmitting 4th Alarm.

1300hrs- M/A (2) Trucks to the scene, report to staging. CMD rpts fire has extended the length of the main complex.

1310hrs- CMD unable to raise co's inside one section of the complex.

1315hrs- Co's rpt partial collapse of the roof.

1325hrs- CMD still unable to raise one group of members.

1400hrs- CMD ordering all companies out of the building. Full roll call being conducted.

1427hrs- ALL members accounted for. Heavy fire conditions remain. Exterior op's only ATT.

1430hrs- 5th Alarm equivalent. All cover units moved up. M/A from Rockland County for cover.

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