Mount Vernon, NY (Westchester) - Working Fire 3/10/13

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118 W. Second St. x S. 9th Ave.
Vacant building

FDMV Assignment probably: 4 Engines (1 FAST), 1 L and 1 TL, and 1 Chief. MVPD, Transcare, ConEd. Mutual-Aid into City.

23:40 hrs: New Rochelle FD and Pelham FD relocating 1+1.
23:41 hrs: WCDES Batt 18 dispatched.
23:43 hrs: all visible fire k/d. Companies are opening up.
23:45 hrs: Ladder 15 en-route to FDMV Station #15. Switched to Fire 18.
23:50 hrs: Engine 6 and Ladder 15 reporting to FDMV Station #3 1+1. Now report to scene.
23:50 hrs: All-hands. Extensive overhaul.
23:50 hrs: Pelham FD E-5 at Station #3.
23:53 hrs: E-5 reporting unable to gain entry to Station #3. 60 Control advises FDMV Dispatch is working on it.
00:00 hrs: Exposures are #1 street, #2 street, #3 front (?), #4 similar.
00:03 hrs: FDMV Dispatch advising E-5 that a Guide en-route to Station #3. Eastchester L-15 is at Station #3.
00:12 hrs: Secondary searches completed and are negative. (?) is confirmed.

"Firefighters quickly doused an overnight fire in a vacant building. Firefighters responded to the 2-1/2-story building at 118 W. Second St. Sunday shortly before midnight. Firefighters found flames and called for an additional engine and ladder truck. They knocked the flames down in a matter of minutes. Further information was not immediately available."
http://www.lohud.com/article/20130311/NEWS02/303110027/Mount-Vernon-firefighters-douse-overnight-blaze
 
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