Mount Vernon (Westchester), NY- 2nd Alarm 06-19-22

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Date: 06-19-22
Time: 1300hrs
Location: 113 North 7th Ave
Description: Fire in (2) 2.5 frame dwellings.
 
I know a few years back , one of the FDNY purple K units responded all the way up to Suffern/ Hillburn in far western Rockland county - that’s about 30-35 mile run.
 
Eastchester TL and Pelham engine mutual aid for cover. MV will typically exhaust Westchester County mutual aid before any request to FDNY unless it's a specific resource (foam, etc).
 
truck4 said:
Eastchester TL and Pelham engine mutual aid for cover. MV will typically exhaust Westchester County mutual aid before any request to FDNY unless it's a specific resource (foam, etc).
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That is correct. I wonder in the southern cities/towns of Westchester County, if when they need to activate the State Fire Mutual Aid plan, if it draws from Nassau or Rockland before FDNY?
 
I know several weeks ago West Nyack Tower Ladder responded across the TZ to Sleepy Hollow as a FAST team
 
Extra One & One said:
That is correct. I wonder in the southern cities/towns of Westchester County, if when they need to activate the State Fire Mutual Aid plan, if it draws from Nassau or Rockland before FDNY?
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I'm speaking from ignorance, since I haven't lived in NY for 50 years . . . but I would be VERY surprised to see a response from Nassau County into Westchester.
 
raybrag said:
I'm speaking from ignorance, since I haven't lived in NY for 50 years . . . but I would be VERY surprised to see a response from Nassau County into Westchester.
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Back in the fall of last year, Nassau and Suffolk sent swift water assets up to Westchester during Tropical Storm Ida. They staged at the Westchester Fire Training Center in Valhalla. I'm not sure if they were deployed into the field.

On the flip side, Westchester sent fire suppression and hazmat assets to Long Island after Hurricane Sandy. Units staffed firehouses as well as the Yonkers FD leading a hazmat task force collecting propane tanks that had washed ashore from Fire Island as well as mitigating heating oil spills from flooded heating oil tanks.

Both responses were triggered by activating the Statewide Mutual Aid Plan. A few years back, the Yonkers FD and several additional career departments were sent to Buffalo as a technical rescue task force when Buffalo were hit with over 6 feet of snow. Those units conducted structural assessments of unstable buildings that were damaged by the heavy snow load.

As far as Mount Vernon goes, it's not uncommon to see them operate with the FDNY on border calls. Usually, the FDMV tour commander and the FDNY Battalion will confer as to what resources are needed. However, their mutual aid plan only includes Westchester units for the most part. Requesting FDNY companies is not so simple because it typically has to be approved by either the borough commander or the citywide tour commander.
 
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GFD70 said:
Both responses were triggered by activating the Statewide Mutual Aid Plan. A few years back, the Yonkers FD and several additional career departments were sent to Buffalo as a technical rescue task force when they Buffalo was hit with over 6 feet of snow. Those units conducted structural assessments of unstable buildings that were damaged by the heavy snow load.
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Wow. Yonkers to Buffalo in the winter. Quite a jaunt. Good thing apparatus isn't open cab any more. :cool:
 
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