Rochester
Firefighters Battle
Early Morning
Fire
Shortly after 3:00 a.m. on Friday, May 9,
2008, the Rochester Fire Department was alerted for a possible
building fire. As companies were en route, units were advised of
multiple calls for a well-involved building. Unit E-16 arrived
on scene to find heavy fire from the rear of an 80 X 50
two-story wood frame structure. Command reported that the
building was now fully involved, and due to the fact that the
structure was vacant, an exterior attack was ordered. Command
then requested a second alarm. Firefighters placed several
master streams in service along with aerial master streams from
Quint-7 and Quint-8. The fire took approximately 90 minutes to
bring under control. The fire, which heavily damaged the
structure, is being investigated by the Rochester Fire
Department Arson team. The building was demolished by the City
at daybreak.
Fire News Photos by DBWeimer
Rochester
Firefighters Battle Afternoon House Fire
Shortly after 2:00 p.m. on Friday, May 23,
2008, Rochester firefighters were alerted for a possible house
fire at 381 Arnett Boulevard. While en route, units were advised
of multiple calls. First arriving units reported heavy smoke
from the rear of a large, two and a half frame dwelling. The
fire, which was brought under control in about 30 minutes, is
under investigation by the Rochester Fire Department Arson Unit.
Fire News photos by DBWeimer
liquor store
Fire
This fire was in a commercial structure, a
liquor store. Putnam 911 received several calls reporting a
working structure fire, with a possibility of person(s) still
inside. Upon arrival of the first units, the owner was out of
the building, No one else was in the structure. The building was
judged a total loss. It was well involved upon arrival of the
first arriving units. The initial dispatch from Putnam 911 was
for Lake Carmel full department response and Carmel Fire, with a
ladder and tanker to the scene. Additional mutual aid was called
for Brewster Fire and FAST unit, two engines, a hose truck, and
ladder from Mahopac. On standby were Croton Falls in Brewster
FD, and East Fishkill in Lake Carmel FD. Lake Carmel Ambulance
with Putnam Medic were on scene with Carmel VAC on standby. The
Putnam County Fire Police Team was called in, as was the Putnam
County Fire Investigation Team, who had an assist from the
Westchester County Cause and Origin K9 Unit. The cause of the
fire remains under investigation. The incident commander was
Lake Carmel Second Assistant Chief Justyn Lewis.
Photos provided
by Christopher D Richie, Past Chief, Croton Falls Fire
Department.
Dutchess County
Loop Bus Facility Fire
At 00:43 hours on
May18, 2008, a driver for the Dutchess County Loop Bus returning
from the last run for the day discovered heavy smoke coming from
the Dutchess County Loop Bus Facility located on Industry Street
off of Route 55. The building, which is approximately 125" X
125' and handles the administrative, maintenance, and storage of
the county’s bus fleet, was charged with a thick, black acrid
smoke upon the arrival of the La Grange Fire Department. Mutual
aid was requested to the scene to set up a large diameter supply
line for additional water as well as for firefighters to assist
with fire suppression operations. As firefighters entered the
building, they had great difficulty in locating the actual fire
due to the poor visibility throughout the entire building. The
fire was located using thermal imaging cameras, and it was found
that multiple buses were burning in the middle of the garage
area. The buses were parked close together in the garage and
reportedly an electrical fire in a bus had ignited that bus and
eventually all the buses parked around it. The buses’ close
proximity to each other not only contributed to the fires spread
but also hampered access to extinguish the fire as firefighters
with SCBA faced difficulty navigating between the buses. The
main body of fire was knocked down, the building was vented, and
then each bus was winched out of the garage where it could be
easily overhauled. A total of nine buses were destroyed in the
fire. In addition to the La Grange Fire Department, the
Arlington, East Fishkill, Fairview (F.A.S.T. unit) , New
Hackensack, Pleasant Valley, Roosevelt, and Union Vale Fire
Departments operated at the scene and the Beekman, Millbrook,
and the Town of Wappingers Ambulance/Transcare provided station
coverage for La Grange. The Dutchess County Office of Emergency
Response Cause and Origin Team investigated the fire.
-Fire News
photos by Bill Johnson
Chappaqua Fire
Six departments fought
heavy fire throughout the second floor of a $3.5 million dollar
home in Chappaqua, NY. Heavy fire was already showing from the
rear and through the roof on fire department arrival.
-Fire News
photos by Mike Messar
Working Fire
Knocked Down in Wallkill
The Hillcrest Fire
Department battled this well involved house fire at 12 Doe Drive
on April 15, 2008. Mutual Aid was requested from Tallman and
Thiells Fire Departments to the scene, while Suffern and New
City covered Thiells and Hillcrest's firehouses. The fire is
under investigation by the Rockland County Sheriff's Department
Buerau Of Criminal Investigation.
-Fire News
photos By: Brian Duddy
