Yonkers, NY - 3rd Alarm 8/9/14

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firstdue

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191 & 189 Saratoga Ave

Multiple calls for a structure fire, YPD o/s advising its a working fire, adding Battalion 2 as safety, L-75 FAST

22:31: Battalion 1 10-84 transmitting a 10-30 (all hands) & 2nd alarm

22:31: Sq11 responding

22:37: E-304 10-84

22:59: Car 4 10-84

23:00: Fire originated in 191 Saratoga and extended to 189 Saratoga top floor, primaries negative, switching to exterior ops

23:01: 3rd alarm w/ a 2nd FAST

23:04: Battalion 1 advising E-310 & 308 to take a hydrant on Caryl to Eleanor and stretch to the rear of the building

23:12: Greenville Squad 15 relocate to station 3

23:13: New Rochelle E-22, Fairview TL-1 relocate to station 12

23:13: Fire is k/d in 191 Saratoga no searches able to be done in that building, still fire in 189 Saratoga on 4th, 5th floors & cockloft, 2 TL's in operation, 1 aerial in operation & numerous hand lines

23:17: Mt. Vernon E-5 & L-2 relocate to station 13

23:30: Sq15,E-22,E-314 & TL-1 responding to 82 Bruce Ave caller stating flames coming from the house

23:32: Report on Saratoga Ave: still working on fire in exposure 4, TL's still up

23:39: Squad 15 advising the incident on Bruce is smoke from Saratoga, all units 10-8

23:55: Still fire in original building and heavy fire in exposure 4 through the roof, evacuating all exposures due to smoke condition approximately 100 people evacuated

00:18: Operations looking for L-72, they are on Radford & Saratoga, Operations requesting they come to the command post with crew

00:51: Still heavy fire through the roof, mostly in the rear of both the original fire building and exposure

2nd Alarm:
E-304,313,309(safety)
L-73,72
Car 6, Car 4
Mask Service Unit

3rd Alarm:
E-308,310
L-72,70 (2nd FAST)

Relocations:
Greenville: Squad 15 to station 3
New Rochelle: E-22 to station 12
Fairview: TL-1 to station 12
Mt. Vernon: E-5, L-2 to station 13

Original assignment could be:
E-303,306,307,312
L-74,71,75 FAST
Battalion 1, 2 safety
R-1
Sq-11

*E-304 usually 1st due must have been out*
 
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"first due", Thank you for the Excellent rundown.

Just as a point of interest, for cities of similar sizes in Connecticut, Rhode Island, and parts of Mass., Yonkers continues to catch the most working fires on a regular basis. And this is based on other web sites reporting working fires for Hartford, Bridgeport, New Haven, Ct., Providence, R.I., Worcester and Springfield, Mass. These cities do their fair share of work. However, the only city that stands out among them, for it's size (even less, about 80,000 - ?) is Lawrence, Mass.

  With that said, we can all assume that guys like site member, "R1SmokeEater", see their fair share of work.

  As a buff of the area, of course Yonkers has always been over shadowed by the very busy FDNY. But in reality, they do see their fair share of work, and Unofficially, I have always considered The City of Yonkers to be New York City's "SIXTH BORO".
 
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firstdue

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My pleasure nfd. Yonkers sure does catch a good amount of work. I think it is safe to say that Yonkers is the busiest department in Westchester. But let's not forget about New Rochelle who sees a fair amount of work as well and in my opinion come to a close 2nd.
 
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fdny1075k

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Great rundown as usual, first due.

Yonkers is definitely the busiest paid department in Westchester in terms of jobs (and probably in terms of runs in general). In recent years, Yonkers has beaten out cities like Bridgeport and Hartford, CT in terms of frequency of fires.

New Rochelle does see a decent amount of fire for a city and department of its size, and is the second busiest in the county.
 
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