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2nd Mutual Aid Fire in Less Than 48 Hours
By CFD Reporter
October 31, 2014
Around 4:15 AM on Halloween Friday, the CFD FAS Team was dispatched to a fully involved house fire in Buchanan. On the assignment were Car 2083 and Rescue 18 (acting E119).
Buchanan Command reported to the Croton personnel that the house was abandoned and it was believed no occupants were inside, prompting an exterior fire attack using Montrose's TL8 and several handlines from the ground.
Once fire conditions lightened up, Command put personnel inside to snuff out stubborn pockets of fire in the attic and second floor. Based on this change of strategy, our team placed ground ladders as a means of egress for those operating inside, and staged a team at the main entrance ready to go if needed, with a secondary team staged on side D.
Despite a heavy fire condition on arrival, Buchanan - with help from Montrose and the Montrose VA Hospital Fire Departments - contained and extinguished the blaze within two hours, and released the Croton units.
