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MKFD Responds to 2 Alarm Fire in Armonk
By Firefighter James Tipa, Jr
March 2, 2011
Just after 5 PM on Tuesday March 2nd, the MKFD was dispatched to a working fire in Armonk on 16 Greenway Road. The Mount Kisco FD was requested to respond with one engine (Engine 106), the MKFD FAST team (U-13), and later was dispatched with Rescue 31 for scene lighting. The MKFD engine and FAST team were dispatched for the working fire assignment (10-75) and were some of the first units on scene. A passerby had noticed the fire and called 911 immediately. Two residents were home at the time of the fire and were unaware that their home was on fire. The family was vacated from the structure safely and without injury. As crews arrived to the two story single family residence there was visible fire through the roof and heavy fire coming from the A-D side of the structure. MKFD crews quickly stretched hand lines from E-106 to the structure and pulled a supply line to feed North White Plains Ladder 47 with water. For a short time units operated solely on tank water due to a lack of a water source in the area. Engine 106 was fed water from two portable ponds (portable water sources) which were set up by the Banksville FD Tanker 7 and Bedford Hills FD Tanker 5. Armonk, Katonah, Pleasantville, and Pound Ridge tankers also participated in the tanker shuttle. Crews operated inside for a short time before the wind driven fire expanded throughout the roof of the structure. All firefighters were called out of the structure and went to defensive operations since the fire was out of control. Units used hand lines and a master stream from Ladder 47 to put the blaze under control. Firefighters re-entered the structure when deemed safe by the safety chief and incident command officer to extinguish hot spots and overhaul. The Zone 5 Cause and Origin Team conducted an investigation which is still being conducted. The building was saved and no injuries were reported by the homeowners or firefighters working on scene. A job well done by the Armonk FD and all mutual aid fire departments.
Armonk FD/EMS
Banksville FD
Bedford FD (E-110)
Bedford Hills FD (Tanker 5)
Chappaqua FD
Mount Kisco FD/EMS
North White Plains FD (L-47)
Pleasantville FD (Tanker)
Pound Ridge FD (Tanker)
(Multiple relocations to local FD's)
WCDES: Batt. 16, Car 24, C&O Zone 5, Car 2
North Castle PD, North Castle OEM, North Castle DPW (Sanders)
WEMS: 45-M1
Con Ed (Electric)
House fire as first crews entered the scene.
E-106 on scene setting up supply to NWPFD Ladder 47.
Firefighters exit the building and go to exterior operations.
NWPFD L-47 hitting hotspots in the structure.
E-106 flowing water to L-47 while being supplied by the portable ponds.
Heavy fire from the roof/2nd floor on arrival of first due units. (Photo by Eric Hartmann)
First crews stretching lines into the structure. (Photo by Eric Hartmann)
Heavy smoke conditions on fire ground during tanker ops. (Photo taken by Eric Hartmann)
NWPFD L-47 hits main body of fire with it's master stream. (Photo taken by Eric Hartmann)
