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Archive for April 27th, 2008

Woods fire - Richmond

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

The Richmond Fire Department was dispatched this evening to the area of East Lake Road for a report of smoke on the hillside. With the assistance of the State Police helicopter, an approximately 2 acre fire was determined to be the cause of the smoke. Mutual aid from Bristol and Naples assisted at [...]

MVA with entrappment - West Lake Road

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

The West Lake Road Fire Department was dispatched this evening to State Route 14 at Billsboro Rd for a reported one car MVA. Command arrived on the scene and discovered one victim was trapped. While the victim was being extricated, command had White Springs FD respond to Seneca Lake Country Club to set up [...]

County Rope Team activated - Richmond

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

The Ontario County Rope Team was activated this afternoon to assist the Richmond Fire Department on County Road # 33. A 16 year old hiker was removed from a 100 ft ravine approximately a half-mile off the road.  MPNNews article

Structure Fire - Hopewell

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

The Hopewell and Seneca Castle Fire Departments were dispatched Saturday afternoon to the intersection of Spangle St and Booth Rd for a reported Barn Fire. Hopewell Units were already working another incident due to the storm, and were enroute immediately. Command arrived on scene and reported a large barn going good, with the [...]

Structure Fire - Manchester

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

Here is the MPNNews Article on the structure Fire Yesterday in Manchester.
First arriving Firefighters report heavy fire with structure collapse.  Wittinesses report that the one story building was struck by lightening and produced visible flames at the roof. Within minutes and prior to the arrival of the fire department (16:35 hrs) he entire roof was [...]

Heavy Storms hit Ontario County

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

At Approximately 4 PM this afternoon, heavy thunderstorms hit Ontario County. Numerous departments were dispatched for storm-related calls such as wires arching, trees down, and automatic alarms.
There were several structure fires within the county; Hopewell and Seneca Castle (automatic mutual aid) were dispatched to a barn fire on Spangle Street. Command reported a [...]