Traffic delays fire crews at mountain-side blaze

Heard on: Orange NY Fire Dispatch Group Calls

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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PD's saying they're not going to be able to access it due to traffic, and they're suggesting you might want to have Cornwall respond.

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Copy, we're about three quarters of the way there and behind West Point's engine, heavy traffic.

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If you can dispatch Cornwall, that'd be appreciated.

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1601.

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Orange Island, Chester two, we're back in service.

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Sixteen oh two.

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Orange 911 , Cornwall one to respond.

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Received, corner wall one, you are responding at 1604 .

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Apparently the road is blocked.

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Fort Montgomery, get up that side of the mountain.

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Received.

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Orange 911 , Fort Montgomery car two.

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Fort Montgomery car two, orange one.

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West Point units, Fort Montgomery car two on scene, active fire.

8/6/2026 01:00 PM

Fire

Thayer Rd, West Point, NY 10996

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As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency units encountered heavy traffic while responding to a reported active fire on the hillside near West Point and Fort Montgomery. Police advised that the main road was blocked, so an additional fire unit from Cornwall was dispatched. A Fort Montgomery officer later reported arriving on scene and confirmed an active fire.