Emergency vehicles face access issues on narrow street, Westchester County NY


Emergency vehicles had trouble accessing a residential area on a narrow street with a dead end and limited space to turn around. Responders had to park further away and proceed on foot due to these restrictions.
Audio|Source: Westchester County Fire/EMS
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Transcript:
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responding, 1107, when you pull up on team, you're going to see the engine at the bottom of the street.
00:04
Just go off the street, it's too tight for both you, you park at the bottom.
00:07
Control them now with the residents.
00:08
When the ammo says sign-on, just encourage them once they're on Hillcrest proper where the small group of the OVs are on their right, I would definitely make you turn it back into the scene.
00:19
This is squared off dead end.
00:20
They have no chance to turn it around up here.
00:22
All right, switch over to the EMS channel and they'll be too just signed on.
00:25
Receive, jumping up to EMS.
00:26
Yeah,
00:27
I'm C in 1109.
00:28
Two-five, four to six nine, b two.
00:29
Just an FYI go past the fire truck.
00:32
I walked into two blocks.
00:33
When you guys come around the bend and you see the guardrail in front of you, there's a small area where there's POVs.
00:38
That's your best shot to make a U-turn and then back up to the C and of about 500 feet from that last bend.
00:44
There's nowhere to turn around up here.
00:45
It's just squared off that end.
00:46
That's why I left the rig back out on the mainland.
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Location mentioned:
N Highland Ave, Ossining, NY 10562
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