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Clay Bird Lane Bulletin

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CL-2026-014

Compiled timeline of 32 emergency responses at 121 Clay Bird Lane, 2014–2026

incident · posted September 21, 2026

This entry summarizes a slide deck titled “Fire & Emergency Response History, 2014–2026” for 121 Clay Bird Lane, prepared in August 2026. The incident list below reproduces the deck’s table of emergency responses at the address, keeping to dates, times, record numbers and quoted record text. The deck also contains conclusions and commentary of its own; they are in the deck, which is linked below. This page is a pointer, not a substitute — read the deck and the underlying records before relying on anything here.

Read the documents

Sources and method, as stated in the deck

  • A 153-page county records production titled “121 Clay Bird Lane 2014–2026” containing 39 NFIRS (fire incident reporting) records
  • The Briarcliff Manor Fire Department’s NERIS report for the April 14, 2026 fire (see the April–May 2026 records)
  • Records requests, a NYSDEC complaint letter, news coverage and fire department archives
  • 39 records equal 32 distinct incidents: 7 are companion or exposure records for events already counted
  • Unit call signs are documented for 3 of the 24 fires (2014, part of 2024, 2026); NFIRS otherwise records aggregate counts
  • The deck says NFIRS was phased out nationally as of February 2026 and NERIS became mandatory on January 1, 2026, and that the county production shows no completed incident report on file for four of the five 2026 dispatch-coded calls (April 8 twice, May 15, June 27)
  • In the deck’s words: “This is a factual compilation for personal advocacy use, not a legal filing or legal advice — it was not prepared by an attorney.”

Counts as stated in the deck

  • 32 emergency responses documented, 2014–2026
  • 24 confirmed or dispatch-coded fire events
  • Fire-related emergency calls in 9 of the 12 years; 2017, 2020, 2023 and 2025 show no records for this address in the material reviewed

By year (fires / other responses such as investigations and medical calls): 2014: 2 / 0; 2015: 8 / 1; 2016: 5 / 2; 2018: 0 / 1; 2019: 0 / 1; 2021: 3 / 1; 2022: 0 / 1; 2024: 2 / 0; 2026: 4 / 1.

December 8, 2024, as stated in the deck

About 17 fire departments; 11 or more water tankers; dispatched about 12:45 AM; official cause listed as undetermined. One summary slide gives “Estimated water usage close to 1 Million gallons”; slides 7 and 9 say the total gallons are not confirmed in the cited public source. The December 2024 entry has the photographs and other sources.

The 32 incidents

From the deck’s table. Times are alarm times as listed in the deck. “NFIRS” is the county’s fire incident record system; “NERIS” is its successor.

  • 1. 9/30/2014 to 10/1/2014 — Fire, confirmed by news sources (not in county records); about 29 hours over two days; mutual aid: 11 departments plus County DES. Alarm about 9:15 PM on 9/30 and controlled about 2:30 PM on 10/1, per news. “BMFD dispatched Tuesday AM for outside odor of smoke; found significant fire in 50-60 ft pile. Units recalled to same scene Wednesday, nearly same time, for second day of tanker operations.” Briarcliff’s ladder tanker TL40 had a mechanical issue on day 2 and was replaced by Chappaqua’s TL27. (entry page)
  • 2. 11/20/2014, alarm 2:08:44 PM — Fire, confirmed (NFIRS record); 0.8 hours; incident no. 2014-000677 + 2014-000678. Equipment fire: a 2008 Komptech Crambo 6000 grinder. Business on record: Evergreen Organic Recycling. Property use: “Dump, sanitary landfill.” (entry page)
  • 3. 2/3/2015, alarm 2:49:45 PM — Fire, confirmed (NFIRS record); 3.0 hours; incident no. 2015-000083. Ignition: open area; spontaneous combustion, chemical reaction; heavy vegetation. The record’s controlled date/time reads 3/2/2015 17:45. (entry page)
  • 4. 2/7/2015, alarm 11:43:03 AM — Fire, confirmed (NFIRS record); 2.5 hours; incident no. 2015-000091. Ignition: open area; spontaneous combustion, chemical reaction; heavy vegetation. (entry page)
  • 5. 7/30/2015, alarm 8:07:32 AM — Fire, confirmed (NFIRS record); 4.5 hours; mutual aid received; incident no. 2015-000530 + 2015-000487-A. “ORGANIC WASTE DUMP, FIRE CAUSED BY HEAT FROM DECOMPOSITION. MULTIPLE TANKERS CALLED IN MUTUAL AID DUE TO NO HYDRANTS IN AREA.” (NFIRS remarks) (entry page)
  • 6. 7/31/2015, alarm 4:51:56 AM — Fire, confirmed (NFIRS record); 1.1 hours; incident no. 2015-000534. “CONTAINED ORGANIC WASTE ON FIRE, CONTRACTOR CUT FIRE LINE AROUND AFFECTED AREA AND LEFT TO BURN, TOWN WILL MONITOR THE AREA.” (NFIRS remarks) (entry page)
  • 7. 8/1/2015, alarm 10:23:29 AM — Fire, confirmed (NFIRS record); 4.2 hours; mutual aid received; incident no. 2015-000537. Ignition: open area; spontaneous combustion, chemical reaction; heavy vegetation. (entry page)
  • 8. 8/17/2015, alarm 8:50:50 AM — Fire, confirmed (NFIRS record); 0.1 hours; incident no. 2015-000566. Ignition: open area; spontaneous combustion, chemical reaction; heavy vegetation. (entry page)
  • 9. 8/21/2015, alarm 10:52:15 PM — Smoke/odor investigation (NFIRS 651); 0.3 hours; incident no. 2015-000575.
  • 10. 10/1/2015, alarm 4:35:12 AM — Fire, confirmed (NFIRS record); 0.4 hours; incident no. 2015-000673. Ignition: open area; spontaneous combustion, chemical reaction; heavy vegetation. (entry page)
  • 11. 10/1/2015, alarm 8:19:51 AM — Fire, confirmed (NFIRS record); 9.1 hours; mutual aid received; incident no. 2015-000674. Last unit clear 5:27 PM. (entry page)
  • 12. 1/17/2016, alarm 10:34:01 AM — Fire, confirmed (NFIRS record); 2.1 hours; mutual aid received; incident no. 2016-000043. (entry page)
  • 13. 3/31/2016, alarm 11:53:10 AM — Fire, confirmed (NFIRS record); 0.6 hours; mutual aid received; incident no. 2016-000187 + 2016-000200-A. (entry page)
  • 14. 6/1/2016, alarm 1:54:03 PM — Fire, confirmed (NFIRS record); 0.5 hours; mutual aid received; incident no. 2016-000302. (entry page)
  • 15. 8/17/2016, alarm 10:56:05 AM — Medical/EMS, not a fire; 0.5 hours; incident no. 2016-000442 + 2016-000511-A. Coded “Medical assist, assist EMS crew.” A companion record (2016-000511-A) logged one minute later is an ALS medical response at the same site.
  • 16. 9/25/2016, alarm 9:10:51 PM — Fire call; NFIRS record left blank; incident no. 2016-000603-A. The record contains only the incident number and timestamp. A Millwood Fire Company news item (source index item 2) describes a large brush fire dispatch “at around 9:15 yesterday night” to the “Mt. Pleasant Town Dump”, with tankers requested from three mutual-aid departments. (entry page)
  • 17. 9/26/2016, alarm 5:10:48 PM — Fire, confirmed (NFIRS record); 4.6 hours; mutual aid received; incident no. 2016-000518 + 2016-000606-A. Official duration 4 hr 33 min (5:10 PM to 9:44 PM). (entry page)
  • 18. 9/28/2016, alarm 7:25:51 AM — Fire, confirmed (NFIRS record); 0.8 hours; mutual aid received; incident no. 2016-000519. Investigation plus extinguishment. (entry page)
  • 19. 7/26/2018, alarm 8:32:28 PM — Smoke/odor investigation (NFIRS 651); 0.7 hours; incident no. 2018-000339.
  • 20. 11/26/2019, alarm 8:27:02 AM — Smoke/odor investigation (NFIRS 652); 0.4 hours; incident no. 2019-000495. Coded as steam/vapor/fog mistaken for smoke.
  • 21. 1/10/2021, alarm 5:50:11 PM — Good intent call (NFIRS 600); 0.2 hours; incident no. 2021-000013. 15 fire personnel and 2 apparatus responded.
  • 22. 7/11/2021, alarm 6:34:53 AM — Fire, confirmed (NFIRS record); 5.2 hours; mutual aid received; incident no. 2021-000261. “FD arrived to find the mulch pile that was supposed to be dismantled the prior day smoldering. Required an additional 30,000 gallons to extinguish.” (NFIRS remarks) (entry page)
  • 23. 12/30/2021, alarm 2:10:16 PM — Fire, confirmed (NFIRS record); 0.2 hours; incident no. 2021-000555. “OPERATOR STATES DEF SYSTEM INDICATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AFTER APPROX 2HRS OF USE, FOLLOWED BY FLAMES FROM ENGINE AREA. OPERATOR EXITED VEHICLE.” Business on record: Evergreen Organic Recycling. (entry page)
  • 24. 12/31/2021, alarm 10:43:49 AM — Fire, confirmed (NFIRS record); 0.4 hours; incident no. 2021-000559. “OPERATOR STATES HE WAS USING THE EQUIPMENT FOR APPROX 2HRS AND OBSERVED FLAMES FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.” Business on record: Evergreen Organic Recycling. (entry page)
  • 25. 10/12/2022, alarm 1:50:25 PM — Medical/EMS, not a fire; incident no. 2022-000875-A. Record has only a timestamp and location tag (code “default/ALS”).
  • 26. 11/15/2024, alarm 2:48:52 PM — Dispatch-coded brush fire; no NFIRS report filed; incident no. 2024-000641. Dispatch tag reads “default/BRUSH.” (entry page)
  • 27. 12/8/2024, alarm 12:45:03 AM — Fire, confirmed; 6.6 hours; mutual aid received; incident no. 2024-000689 + 2024-000688. Dispatched as a reported brush fire on the Taconic State Parkway. According to the compiled timeline, no fire was found there and a large smoke plume led crews to a mulch pile fire on Clay Bird Lane; declared under control by about 8:00 AM. Incident command and extinguishment are logged under 2024-000688; 2024-000689 logs personnel and equipment support. Cause is listed as “undetermined.” (entry page)
  • 28. 4/8/2026, alarm 10:28:05 AM — Dispatch-coded brush fire; no NFIRS report filed; incident no. 2026-000181. According to the deck author’s NYSDEC complaint letter, smoke was first observed by a sportsman’s club member around 11:00 AM and residents were told the situation was “contained.” (entry page)
  • 29. 4/8/2026, alarm 10:30:25 PM — Dispatch-coded brush fire; no NFIRS report filed; incident no. 2026-000185 + 2026-000358-A. Escalation of the 10:28 AM call. According to the deck author’s account, emergency response resumed at about 10:45 PM, trucks from multiple departments were arriving through the evening, and activity was still ongoing at about 12:30 AM. A companion BLS medical call (2026-000358-A) was logged at 11:19 PM. (entry page)
  • 30. 4/14/2026, alarm 7:41:21 AM — Fire, confirmed (NFIRS record); mutual aid received; incident no. 2026-000194. NERIS narrative: “FD dispatched for mulch pile smoking. Units arrived to find smoke coming from the pile. FD requested tankers from neighboring departments. A handline was utilized to extinguish the fire.” Cleared 10:01 AM. See the April 14 report. (entry page)
  • 31. 5/15/2026, alarm 10:18:07 AM — Dispatch-coded brush fire; no NFIRS report filed; incident no. 2026-000254 + 2026-000509-A. Dispatch location field reads “MOUNT PLEASANT SPORTSMANS CLUB: MULCH PI[LE]”. A companion ALS medical call (2026-000509-A) was logged at 4:53 AM on 5/16. (entry page)
  • 32. 6/27/2026, alarm 10:55:50 AM — Outside investigation (dispatch-coded OUTSIDE/INVEST); no NFIRS report filed; incident no. 2026-000343.

Other subjects in the deck

The deck also has slides on the Town’s lawsuit against the site operator, the NYSDEC notices of violation, and the sources of fill material. Those subjects are covered in the site’s notices, including NOV: Elevated lead levels found in debris pile at Clay Bird Lane and NOV: Three violations cited after multiple fires and unauthorized activity.

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