Hughsonville firefighters called a Mayday Sunday when the regulator on a firefighter’s self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) failed at a house fire in Wappinger.
The Hughsonville Fire Department responded to the home at 30 Woodland Court at 6:15 a.m. for a report of smoke in the basement. When crews arrived they saw smoke coming from the home.
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Firefighters stretched a hose line into the structure through the front door and proceeded to go down the basement stairs. It was while they were descending the basement stairs that a firefighter on the hose line experienced a malfunction with his SCBA regulator, department officials say on Facebook.
The officer of the hose line crew transmitted a Mayday for the firefighter experiencing the SCBA Regulator malfunction. The firefighter was assisted by his crew and additional crews near him out of the structure through the rear sliding glass door. He was transported to a hospital where he was treated and released.
In all, 10 agencies assisted in extinguishing the fire, which was largely contained to the basement.
