Structure fire on Blanchard Terrace sparks second alarm, Abington MA
Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to a structure fire near Blanchard Terrace involving multiple towns. A second alarm was requested, and crews are rotating and monitoring air for hydrogen cyanide and carbon monoxide inside the building.
Audio|Source: Abington Fire
05:24
Transcript:
00:00
Command, if you two.
00:07
Command, if you do.
00:10
Go ahead.
00:13
Jeff, if you're going to recycle people for the RIT team, you want to send Whitman out back with some hooks?
00:21
Whitman is the crew that's going into here to relieve the current crew.
00:27
Received.
00:28
Command to fire alarm.
00:31
Give me a second alarm.
00:34
Fire alarm receives.
00:36
Second alarm at 2024.
00:43
See what? I can probably get you a crew. You need a round back?
00:48
Yeah, I have them with hooks. Have them report the side C interior. They're going to be working with Chief Duffy.
00:55
Receive.
01:01
Commandant, fire alarm.
01:06
Fire alarm answered.
01:09
Anybody coming on that second alarm assignment to have them staged at the end of Blanchard Terrace at 139? Keep them in staging.
01:16
We may be able to return some people.
01:21
Received.
01:22
We have it.
01:34
P-1, I'm telling you, sending you a Rockland crew with Wright to the Charlie side.
01:41
Receive, they're going to need hooks, they're going to be pulling ceilings on the Bravo Charlie corner, interior.
02:00
B2 and C1B5, the Woolbrook and Rockland engines do not have the water supply.
02:06
For a rep.
02:13
Give me into C2.
02:15
Repeat, please.
02:18
The Old Brook and Rockland engines do not have a dedicated water supply. They're both around a half tank.
02:23
I have engine two still unseen that I can put their tank in.
02:28
Ready, go ahead.
02:37
Proof from interior.
02:40
You don't need to bust the hole down.
02:43
Don't open up the ceiling down below.
02:49
Three feet.
02:54
Command from interior.
02:57
Go ahead to carry you.
03:01
Can you have somebody with a hydrogen cyanide monitor and a CO monitor? Yes,
03:10
sample the interior.
03:13
Receive, we're on it.
03:33
Avington Fire from Wainment Engine 5.
03:37
Avington Fire intern Waymouth Engine 5.
03:42
We're on scene staged at near Blanchard Terrace.
03:51
Receive waning this engine 5.
03:53
You're off in staging, near Blanchard.
04:02
Command from interior.
04:07
Interior, go ahead.
04:10
This message to all crews working in Syria.
04:14
Hydrogen cyanide is still high,
04:17
and the crews remain on SCBA. Thank you.
04:27
Avington fired at near Blanchard Terrace command.
04:34
Command's the effort.
04:37
Command,
04:38
second alarm assignment filled, Brocklin engine,
04:42
Weymouth engine,
04:43
Brockton Ladder to the scene for staging near Blanchard.
04:49
It's going to be a Randolph engine to cover the station.
04:54
Receive, thank you. We'll advise.
04:57
Hopefully we can turn them around.
05:01
2032.
05:07
Command Avington Fire alarm.
05:11
Fire alarm answering command.
05:15
We're going to hang on to the Weymouth crew.
05:17
You can keep Randolph as coverage.
05:20
The remaining second alarm at time that you can release them with our thanks.
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Location mentioned:
MA-139 & Blanchard Terrace, Abington, MA 02351
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