Two-story house fire in Alexandria causes no injuries, Alexandria VA
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, firefighters responded to a fire at a two-story single-family home near Knickerbocker Drive in Alexandria. They attacked the fire from the garage, basement, and upper floors. All residents were accounted for and no injuries were reported.
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09:51
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 430, I need you guys, a plight of the Lips line, and a mercury monitor.
00:05
Turing 402 is on scene, offset, and on the Alpha,
00:09
Alpha Quadron, two-story, single-family house.
00:13
The car is showing from the garage, is that.
00:25
And also finishing secondary water.
00:32
Command from engine 413.
00:33
We have a line on side.
00:35
Bravo.
00:39
Okay.
00:40
Do you want to have a blitz line pulled?
00:46
Okay.
00:52
Engine 402 is on scene reporting.
00:58
End of 430.
00:59
You guys laid out right.
01:01
Ended 434, you got their water.
01:08
Endo 434 driver coordinate with engine 430, make sure we got that good water supply here.
01:14
Oh, you know, it looks like we're getting a decent knock on site outside.
01:17
I do need to get someone outside.
01:19
Bravo. Right now I have engine 423 of the handline there.
01:25
Mnit 14, where are you guys?
01:30
We're going to be starting in time right, 411 and 2nd.
01:37
Rescue 4404, how many do you work with Engine 423, do a primary search in the base.
01:43
And all occupants are accounted for, guys,
01:47
so make sure we're doing it right, start off in the basement.
01:50
Engine 413, actually, 104223, you correct.
01:59
9404 is on scene.
02:02
The Tiger 4403 is on scene reporting to command.
02:08
Engine 434.
02:09
Full handline, floor 1.
02:12
Work with truck 403, floor 1.
02:18
Come ahead, digit 430.
02:21
The actual address sign is A where we're at.
02:28
Okay, is that where my buggy's at, where your engine's facing?
02:36
Yeah, the front door is off engine 30, passenger side.
02:40
The front door is right in front of engine 30.
02:45
All units just label the sides correctly.
02:51
Side Alpha faces engine 430.
02:55
Side Bravo faces truck 430.
02:59
Engine 413,
03:02
where are you located?
03:06
Engine 413 is on side, Bravo wheelblit on the exterior.
03:13
Copy. Keep that puts on.
03:15
Command, Ender 423.
03:23
I'm on the basement.
03:24
We've got to get a knock on the 5.
03:26
I'm going to truck 430.
03:28
The ceiling got to follow in here.
03:30
We're going to clear off the third to see what off the clock we have left.
03:36
Okay. Andrew 434, I have you going on side Alpha 4-1.
03:42
Looks like I have ended 430 there though.
03:45
Ended 430, you guys handle 4.1.
04:11
Engine 4 awake, move up to fire station 423.
04:15
Engine 4 awake, move up to fire station 423.
04:25
Engine 418, move up to fire station 4.30.
04:29
Engine 418, move up to fire station 4.30.
04:39
Power 401, move up to Fire Station 433.
04:43
Power 401, move up to Fire Station 433.
04:53
5.
04:55
On Channel 4-Bobo, Fox 4.504, Wittakerbocker Drive, 0.03, off-street, Rose Hill Fallsway.
05:04
Power 405. On Channel 4, Bobo, Fox, 4-5504, 5105, Dikherbocker Drive, 003, off-street, Rose Hill Fallsway.
05:22
Ending 423 Rescue 404, truck 430, I'm sending in the time 443.
05:27
He's going to be facing division.
05:29
You guys have a fire knock on the basement.
05:36
We're tying 423 copies basin division.
05:40
The entering 3-side, Bravo.
05:43
You do have an exterior mercury monitor for you hit the soffit for the NXR.
05:50
All right. Engine 434, do you guys have a handline pulled side alpha?
05:57
Go ahead, Rescue 4.4.
06:06
They go off on the basement and number 4-0-1.
06:10
Instead, we have fires on off 101.
06:17
Okay, Rescue 404.
06:19
I had you in the basement.
06:20
Are you in the basement, sir, or you've moved over a floor of 1?
06:26
RETO, no.
06:29
Dixon, fixing up the climate in the basement.
06:32
23 charged the writ last.
06:39
Okay for pivot.
06:46
Your 10 minutes into your incident.
06:52
I'll be on 10 minutes.
06:54
Got a two-story single family.
06:57
I've got decent conversion from the outside.
06:59
Still up reports with some fire inside.
07:03
I'm not ready for command of child but yet.
07:06
Engine 434, where are you guys located?
07:19
As a Rescue 404, primary search is complete.
07:25
Command from truck 430 driver, permission it and make the roof and cut a hole.
07:32
No, not yet.
07:34
Rescue 404, you said primary search is complete, correct?
07:42
For a minute.
07:47
Would you not? Good.
07:50
Is that 443?
07:55
It should be basement division.
07:56
I'm not able to hear all the traffic from a basement.
07:59
In case that the units should still be in there.
08:07
Command tower 403.
08:13
4-3.
08:16
Primary on 4-1, negative.
08:20
We have the stairs.
08:22
I've got a 4-2 for primary.
08:24
All right, all right.
08:28
Truck 403 going up.
08:30
Floor number 2, primary search complete.
08:33
Engine 434, what is your location?
08:38
My northwoods vacant line.
08:44
All right, do we have all started knock on floor one yet?
08:51
We have a lot on floor one.
08:53
Let me have from the base.
09:00
Basement division, go ahead.
09:04
You're not going to the side of the base, but let's clean the box on.
09:11
I'm just for a 4.4.
09:12
If you guys can get up to the second floor with a hand line, work with truck 403, taking an open up on a side that faces truck 430, which is a Bronvo side.
09:23
Looks like that's the most area.
09:26
Oh, you know, update from outside.
09:29
Outside looks good. We have good conversion outside.
09:33
Making good progress.
09:34
I do need to get up into the attic.
09:37
Copy.
09:39
The time 440-30 sounds like you're good.
09:41
You had Rectady 404, truck 430 with you, engine 423.
09:45
Being free out one of those units after you knocked down some hot spots.
09:48
We're pulling another handline so we can put some water on the socket.
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Location mentioned:
Knickerbocker Dr, Alexandria, VA 22310
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