Smoke seen at apartment building; elderly woman injured, Burlington VT


Firefighters responded to smoke visible at a three-story wood apartment building on Prospect Street. Power was shut off and residents evacuated. Nearby, an elderly woman was found with a possible broken hip and received paramedic pain treatment.
Audio|Source: Chittenden County Fire and EMS
03:17
Transcript:
00:00
8-24-5-2-5, that's breaking square command.
00:07
1147.
00:14
Shuttle, we'll see us on scene 3-store wood for apartment building, no fire smoke, drone from three sides, we'll be out on that's game.
00:20
I'm going to ask for you, Chris, command.
00:23
7-4[1].
00:33
Go ahead.
00:37
Doors closed, we're going to have to isolate power.
00:45
Copy CMI.
00:49
Standing by.
00:54
Stable from Prospect Street.
01:01
Can you dispatch a paramedic for pain management?
01:07
Okay. Okay.
01:16
CRT1, Medical,
01:19
near Franklin Square.
01:26
Able from Tower 1.
01:28
There we're going to see if you already have a medic and where they're going.
01:42
If you have two medics on, I sent them up just so they figured they could get up their faster.
01:48
Okay,
01:50
well we're going to need a paramedic on north of Prospect Street.
01:57
Apologies.
02:05
Tower 1.
02:08
Medical,
02:09
near North Prospect Street.
02:16
All right, Tied, Tower One.
02:20
Go ahead.
02:22
We're responding, what do we got? Go ahead.
02:27
Elderly female looks like we have a possible broken hip potential pain management at this time.
02:40
Understood.
02:42
On our way.
02:46
It's confirmed with the occupant, no power, we're going to open up on Division 2.
02:58
Command Division 2.
03:04
Occupants out along with the debris.
03:12
I don't believe so.
03:13
If you turn power back on, we'll try calling it to the second floor.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
7-4: Acknowledgment/Message received
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