Flames seen on moving train near Chapman St, Greenfield MA
Fire & ArsonFire department was dispatched to investigate flames visible from a moving train car near Chapman Street. They followed the train tracks to check for fire and coordinated with the railroad and medical responders. The train was traveling northbound toward Bernardston.
Audio|Source: Greenfield Police & Fire Dispatch
04:22
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 3. Respondify or other at Chapman Street.
00:12
Engine 3, you're responding over to Chapman Street for a call. Control and Control calls advising they took a call of the train, one of the train cars showing flames, requesting us to travel along and see if we can spot anything on the train tracks. Again,
00:28
area of Chapman Street, the driver control is a call saying that a moving train potentially had flames showing from one of the train cars, requesting us to follow the track, see if there's anything showing, 1634.
00:40
Dispatch, can you check and make sure AMR is responding to this call on (number withheld), Shum, Ruffin?
00:47
Okay, Primer, sir, I'll call them.
00:48
I do believe they are, but I'll double check.
00:52
Disbatch, engine three.
00:58
Go on, engine three.
01:03
For responding to the area of Chapman, check the tracks.
01:08
Can you verify with control that they notify the railroad?
01:16
Received engine 3, respond to the area of Chapman Street, control did state they were going to be calling a railroad track.
01:22
They believe the train is heading northbound toward Bernardston.
01:30
This slash A2. It ain't permanent.
01:34
AMR has an ALS rig approximately two minutes out.
01:39
A2 copies. Engine 3, your pleasure, sir.
01:48
A2, what's the location?
01:51
Blue Street.
01:58
Confirming AIMR is a spawning to the other medical?
02:07
It's passed to confirm, two minutes out.
02:14
Preceive.
02:17
Head back to headquarters and grab an engine at this time.
02:23
Hey firm, grab an engine.
02:27
Dispatch copies.
02:35
Dispatch X2.
02:38
Dispatch is all, go ahead, X2.
02:40
On the air.
02:46
Receive X2 on the air, 1637.
02:56
To Zon, go ahead.
03:03
When you switch apparatus, I want you to head to the Wisdom Way overpass and start from there.
03:12
A firm Wisdom Way overpass. Dispatch, you can put us in quarters.
03:16
Be switching over.
03:18
Or is the 82 in quarters switching apparatus for the other call?
03:25
(number withheld).
03:26
A engine 3X2.
03:30
Go ahead, sir.
03:34
Yeah, where are you heading?
03:38
We are on the Allen Street Bridge.
03:41
We have nothing from the station north at this time.
03:47
Okay, I'm about to hit the Silver Street overpass and then I'll head north to the town line.
03:52
Very, Chief.
03:58
Yeah,
04:00
X2, X-2, X1.
04:03
Go ahead, Chief.
04:10
The train's headed north, you may want to just up Burnison now.
04:15
It's probably going to be long past greenfield.
04:19
Hey, I receive you.
04:21
Don't just communicate with control.
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Location mentioned:
Chapman St, Greenfield, MA 01301
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