Fire in apartment 410 of commercial high-rise, Royal Oak MI
Fire & ArsonA fire broke out in apartment 410 of a five-story commercial high-rise near Dell Drive. A cooking appliance exploded, causing a large fire and heavy smoke on the 4th floor. Multiple victims were reported on several floors and balconies. The incident was declared a mass casualty event, with emergency crews responding with multiple alarms and rescue efforts ongoing.
Audio|Source: Royal Oak Fire
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Transcript:
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Engine 7, Life 2, Life 3, Captain 3,
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respond to a possible commercial structure fire,
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near Dell Drive
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Caller states they heard a boom, and now the 4th floor is filling with smoke.
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I'll be advised you are the only units available in the city.
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Engine 7, on the way.
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Captain 300.
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Reserve Light green around.
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Rush Nade 3 is back in quarters.
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Video 2, Captain 3.
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Go ahead.
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Be advised.
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We're taking a second call.
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It's kind of the same story.
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Call around the 4th floor states.
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They heard a loud boom.
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They smell what they think is something burning and there's a large amount of smoke on the 4th floor.
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Video Cat 3.
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Cat 3.
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Prepare a copy for a Mavis alarm request due to our low staffing at this point.
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So our south with fire department's requests in the Mavis.
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Second alarm[1], box card 63-S-O-F-2, west of Lahser, structure fire.
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Radio copies, units responding, be advised.
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We just took a call from someone from apartment 410.
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They states that some sort of cooking appliance exploded.
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All I heard was screaming in the background.
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They said there's a large fire in apartment 410.
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Again, some sort of appliance exploded.
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Radio engine.
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Agent 7.
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Radio Engine 7, Life 2 are on the scene.
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That a five-story commercial high-rise.
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Got nothing showing from all sides.
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Lieutenant 7 is going to be establishing Dell Command incoming...
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...seven, I got a chance, you know, five-story high-rise, nothing showing Lieutenant 7, U.R.
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Established Command.
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Radio, Life3 is on scene.
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Day 3, got you on scene.
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3 is unseen, going to assume command.
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Going to operations channel.
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103, got you on scene showing you switching operations to event 14.
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Operations from Life 3.
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We have two victims on the third floor balcony.
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We have another on the 5th floor and another on the 6th floor.
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All waiting.
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Kill our request from Southfield.
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Fifth floor, rescue.
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Multiple victims showing him the exterior
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Radio Papi's U, Dell command, multiple victims showing.
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...arm for a high-rise fire, near Dell Drive,
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near Dell Drive.
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Report the multiple victims, please acknowledge a response.
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Man, this is light three, just be advised.
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This is going to be a mass casualty incident.
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We have walkie-talkies being directed to go to the American flag.
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Covered that, light three.
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Go ahead and senior medic is going to be the triage officer.
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Go ahead and set a triage and coordinate the system, and I'll go ahead and call the MCA.
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Dispatch from command.
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Go ahead, command.
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We're declaring an MCI who will need additional rescues for the scene.
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Dispatch copies be advised.
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Second alarm[1] companies have acknowledged in our en route.
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Command engine 7, hard water supply, establish.
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About the Lieutenant 7.
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Command.
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Command, be advised.
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We have a charge 4-4.
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We're going to be stretching on the west stairwell.
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West stairwell will be the attack stairwell.
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We do have multiple victims in the stairway.
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Copy that. Also, too, if you can have anybody that needs rescued the shelter in place at the time, that would be helpful.
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That's a missing.
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Triage from command.
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So for Triage. Triage,
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we're going to go ahead and assign you your own radio to...
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Do event 15, channel 15 and zoned s.
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Happy triage going to 15 zone s.
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Additional resources, especially for medical.
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I'm going to go ahead and assign a staging channel of Zone S, Channel 16.
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We have copies, third alarm requests, be advised you do have units en route and are on events 16 for staging.
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Bye.
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to be advised.
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We have a casualty collection point.
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It's just going to be passed the American flag.
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All incoming ambulances can have figs to near the gate.
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We have a casualty collection point.
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Just past the American flag.
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So far, three yellows.
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Copy that. I did order additional resources for draft.
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Command from is seven.
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We have a hard water supply.
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FPC has been supplied.
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I copies.
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Here.
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All the floor floor.
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May I copy.
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Mass.
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We have turned down.
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Matters for Honey, so I'll open parking that would you like that to the cases.
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Copy that.
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What engine companies do we have?
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
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Second alarm: Escalated fire alarm level requesting additional units/resources
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