Defensive fire burns near 2008 Washington Ave, residents evacuate, Terre Haute IN
Fire & ArsonFirefighters battled a defensive structural fire near 2008 Washington Avenue which led crews to establish collapse zones and voluntary evacuations due to respiratory irritants from packaging plastics.
Audio|Source: Terre Haute Public Safety and Vigo County Fire
07:39
Transcript:
00:00
Rhetorate Tower Interior.
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115, command.
00:14
Go ahead.
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292, 325. Go ahead.
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Nineteenth and 8th.
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292 disregard.
00:25
Copy.
00:27
Since we've got this service entrance cable down,
00:31
do we have enough five inch to back you up about 100 yards, 200 yards to the south so we can work on this other area that we weren't able to get when we got here?
00:44
Engine 6 command.
00:47
Go ahead.
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314.
00:50
The building to the east is disconnected from this.
00:52
Do you want him to kill the power to that also?
00:56
314 disregard 314 or 314 disregard 325 313 negative I think interior's got it cut off for it sound
01:07
good good we're having private command we're going to shut down operations and back up to the south
01:17
okay clear
01:19
Engine 2 driver,
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dual assist Ladder 5, and reestablishing water supply once they get set up.
01:28
Let's start for 2,008 Washington Avenue.
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I've got a 911[1] open line.
01:36
Clinguage barrier, I'm aware of what's going on, what's going on, what boss is screaming.
01:42
Correction, 2,008 Washington Avenue.
01:45
Copy it out.
01:48
Okay.
01:49
Ladder 5, aerial engine in, nine driver,
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shut down on water.
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Laddery, captain,
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laddderate base.
02:00
You're on.
02:05
Engine 2 is advising to not go past the second tractor trailer there because they have a ram operating at the base of the trailer.
02:22
Ladder 5 aerial and the Ladder 5 vent.
02:25
We need you guys open the drain on the aerial.
02:34
Lieutenant Roberts, Ladder 5, Vent.
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Metro, you 432.
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32.
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Units on the fire scene, the main fire building is going to continue to stay defensive.
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When we start digging it out, when the excavator gets here,
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nobody's going to be on that floor.
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There is basements in certain areas of the fire building.
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17 for district.
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17.
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325, 313, just information, the language barrier in this, we're not sure if this is going to be medical or not, I'm going to change it to unknown, start medics, just so quick to advise.
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41 and 1, 29 and 2,
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I'll take 3,
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45 and 4.
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Clear 17.
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Novi.
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Tommy.
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Dispatch Puritan command.
04:00
Right.
04:06
After talking to the manager, there's no hazardous materials stored in the area of the fire.
04:18
There is packaging that has plastics on it.
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Anyone's having respiratory difficulties?
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We can send an ambulance and advise that there's a voluntary evacuation.
04:30
There's no use force in anybody out of the area this time.
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Here, command.
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Are you still getting calls about it?
04:40
Negative.
04:42
Okay.
04:48
There's a little over.
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Okay,
05:00
you put us out on that 911[1]. You put us out on that 911[1], hang up, we can break if needed.
05:05
Clear, thank you.
05:11
Engine 9, get out of that area.
05:16
Maintain that collapse zone here.
05:22
Information, there's a boiler on the other side of where that's feeling's down.
05:27
I just want to make sure we protect this area here.
05:35
This is one of the dispatch.
05:36
Do we have a run?
05:42
Affirmative is 2008 Washington Avenue for an unknown problem with PD.
05:48
Copy, we'll be in and out shortly.
05:55
Clear. Medicaid, were you clear on that traffic as well?
06:02
We just wasn't a dispatch.
06:03
We didn't receive any tones.
06:05
I don't know if Medicaid did either.
06:08
Clear.
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17.
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41 Supreme Court.
06:24
Sir, I am posting a transport from Union ER40 to Bloomington Meadows.
06:33
Okay.
06:34
I'll look at it.
06:42
Engine 11, Medic 8, 208, Washington Avenue, unknown problem, person down.
06:50
Engine 11, Medic 8, 2,008, Washington Avenue, unknown problem, person down.
07:01
Ladder pedal still, lightweight chip.
07:03
Extend me out anymore if we have it.
07:08
Got about five feet left.
07:12
325, 313, signal 37.
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138, you can show that's complete.
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They advise everything.
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It's good.
07:20
Copy. We'll disregard fire.
07:23
Clear, yeah, you can disregard fire, mate.
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If I didn't need them either.
07:27
That's a maximum extension.
07:31
Engine, allow a medic that you can disregard per PD.
07:34
Engine, a lot of the medic that you can disregard per PD on scene.
07:38
11 copies, thanks, sir, match.
Police codes explained
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[1]
911: Hang up/abandoned 911 call
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Washington Ave, Terre Haute, IN 47803
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