Fire reported on 11th floor of Towson high-rise, Towson MD
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, a fire was reported on the 11th floor of a high-rise building near Washington Avenue in Towson, Maryland. Fire units and emergency personnel responded to the scene and worked to control the situation. Evacuation and backup measures were put in place while firefighters attempted to advance down the hallway. The building has about 12 floors, and heat and fire spread were rapidly increasing during the incident.
Audio|Heard on: Baltimore MD Fire-Tac Group Calls
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04:29
Transcript:
00:00
Flore Firebox 1-17-212, Washington Avenue.
00:06
Alert Firebox 1-17, Townion 1, engine 1, engine 2, engine 3, engine 4, truck 1, truck 2, engine 5, engine 6, medic 1, EMS 1, safety 1, respond.
00:20
212, Washington Avenue, crosses Susquehanna and Towsontown Boulevard for the report of smoke in the hallway, respond on 9-8 on tap 1-2 at 9-4.
00:34
engine one or out
00:38
engine four and are out truck one are out
00:46
safety six route safety six are out engine five more out Tiki one out This patch from engine three
00:56
Is this a Palisades of Towson high-rise
01:00
That's correct
01:02
Okay, correction, that'll be a 1-31 high-rise bar.
01:07
CAB has a show and that's 1-17.
01:10
We'll update.
01:13
Engine 1's arrived, side-out from the Hydron FTC.
01:17
I've got an approximately 12-story high-rise building with fire shown from the 11th floor.
01:23
Officer of Engine 1 will have limited command.
01:29
Dispatches direct engine on location 12th floor high rise with fire showing from the 11th floor.
01:35
The Limited Command,
01:37
955.
01:42
Dispatch from Limit Command.
01:44
I'm going to be remaining in command.
01:46
Going to give me a second alarm.
01:48
Truck 1 is entering the Delta Starewell.
01:51
Can you recon on the 11th floor?
01:55
Dispatch is direct on the second alarm.
01:54
Command from Engine 2, I'm on a high event.
01:58
I got that. Connected 2 for the FD2.
02:01
Engine 4 arrived.
02:04
3 is arrived, a lot of command.
02:07
Truck 2 arrives.
02:10
Seventy6 arrives.
02:12
Command for engine 2.
02:15
Command from engine 2.
02:17
Engine 6, right.
02:20
Engine 5 arrives.
02:22
Command from Engine 2.
02:25
Go ahead, Engine 2, Division 11.
02:29
Mid all the way up to the 11th floor.
02:31
The hallway is not when we turnable.
02:32
We're going to end up doing a stairwell stretch.
02:35
We're setting up on the floor below level 10.
02:39
I'm directed.
02:40
Truck 1 and my two firefighters also with you, correct?
02:45
Direct truck 1 is there.
02:47
You and Ryan.
02:49
All units the attack stairwell is the Delta side.
02:52
The evacuation is going to be on the private side.
02:56
We're established Division 9 to near the attack firewall.
03:04
Command from Division 11.
03:06
Command from Division 11.
03:12
Command from Division 11.
03:15
Go ahead.
03:17
We got rapidly increasing heat.
03:20
We got fire in the ceiling.
03:22
Truck two was trying to evacuate people off of the floor.
03:25
I'm backing them down to the stairwell with me.
03:29
You can send another crew up here.
03:33
You're getting engine 5 and engine 6, they're going to be establishing base and deploying the backup line.
03:39
Coming from Division 11 right now, at the time we have, we're trying to advance down the hallway with the first crew.
03:48
Engine 5 and 6 have established a backup line on level 8.
03:54
Do you have that line in service?
03:59
Command from Division 11 at this point,
04:02
we can't advance down the hallway.
04:06
We're back down to the stairwell.
04:09
I'm not sure how many patients we might have up here on the floor at this time.
04:16
Back out to the stairwell.
04:18
Truck 1 and truck 2nd 2nd, 2nd, 2nd to 2nd, just back to me an MCI 1.
04:26
Just that's drift on the MCI alarm, 1000, honor.
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Location mentioned:
Washington Ave Apt 310, Towson, MD 21204
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