Small fire in apartment living room causes evacuation, Vancouver WA
Fire & ArsonA small fire broke out in the living room of an apartment unit in the 1st Street Station Apartments. Smoke was seen coming from the attic area. The fire involved a television and some electronics. Residents of the affected unit and adjacent units were evacuated as a precaution. Firefighters quickly controlled and extinguished the fire with no extension beyond the living room. The second alarm was initially requested but later canceled after the fire was knocked down and ventilation was completed.
Audio|Source: Clark County Fire Districts
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Transcript:
00:00
Command.
00:01
Engine 8 is level 1.
00:15
Engine 8 is the second line.
00:20
Off of engine stands to the opposite side.
00:22
The target units would be C34, that could be the proper 1, or the Delta 1, sorry,
00:29
unit from the upper Rava corner.
00:37
And all you have to command and just turn out the bottom water supply.
00:57
Command has got to be.
01:12
I understand you've got a smoke coming from what appears to be the attic of the sea building. You have your own water supply.
01:20
We're calling the main fire unit C-34.
01:22
I'll have you confirm that for me.
01:25
And you have engine 9 with the line going to 4-2 into the main fire unit.
01:31
If that's correct, give me a can.
01:35
That is correct. We've got no smoke in C35.
01:39
There is smoke in C34.
01:41
We're starting to evacuate residents from Jason Units.
01:50
Tennessee copies.
01:52
So no smoke above C35, but it looks like it's in the attic above that.
02:00
And you are evacuating adjacent units.
02:09
Engine 42 is level one.
02:17
I'm trying to copy the engine 42. Go ahead and come into the scene.
02:26
And trying to be assuming First Street Station Command, we're going to be an offensive strategy.
02:35
And go ahead and call me a second alarm.
02:40
Have you second alarm.
02:42
Okay, thank you, second alarm.
03:02
There's a gentleman,
03:04
I don't know if he's maintenance or what, who was opening the gate for folks.
03:08
If you still around, could you have him go open the gate and leave it propped open for access?
03:17
Can't copy on round.
03:24
At First Street Station, second alarm.
03:28
Priority 1. Engine 4. Engine 6.
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Engine 3. Engine 91.
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Truck 1. Multi-unit residential fire.
03:40
16119 Southeast near 1st Street. Unit C-35. At 1st Street Station.
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Response Channel, OPS 51.
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Second alarm map page 22236.
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Priority 5.
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Engine 11. Automated crash alert.
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North East near 1002nd Avenue and North East near 105th Avenue.
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Priority 5.
04:15
Engine 11. Automated crash alert.
04:19
North East near 1002nd Avenue and North East near 105th Avenue.
04:24
Map page 2216.
04:33
By the Delta D3 exposure, Delta 2 exposure on the second floor, full ceiling up there and be up on the side.
04:44
Go ahead and nine with your knockdown fan.
04:49
Go ahead and then nine with your not down cam.
04:54
We found the small fire in the living room.
04:57
Take me a TV and some other electrons. We've got it back there.
05:01
Just meet the family.
05:08
Clean coffee, here, knockdown can. You had a small fire, it was a TV burning,
05:13
and this is in Unit C34. We've got it knocked down and there's no extension.
05:19
So just confirming any smoke coming from the attic was from that TV fire.
05:29
Dr. Farman, all smoke is coming from the fire in the living room. We caught the hole.
05:35
In the ceiling, we don't see any here.
05:40
Command copy. Fires out.
05:43
No, and you tuck the attic, there's no extension to smoke.
05:54
Office 51,
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First Street Station command.
06:00
Command, go ahead.
06:02
You go ahead and cancel my second alarm.
06:04
We'll keep the first alarm unit's responding.
06:08
Hobby, cancel second alarm.
06:11
Command, truck, that's right.
06:15
Command copies.
06:17
Come in the scene, I want you to coordinate with engine 9 for ventilation on the main fire unit.
06:25
Copy, coordinate with engine 9, ventilation, main fire unit.
06:30
Command, engine 9.
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Go for command. Go for command.
06:38
Recommend horizontal ventilation.
06:41
Off of the Charlie with a man.
06:44
Command.
06:46
Truck 5 is level 1.
06:50
I don't have you stay level 1.
06:58
Internet command?
07:09
Priority 4.
07:11
Squad 1. Unknown Problem 1009 East McLaughlin Boulevard.
07:18
Priority 4.
07:20
Squad 1. Unknown problem.
07:23
1.009 East McLaughlin Boulevard.
07:28
Map page 2127.
07:36
Was there much smoke in that unit?
07:41
There was zero smoke and we used to pop a hole on that row into the unit. And the attic was clear.
07:51
Quick copy. No smoke in the attic's clear about C-31.
07:54
No smoke in the attic's clear about C-31.
08:00
Go ahead, engine nine, just had a change.
08:10
How can you repeat that engine nine?
08:17
This structure.
08:20
The engine nine, you're accessing the structure.
08:27
And with truck 10 assisting with ventilation, there's any other needs in the main fire unit?
08:36
We just continue to go away. We actually opened up the wall to the one extension of the walls.
08:42
All right, 20 copies. Engineite is going after recycle. You did open the walls and there was no extension in the walls.
08:57
No man from offshore one.
09:00
Can I go ahead?
09:02
You're at your 10-minute burn timer.
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Location mentioned:
Near SE 1st St, Vancouver, WA 98684
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