Basement fire sparks emergency response at McMurtry Towers, Vandergrift PA
Fire & ArsonEmergency crews scramble to McMurtry Towers with reports of a basement fire causing concern with trapped individuals in elevators and injured personnel.
Audio|Source: Westmoreland County Public Safety
05:10
Transcript:
00:00
Interior Command, we throw them after the fire in the basement.
00:07
Basement.
00:11
Elphor God, have him pour water and then delta sign windows again.
00:21
We're in the basement.
00:22
We're in the basement.
00:28
Nes 440.
00:33
506E40.
00:35
Am I staying past 20?
00:38
Negative, you're on ZIN 2 now.
00:41
Okay.
00:47
Oh, yes. It's off.
00:54
Area Profile 11, your 20th is available.
00:59
Go ahead.
01:02
Turn about 1126-21 Honda truck to Josh Barone and Leedsburg.
01:09
10.4.
01:16
On one station's 51 or 50, or so on 169 Lincoln Avenue, McMurgery Towers.
01:22
Individuals stuck in the elevator, operation, fire tech eight.
01:30
90 County, name date of birth.
01:36
90 good.
01:39
Benjamin, B-E-N-J-A-M-I-N,
01:42
Kuisn, Kilo,
01:44
Whiskey, India, Sierra,
01:46
November,
01:48
India,
01:49
Charlie, Kilo.
01:51
2, 23, 84.
01:59
82 is on 90.
02:02
It's 18, 18.
02:04
Yeah,
02:08
I don't have capability today.
02:14
Let me a third unit as well, please.
02:17
Appreciate it.
02:22
TMS unit for the front of the structure as well, firemen with that leg injury.
02:33
They're not notified.
02:37
Okay, please notify to county housing authority and get them en route, please.
02:44
I'm in route to the seam.
02:50
Every part 511 or 27 is available.
02:54
Good.
02:55
Turn, valid B, pull enter negative 3s.
03:03
Okay.
03:05
10-4. You still want an additional EMS unit on top of them?
03:11
Yeah, because I can't find your reset.
03:13
Ten-four. Ten-four.
03:18
The upper building for an automatic fire alarm, operations on taxi.
03:24
I don't believe the best elevators are malfunctioning.
03:32
Number.
03:38
Any reported injuries on this?
03:44
He has no thirties.
03:55
Two anyone.
03:59
Can you have your EMS unit switched to EMS Pack 3?
04:08
We can do that.
04:10
They're committed to the fire ground, however.
04:15
Correct, the EMS command is trying to reach M on an EMS TAC 3 chance.
04:24
The Pindon, Medic 216s are out.
04:27
What's the fire attack?
04:32
21, it's fire attack, sir.
04:39
Negative.
04:47
10?
04:53
30 received.
04:56
One acknowledges.
05:01
TAC 6[1].
05:06
The fire is exhausted up the bank 6.
05:09
Not sure if you're up in my phone.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
TAC 6: Assigned tactical radio channel (Channel 6) for incident operations
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Location mentioned:
Lincoln Ave + McMurtry Towers, Vandergrift, PA 15690
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