Mattress fire reported on fourth floor at courthouse, Ann Arbor MI
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Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a mattress fire on the fourth floor of the courthouse in Ann Arbor. The fire was controlled using water cans and ventilation. Maintenance staff and the fire inspector were notified for further investigation due to possible arson.
Audio|Heard on: Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, and Washtenaw County Police/Fire/EMS Dispatches
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05:52
Transcript:
00:00
I thought the mattress this out.
00:01
It's still smoking pretty good.
00:04
You want to leave in a place with some additional watercams?
00:07
Or never bring it down for a different single time?
00:14
So they rescue ones with engine four.
00:21
I'll see you want to show me all this, Frank John.
00:24
Thanks.
00:29
Power from command.
00:35
Do you have this under control or need to upgrade to a box?
00:44
I think we'll be fine with this still.
00:47
We're just going to need an additional water tank.
00:53
The only maintenance will be notified also do with any amount of flooding on the fourth floor.
01:00
575 arrival.
01:03
Central's clear, contacting maintenance.
01:06
Okay. I have three driver bringing another water can't up to you.
01:10
Central, can you notify maintenance?
01:14
A firm, partners on the phone with them.
01:20
All for a carpenter packard.
01:23
Good.
01:27
Four, clean, yellow, Frank, 5-8 on a red key of Forte.
01:32
They're covering and pickers.
01:37
Are you with engine four?
01:44
18, 19.
01:46
The pilot's clear on the message.
01:57
Go ahead.
02:04
We've been up with the engine three driver with two additional watercans.
02:07
We're going to use the watercans on the mattress and then take the mattress down through the stairwell just to get it out of the way.
02:18
Okay.
02:22
There's a lot of wins.
02:23
You say you're at NYPD on patrol?
02:26
A-FERN.
02:28
Clear.
02:29
Saman's clear.
02:31
Courthouse Square command from Central.
02:34
20 minutes on scene.
02:37
Clear, 20 minutes on scene.
02:39
Could you give me one a call and notify them just let him know what's corner? A-Firm.
02:47
For 35, 429, you both stillscare.
02:50
Thank you. Thank you.
02:54
575 all secure out here, I'm complete.
02:57
Click.
03:02
Center from command, notify the on-call inspector, please.
03:10
Power 1, you're gonna need ventilation to the 4th floor.
03:15
1248 security.
03:19
Do you have the tower driver with you?
03:22
That 243?
03:24
Negative.
03:26
Charlie Cooper.
03:28
Go ahead.
03:30
Can I give a help outside at NYPD?
03:33
Tower One driver's got ventilation.
03:38
Hey, they're a departure from a fire hydrant.
03:41
Okay.
03:43
Maybe two one complete.
03:48
Go ahead.
03:53
Massif fires out, we're still attempting to bring it down to the ground level.
03:58
Take it too on same traffic.
04:00
Okay.
04:05
Plan from one-four.
04:07
Go ahead, one-four.
04:09
Two-one, Charlie, two-one security.
04:18
14 and rescue 1-1 have made access to the
04:22
riser room and the fire pump shut off, working I, shutting off the municipal water supply right now for the pressure system.
04:31
Did you say one, our caller 1-1 needs the system seat in the max on top of 4 in the cell cellarwell?
04:36
Okay, enough further.
04:38
Thank you.
04:40
Would you write us back to staging or to assist them in the south carwell?
04:47
If you can head up in the system to get this mattress out, center from command.
04:53
Command, go ahead.
04:56
We'll find out here for possible arson.
05:02
Clear, I'll be en route.
05:04
Can we have from Tower.
05:07
Go ahead, Tower.
05:12
After the removal of the...
05:16
Mattress has gone back into that room, nothing else is on fire.
05:19
That room is clear.
05:22
The three and the tower crew are still working to get the mattress out of the building via the self-stairwell.
05:30
Driver,
05:31
have the booster line ready for that mattress.
05:42
435, both units complete.
05:49
Frank 2.7, I completely break.
05:51
Clear so far.
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S 4th Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
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