Structure fire with roof involvement in Beltsville, Beltsville MD
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Fire & ArsonA structure fire with roof involvement occurred near Prince Georges Avenue in Beltsville. Firefighters conducted multiple division searches including basements and found no extension of the fire. The bulk of the fire is out, and crews continue to check the area for any remaining hazards.
Audio|Heard on: Prince George's County Fire and EMS
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07:36
Transcript:
00:00
Truck 812 won't be inside Charlie.
00:03
You got fire showing from side charlie.
00:12
Caramed engine 841 to command.
00:16
Go ahead.
00:19
We've got a line up here on the fourth roof of the Chai Charlie.
00:23
They got fire coming up out of the roof line.
00:27
I guess it would be a force roof line, so from the first floor.
00:30
We're getting a knock on that from the exterior now.
00:35
I'm direct.
00:38
Command Engine, Howard Engine 10.
00:42
The Howard Engine 10. The Howard Engine 10.
00:50
Powered engine 10, so Charlie Willa.
00:56
I have you, engine 841 and Enirondal Truck 29 when they get here.
01:03
You're going to be Division 2 and Truck 29 is going to be my Division 2 supervisor in there.
01:10
Local alarm, 34.
01:13
Okay, power engines and going to Division 2.
01:16
Investigation 2.
01:17
Box area 4905.
01:20
Anne Arundel Rescue Engine 27.
01:22
Command 2, Anne Arundel Truck 29.
01:25
8 Alpha 1.
01:27
29, go ahead.
01:31
Let me know the status of your primary in the basement.
01:37
Local alarm, (number withheld) Old Colony Drive, North, Cross Street, Grand Haven.
01:45
Avenue. Investigation, unknown, odor, inside.
01:48
Box area 45,
01:51
engine 845.
01:52
Proceed on.
01:53
Good. Talk Group, H.
01:54
Charlie 1.
01:56
I got a two-section roof on side trolley.
02:01
You got smoke showing from the lower of the two levels.
02:08
We're going to need a roof cut to open up to check for a fission.
02:15
I'm on side, Charlie myself.
02:17
Stand by on the roof cut.
02:19
Command 2, Anirondon truck 29.
02:28
status of the primary and conditions in the basement.
02:36
I'll say a primary is negative for attention to find basement access.
02:43
I copy primary is negative.
02:46
There are two basements in this building.
02:49
Let me know when you reach the lowest of the two.
02:54
And command two.
02:56
Tower 10. We have units flowing from the Division 1 roof into your location.
03:04
Let me know when you guys are clear.
03:10
Medic,
03:12
local, 47,
03:14
Marlborough Pike, eastbound, cross street, bridge-scale, road, Delta, sick person, box area, 7-4-2, paramedic ambulance, 845, 45, respond on Talk Group 8-Alvo-1.
03:39
Go ahead.
03:42
Do you have any extension in Division 2?
03:47
Chief, we're up.
03:49
One Division 2. There's two separate offices up here.
03:52
One for the left, one to the right.
03:53
We've been in both.
03:55
Check for extension, open up the walls in the bathroom right above the fire building.
03:59
We don't see anything yet.
04:02
Copy. You should have yourself,
04:05
Powered Engine 10.
04:07
and truck 812.
04:13
Power NG10 Hopperigger, the NG41 operator.
04:21
I have your hydrant scare, let me know if you're ready for.
04:31
Correct.
04:35
Oh, the VimexLC.
04:37
I'll see.
04:41
I'm not going to smash.
04:45
Good.
04:48
Make the basements, both levels,
04:51
searchers are negative,
04:52
no conditions.
04:56
Copy both basements, no conditions and primaries negative.
05:05
Continue your primary search on Division 1, then work your way up to Division 2, and then you can exit the structure.
05:11
Copy.
05:13
Copy we're in Division 1 now.
05:19
Truck 12th, commit.
05:22
Go ahead.
05:26
There's no visible extension on Division 2.
05:29
We need this roof open up.
05:32
The fire appears to be between Division 1, Division 2.
05:37
Not copy. I see you have a dead load in front of you.
05:40
Just make sure to avoid that.
05:46
Copy. Let me open to the roof.
05:50
The Division 1 roof.
05:56
Command 2, Engine 849.
06:02
Division 1, right.
06:06
Division 849.
06:08
Engine 849.
06:09
Okay.
06:12
Division 1, go ahead.
06:17
We've got all the areas we can read.
06:19
We're down here.
06:20
You are broken up.
06:27
Can you repeat?
06:30
We've got it opened up to the roof line from down here.
06:34
(number withheld) Prince George's Avenue.
06:37
Cross Street, Queen Anne Avenue.
06:40
Truck 812 is going to make a roof cut.
06:42
Paramedic end up.
06:44
You guys can clear that area. You guys can clear that area.
06:46
Talk Group 8 Alpha 1.
06:48
Stop.
06:52
Truck 29 command,
06:54
primary, Division 1.
06:55
Negative is headed.
06:59
Copy, primary on Division 1 is negative.
07:02
Commanded Communications for an update.
07:05
Command on the fire in a roof,
07:12
bulk of the fires out, units are checking for extension.
07:15
Primary in the two lower level basements are negative, primary on Division 1 is negative.
07:23
I copy fire in the roof, walk of the fires out,
07:28
the primary in Division 1 and 2, and the primary in Division 1 in both basements, I'll check in Division 2.
07:34
That nice employee for you.
07:36
That's not for you there.
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Prince Georges Ave, Beltsville, MD 20705
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