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Structure fire at residential building near Decoursey AveCovington KY

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Decoursey Ave, Covington, KY 41015

According to the dispatch call, responders are handling a structure fire at a residential building near Decoursey Avenue in Covington, Kentucky. Flames and heavy smoke were reported. Fire units are evacuating people and conducting searches. The fire's location is primarily the first floor, and assistance from multiple units and potentially a medical ambulance is requested. Authorities are arranging shelter for displaced residents.

Audio|Heard on: Northern Kentucky Public Safety
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06:46
Transcript:
00:00
Structure fires, near Decoursey Avenue.
00:03
Flames visible, smoking.
00:06
Copy your Goethe was 17, 10.
00:09
Charles 4, Adam, 361.
00:11
C4A.361.
00:13
104. We are on the time of somebody getting rid of the dispatch.
00:17
It's our background, Charles 4, what was right?
00:21
C4A 361.
00:23
104.
00:28
104. Take you in a second.
01:00
I'm getting people out of the one building here.
01:02
I need some assistance with some other good schools over.
01:05
On the course.
01:06
Tim.
01:08
Tim. She's like 11.
01:10
Collington, Pumper 6, Pumper 5, Pumper 2, Rescue 1, Car 2, Car 9, ambulance 3, timeout 1711.
01:17
Respond of near Decoursey Avenue.
01:20
Near Decoursey Avenue.
01:22
Per-posable structure fire.
01:25
One arrival, use fire ground 2.
01:28
Carvington, Pumper 6, Pumper 5, Pumper 2, Rescue 1, Call 2, Car 9, Ambulance 3, Timeout, 1711.
01:35
Respond to near Decoursey Avenue for a possible structure fire.
01:43
One arrival, use fire ground 2.
01:45
You know the property retain 8.
01:47
450, I'm going up to apartment 3-0.
01:49
Are you sure if that's got 20-10?
01:51
Property Checking apartment 3.
01:56
Smoke is very hard.
02:01
Copy,
02:02
heavy snow.
02:03
That's Fax 1381 and 19.
02:06
Copy, 181 and 171.
02:09
42 and 52. Go ahead and respond.
02:12
3704 to C. 3704 to course C, 415's on the scene.
02:17
Asking for assistance.
02:19
What else have the parent for me this much? 42 clear?
02:22
Clear.
02:24
6-1 available at 1712.
02:28
10-4[1]. Okay.
02:31
74, I'll be en route also.
02:33
I'll hear 41.30 on the route.
02:36
10-4[1]-74.
02:38
104.
02:40
415, I'm backing out.
02:42
Copy back and out.
02:44
Tennessee. I'm set that way as well.
02:46
Possibly unit the back reference of verbal alarm at Unity, 10,600 to open drive.
02:54
It's the front door number one entry, exit.
02:58
Fort Worth twenty-two, I think that was seven to see.
03:01
Not sure why we weren't just fetch, but Gordon, Ralph.
03:04
Errolair line, 26.
03:05
I'm ten-four.
03:07
Okay, copy, 76.
03:09
415 is backing out of the building at this time.
03:13
Copy, your ten-four.
03:14
Do you anybody saying that there's any one inside?
03:17
Last unit with traffic,
03:19
S-4-15.
03:21
Good.
03:22
Are you out, 10-4[1]?
03:24
Hi, yeah.
03:25
Okay, we don't know.
03:26
This passport 15 was trying to check apart number three, but couldn't get in.
03:30
It's backing out now.
03:31
We had a report that there was a couch on fire inside per one of our callers.
03:37
Copy.
03:51
I'm not certain if anybody's on the third floor, though.
03:54
Clear, we'll out.
03:57
County, the car nine.
03:59
All right.
04:00
Copy.
04:02
415, when you can, if you can switch to Covington, I've got several police units around to you.
04:07
Go ahead, I'm in route.
04:09
I'm in route. I have a tough line.
04:12
10-4[1] is making sure you're in the room.
04:14
85 in round.
04:16
1045.
04:17
John 7's on scene.
04:19
We do have black smoke showing from the front of the building.
04:27
416, huh?
04:29
Go ahead.
04:31
Just allow you to know them on two minutes.
04:33
He's a camera.
04:35
Timbler.
04:36
Copy around the Covington Channel now.
04:38
Copy around the Covenant Channel now. Copy around the Covenant Channel now.
04:41
407 at 415, are you 104?
04:45
980 is responding.
04:47
Cunnington as 415, are you 104 do you need an ambulance?
04:52
980, responding at 1714.
04:56
104. Copy your 104.
04:58
Arlinger 46 is an anti-ext germany C.
05:01
S. 4.7 p.
05:03
Pover 2, pull a line.
05:04
We're going to go up and do a search.
05:06
Looks like the fire is right here in the first floor.
05:08
We're going to check the third floor.
05:09
All our secrets are clear.
05:11
The fire is right here in the front room.
05:13
Pover 2 is cleared, truck 7 initiating.
05:15
Surve proper 2 to deploy the line in the first floor.
05:18
Wolverine Dispatch.
05:19
Humphrey, go ahead.
05:21
415.
05:23
We are clear from Lincoln and rather start far.
05:26
1415, go ahead.
05:27
10, 417, 15.
05:29
Not sure who else did respond.
05:31
They'll provide a place for some of these folks that have been put out of the building there, certainly get too cold.
05:36
Okay.
05:42
Pass 415, and we're going to try to get a hold of a tank bus to come.
05:46
Good force.
05:48
In center. Spot 41 arrived at everyone.
05:52
1716.
05:54
County from 801, show us responding.
05:57
Take 814 out of service.
06:00
Tensler. 80 power.
06:03
Pumper six, you're in proper two.
06:05
Do you have a water shift for water source? Early or six and sent a general relay to MDC.
06:10
I need a truck one.
06:13
Go outside of the stand.
06:17
415. If you can have a tank plus come into Ruwe Family Pharmacy, that'd be a spot for them out of the west.
06:24
Part 2, Longtie, v.
06:25
the Corky Command.
06:27
10-4[1]17-17.
06:30
This information is ready corner is going to be blocked.
06:35
Marksula's primary complete.
06:37
It could be on second.
06:41
Tensler.
06:43
K-171.
06:45
K-171. K-171.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment or affirmative; message received and understood.

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Decoursey Ave, Covington, KY 41015

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Incident Timeline

  1. Final Searches and Ventilation
  2. Support for Displaced Residents
  3. Fire Under Control and Continued Operations
  4. Search for Occupants and Firefighting Operations
  5. Arrival and Initial Assessment
  6. Units Dispatched and En Route
  7. Initial Report of Structure Fire

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