Vehicle fire threatens two-story home in Ellensburg, Ellensburg WA
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, a vehicle caught fire near Vantage Highway in Ellensburg, threatening a two-story residential building. The fire escalated to a second alarm, with crews conducting search, fire attack, and rescue operations.
Audio|Heard on: Kittitas County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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Engine 21, engine 21, engine 261, engine 291,
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respond to a reported vehicle fire,
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near Vantage highway,
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engine 211, engine 21,
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respond to a reported vehicle fire,
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flame showing, multiple reports,
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timeout,
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(number withheld).
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(number withheld) will be in our hour before.
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Okay, comrades.
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You got multiple reports of a vehicle fully involved next to a structure.
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Unknown if the structure is on fire at this point, 1RP said the structure was smoking.
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Water 2, Levin, in room.
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Engine 211.
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The engine 2.
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The engine 2.61.
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This is engine 291.
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Go ahead and dispatch a second alarm[1].
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See, second alarm[1].
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Second alarm.
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From engine 2991.
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Time, go ahead.
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Engine 291's arriving.
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We have a fully involved passenger vehicle, exposure to a possible two-story structure.
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We're going to be making a fast attack working off the tank,
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passing command.
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Care, Comrievee.
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Engine 221,
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engine 281, engine 2801, engine 2601, engine 271, engine 241, respond to a second alarm[1] structure fire,
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near Vantage highway.
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Kick on,
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engine 291.
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2991, kick on.
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engine 261 arriving on the same mission command time in with engine 291 check out receive
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break engine 291 kickoff engine 291 kickoff this is engine 291 go ahead
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as be advice we just received a call from (number withheld) he's going to be delayed 30 minutes
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Water 2.11 arriving on safe.
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Kitchen 211.
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Good line.
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I don't know.
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Two-story residential structure has been exposed.
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Office side will be the east side.
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No basements, not protected, unknown if occupied.
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We'll be making offensive fire attacks on the structure.
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Establishing Vantage highway command.
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Vantage, command from Kickoff.
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Command from Kickoff.
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Command. If you advised, we just got a third-party report that their mother should be on the second floor and in the residence.
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Receives also, can you start a 10-minute timer?
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Recease, 10-minute timer.
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Go ahead, stopping.
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We'll be North 903-mile-posed 6-ish with Charles Lincoln Paul 158, 7.
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2.91.
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The vehicle fire sounds and has not been overhaul.
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On advantage command,
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command post speed,
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cab of engine one.
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Excellent.
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Advantage command from kick-on.
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Your radio is broken.
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Kickall, Vantage command.
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Command post will now be located in the Cab of Engine 291.
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Recrease, command, Cabo of Engine, 291.
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291.
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2991. Command.
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I missed your Alpha side of this building.
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Repeat.
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Once you declare the Alpha side of this building.
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The east side will be Alpha side.
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Re-cleave. I'm on the Charlie Delta side with a door.
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I'm poppet.
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I got light cool smoke.
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Probably three-quarters of the way down.
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Reed speed, then we've got engine 261 making entry on Alpha for fire attacks.
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Go back to mopping up and overhaul on the vehicle tell we are getting out by then.
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Command received.
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From engine C-991 operator ready for water.
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C-991 operator, water coming.
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21 Alpha team entering a structure part two for search.
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Command received.
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211 Bravo command can get ladders to floor two.
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Ladders to floor two.
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Command from engine 261.
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Man.
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Entering alpha side, RR of 2.
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Command received entering Alpha Part 2.
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Did you lose a member?
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
second alarm: Escalated incident response requesting additional units/resources
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Location mentioned:
Vantage Hwy, Ellensburg, WA 98926
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