Garwood house fire sparks intense firefighter overhaul, Garwood NJ
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Garwood firefighters aggressively overhaul a residential blaze, opening compromised floors and knee walls to extinguish fire behind walls, securing the structure and ensuring safety.
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04:12
Transcript:
00:00
Back 2A from exit.
00:01
Mack 2A. Mack 2A. Mack 2A.
00:06
All right, you got Vibre alerts going off in there.
00:09
Is everybody okay?
00:11
Yeah, it's the MSA.
00:15
We're having a little issue.
00:16
We're correcting it now.
00:21
All right, copy that.
00:24
For Unit 1, the cover assignment in place.
00:26
Receive Unit 1 cover in place, 1534.
00:40
Hillside, 1219 South City, 1219 South City, New York City.
00:44
For a member that was banging his head, he used to be evaluated PDM2.
00:52
Mac 2 IMT, 60 minute mark, 6-0.
00:56
No,
00:59
I received.
01:00
Conditions remain the same.
01:02
Overhaul and fraud.
01:03
27-11, Maxi.
01:13
Elizabeth Chief, from you on lateral.
01:20
You call immaculate?
01:23
Sorry,
01:25
MacToy, I'm in the kitchen area.
01:27
It's all overhauled.
01:28
I see the second door from here, but there,
01:31
the floor is compromised once you get through that...
01:36
So we're open up the knee wall now, see if we could get behind it.
01:41
I see him right now.
01:42
There's no fire.
01:44
I see him right now. I see him right now.
01:46
All right, I got it.
01:51
Do you think we can open up from the exterior and maybe get a line back there? You think that's our best shot at it?
01:59
That's affirmative.
02:00
That's what cruiser doing right now.
02:01
They're open up the cedar shakes.
02:03
There's fire showing.
02:06
It's on the Garwood Fireground.
02:12
Stand by for...
02:17
Union Ladder Driver, you're on Division I.
02:21
That's correct.
02:22
I'm at Division 1, C-side kitchen.
02:25
I have four.
02:27
Okay, Division 2 has four with Springfield Union, the two members from Garwood, MAC 2A, MAC4A.
02:47
Plainswell has PAR, Alpha's exterior.
02:54
Park engine, you have...
02:59
Park engines, do you have PAR?
03:05
Carc engine has PAR, Charlie's side of the house?
03:12
Copy.
03:16
Mac 8, yeah, sir.
03:21
Mac 8 has 4, Center Street.
03:23
Change it out.
03:26
Mac 1, yeah.
03:29
Back 1, Mac 2.
03:32
Back 1, Mac 2.
03:35
Answer. Answer.
03:39
Are you got a company with a C-O meter coming to the Bravo exposure? If this is all clear, we're going to let the residents stay in here.
03:47
I stand by one.
03:54
Rahway Engine, yeah.
03:59
Royal engine, all members in rehab, one was gap, rather.
04:06
Back to all units have power on the fire.
04:09
All right, two-received.
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Center St, Garwood, NJ 07027
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