Working house fire with heavy smoke at north 18th street, Harrisburg PA
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Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to a working house fire near North 18th Street in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The fire involved a three-story duplex with heavy fire and smoke on multiple sides. Fire crews coordinated interior and roof operations to control and extinguish the fire.
Audio|Heard on: Dauphin County Public Safety
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08:14
Transcript:
00:00
Tower one's arriving.
00:02
Charlie, we're gonna need a first alarm.
00:05
Yep, I'm doing it right now.
00:06
Yep, I'm doing it right now.
00:09
Wagon 3.
00:12
Wagon 4 arriving, we'll be taking the hydrant at 18th and Market.
00:34
Plus one, two near North 18th, near North 18th, a working house fire.
00:39
First alarm assignment.
00:43
Blagin 3,
00:45
York Resky,
00:46
69,
00:48
Cerman County 13,
00:50
Tower 32, 72,
00:52
1730.
00:53
Tower 32 at 3.
00:56
Power 32 at 3.
01:01
County for C-Sept.
01:03
C-7.
01:08
Transfer, city station 1, engine 371, engine 50, Carlin Tower 130, Transfer City Station 2,
01:18
Truck 34,
01:21
Carlin County Squad 12,
01:24
Wagon 301, 7-2-2-331.
01:27
County from G7.
01:29
Go ahead, Chief.
01:35
This is a three-story, ordinary duplex, heavy fire on the Delta side,
01:41
heavy smoke showing on all sides.
01:44
Have the next two trucks come in the alley,
01:49
and if it's 32 to have them back down the alley, then get a shot at the trolley time.
01:54
Copy G7.
01:55
Is it the asshole street off of 17?
01:59
No, open 19th.
02:02
Good seven from Wagging through her coming up State Street which way do you want to come in.
02:11
Chief seven from Lieutenant 1.
02:14
All right.
02:15
All right.
02:23
Chief Seven, we have smoke pusher from the outlets and the floor on the third floor and the exposure.
02:29
We need a line in here.
02:31
Okay, so on the way.
02:34
County Chief Two's around.
02:36
Okay, Chief Two.
02:37
Chief Two.
02:42
Chief Seven from Wagons, we're coming off of 17th.
02:45
Where do you want to...
02:48
County Turn around 1.30 Transferral 4.
02:54
You can just stay to get your handpower up here.
02:57
Copy. Okay, Tyler 1334.
03:01
There's a line at the front door.
03:04
I need you to take that to be the backup line to the original.
03:08
Copy.
03:11
Liar 34, transfer 114.
03:14
Okay, loud is 34-14-4.
03:17
3-7, surges of the exposure are negative.
03:20
Searches and the exposure are negative.
03:23
Dolphin fire, cummolin squad falls in route, station two on the transfer.
03:28
Okay, squad falls.
03:34
Chief 1 in North 18th.
03:38
Okay, G4Miles 2. Okay, GF1, Moss 2.
03:44
County, engine 50, transferable 4.
03:48
Okay, engine 50.
03:50
Okay,
03:53
Wagon 50.
03:55
Guy,
03:57
give me a good roof report once you get up there.
04:00
Got it, boss.
04:03
Wagon, very, arriving.
04:06
Okay, Wagon 3.
04:12
Scottie, turns of the line off her side.
04:17
County Mitchie 4-3 is arriving at Hershey.
04:19
4-3-1794.
04:23
120,000.
04:28
122. Tower 1.
04:32
Instead of going to the roof, truck 2's got that.
04:35
Why don't you get that mansard and cornice opens up on the Alpha side and then start working down the Delta side.
04:44
AlvG.
04:46
Truck 32 is going to be seen back in an after all for 19.
04:50
Trap 32.
04:56
And you put one on the scene.
04:59
I'll get you fun.
05:02
7-1 from County.
05:05
7-1. 7-1. 7-1.
05:12
Columbia cops room, 26th is now in arrest.
05:15
We're turning to CPR.
05:16
Roger, we can't get out and go to that green ride.
05:24
Okay.
05:30
Fox 354, Cologne the Okada to (number withheld), Alexander Lane, Route 216, EG Drive, and Lorelai, cardiac arrest, A.A.V.
05:38
response.
05:39
Come up to 35, 1735.
05:44
Good man from the roof.
05:46
All right.
05:51
The only fire out visible now is on a delta side.
05:54
Looks like so it might be on top of the window outcropping.
05:59
You want to check with a third floor to see if they need to open up.
06:04
Yeah, go ahead, get a hole open right up front,
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up top.
06:13
Wagon 301, transferring with 3.
06:16
Okay, 3.01.
06:17
Okay, 3.01.
06:22
T7 from Lieutenant 1.
06:25
That's 35 for 3.
06:29
Go ahead.
06:33
We're open up the third wall, the first floor, it's close.
06:39
We have smoke,
06:41
but we don't have the active fire.
06:44
Okay.
06:46
Okay, answer 35.3.
06:48
(number withheld) Alexander Lane, Route 216.
06:51
It is a care facility, but it seems to work giving them more instructions than they understand.
06:56
It's going to be a 94-year-old female active for us.
07:00
Okay,
07:03
I don't want to let air for a change response.
07:06
Kara 13.
07:10
Okay.
07:11
Very cold shower one bucket.
07:22
Go over to the cornice in between the buildings.
07:27
We're starting to really run there.
07:28
We need to get that open up.
07:30
I'm getting water into you right now.
07:33
Okay.
07:35
Eric, I'm off the wagon floor.
07:38
Officer, I'll just be doing the trail on the upper side.
07:41
I got fired one in each time.
07:48
Tower one,
07:49
work, no, not that side, the other side.
07:52
Between the two buildings, right there.
07:57
C5, that alpha side happens beside the window and something in there.
08:03
Yeah, I need you to work the front side, 32 is going to work the delta side.
08:09
We're having the fire down now is in the exposure side in the club, and we're hitting that fire now.
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N 18th St, Harrisburg, PA 17103
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