Fire controlled and mop-up ongoing near Alamo Avenue school, Kalamazoo MI
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Fire & ArsonA fire occurred near Alamo Avenue school. The building was evacuated but some children were present for practice and kept away from the fire. Red Cross was contacted to assist one adult, two children, and a dog. The fire is now under control and mop-up operations are ongoing with crews still active on site.
Audio|Heard on: Kalamazoo County Fire and MSP District 5
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00:00
to Alibald Tasha command.
00:05
Go ahead.
00:07
Your 20-minute ground timer, sir.
00:11
Thank you. Getting a lot of contact in the school.
00:14
Affirm, school was dismissed,
00:17
but they've got some kids there for practice.
00:20
They are going to try to make sure that none of them are going by the building.
00:26
As soon as we get to a spot where we can open it back up, we'll let you know.
00:31
Thank you.
00:32
Go on.
00:39
Alamo Command just said.
00:43
Alamo Command, go ahead.
00:46
We could contact Red Cross, get them started.
00:50
One adult, two children,
00:52
and a dog.
00:54
One adult, two children and a dog, ten four.
01:17
Be for Rescue 4 or 5, responding to near Westwater.
01:25
Near Westwater, we got a priority one female on the ground from a fall altered level of consciousness.
01:32
Cross Beach City City, West Indies and Cooley.
01:38
Just to command.
01:42
Go ahead, sir.
01:44
My supervisor is asking for a telephone number to give the Red Cross for them to contact if you have one.
01:53
(number withheld).
02:00
(number withheld).
02:04
Thank you. And then what's my station staffing?
02:13
8-1 with 3.
02:16
8-1 with 3. 8-4-3.
02:22
8-1, staff with 3, correct.
02:31
City, you can show LifeMedic 33 en route to Water Street from Park and Walnut.
02:38
That's 33 in route.
02:45
Station 8-2 is staffed with one.
02:49
State two staffed with one.
02:57
Plyphabetic 33 is on Seenwater Street.
03:04
Flight on Seen Water Street.
03:05
Flight on Seen Water.
03:10
Good question.
03:13
Elbow command, go ahead.
03:15
Red Cross has been notified.
03:17
This should be given you a call.
03:20
Amazing, thank you.
03:22
She could go ahead and strike the alarm, holding all.
03:25
So fire not down.
03:27
We're going to be doing some mop-up.
03:31
Acknowledgement. Strike off for near Alamo Avenue, fire to control, doing mop-up.
03:37
Command, would you like graph timbers to continue or can I stop those?
03:42
We still got crews operating in silence.
03:44
Let's go ahead and not continue those for a little bit yet.
03:48
Acknowledgement.
03:54
This is your 30 minute.
03:56
Consumers gas on scene please.
03:59
Consumers gas on scene and this is your 30 minute drought timer notification.
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Location mentioned:
Alamo Ave, Kalamazoo, MI 49006
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