Chimney fire sparks alarm at Keswick home, Keswick VA
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Fire & ArsonA chimney fire was reported at a residential home near Ashton Road, triggering a response to mitigate the visible smoke from the fireplace, raising safety concerns.
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05:53
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Engine 161, Engine 11,
00:03
Squad 11, Tanker 28, Tanker 69, Station 2, Battalion 202, County FM.
00:11
Chimney fire, residential, near Ashton Road.
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Respond on Alpha TAC 3.
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Engine 161, Engine 11,
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Squad 11, Tanker 28, Tanker 69, Station 2, Battalion 202, County FM, chimney fire, residential, near Ashton Road.
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Respond on Alpha, TAC 3.
00:37
PCC from Angie 56.
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Engine 56.
00:40
A new smoker fire emergency at this time, just working on mitigating blue town.
00:46
Understood.
00:47
No fire emergencies from 2.106.
00:52
We have a large three-story commercial structure.
00:55
We've got nothing showing.
00:57
We have our own water.
00:58
We'll be out investigating an offensive strategy.
01:00
You can hold the assignment.
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Agent 7 Bravo will have Monticello Road Committee.
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And to sign you're on the same large three-story commercial structure.
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And I'm going to showing you have your own water and out investigating offensive strategy.
01:11
Hold the assignment in seven Bravo on command at 21-07.
01:14
Tower 10 is level one.
01:16
Tower 10, you're level one.
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DCC from tanker 60.
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Tanker 69.
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It's confirming tankers are needed on Ashton Road.
01:34
It's like a hybrid just on the block.
01:41
Tanker is waiting around.
01:43
Direct. We don't have anything showing that the hydrants are working.
01:48
The response plan is that there are two hydrants right there through that block range.
01:53
Okay.
01:54
The Tadine 202 from tanker 60 on.
02:00
So 2.2.
02:02
Do you want tanker 60 on to respond? They're showing a hydrant to be less than a thousand feet from the dispatcher.
02:10
Monticello Road Command for a follow-up.
02:12
Monticello Road Command.
02:14
We do have a walk-up basement on the Alpha side.
02:19
No change to the IEP.
02:21
Accountability will be Engine 7 on side Alpha.
02:25
Yes, ma'am.
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Zero 2.2 is fine.
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Okay. B.C. 00221 and 29.
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Under 9. Command of us.
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Command of us, no 3602 side, walkout basement, Alpha side.
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Accountability, Engine 7 side, Alpha, 2190.
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Monticello Road, Command, ECC.
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Conchill Road, Command, ECC.
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Okay.
02:48
Facilities are a building manager number on file to call.
02:52
The Knox box is already opened and it's empty.
02:56
We have no way to access inside the building.
02:58
We have some keyholders of the alarm company gave us a little sense of contact.
03:03
DECP, Tadding 202, Engine 11, Engine 161, Squad 11, Tanker 28, Eron Route, near Ashton Road, near Ashton Road, cross street of Temperance Ridge Road for a report of the chimney fire.
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It's going to be a two-story structure with smoke visible.
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Everyone is going to be out of the building.
03:25
They are advising it is smoke coming from the fireplace due to a fire being extinguished in the fireplace.
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On the main floor, you will have a hydrant next to near National Road as you're coming in as well as a hydrant.
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As an intersection on winding road, that intersection of National Road,
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2110.
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A to see from tanker 28.
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Tanker 28.
03:46
We're having on the scene single-story masonry residential structure on business media crawl space.
03:56
Have residents outside, nothing evident side Alpha, 2.21 out of command.
04:03
PCC for Medicaid.
04:05
Medicaid 18 with Lundy UVA, 2111.
04:13
Speaker 28, your Godzin, you're on the scene single-story residence or structure with the crossbase.
04:19
Christian residents outside, nothing evident from site Alpha, case 21 in command, 2111.
04:30
Chief 20, chimney fire, residential, near Ashton Road.
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Resound on Alpha TAC 3.
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Chief 20, chimney fire, residential, near Ashton Road.
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Resound on Alpha TAC 3.
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Side Alpha,
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just check the top of Timmy with the TIG.
04:56
One, I'm just here's just a one.
05:02
161.161 is okay.
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Monticello Road, come in.
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Go ahead. You hold her in L.E.K.
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and a blue.
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Monticello Road is direct.
05:19
You can hold Engine 7 on C and place a tower in service.
05:22
Allison, holding Engine 7 on C and place in tower 10 in service, it's 2112.12.
05:30
An ATC confirming, fire is out at the box.
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It's going to be a list of fireplace itself.
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And we'll update.
05:42
It's going to be on a basement and will get out on the Bravo side.
05:47
Commandant, you have not fired out of the box.
05:49
We'll be a woodshed the fireplace on the basement floor on the bottom side.
05:52
You will update 2114.
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Ashton Rd, Keswick, VA 22947
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