Residential building fire with attic and exterior blaze, Montgomery County MD
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Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to a residential fire with an attic and exterior blaze on Muncaster Mill Road, Maryland. The structure had hoarding conditions. Crews are containing a junk pile fire behind the house and working to extinguish fire inside the attic and exterior. The strategy focuses on containment and extinguishment.
Audio|Heard on: Montgomery County MD Fire Rescue 7A4 Incident 10
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08:14
Transcript:
00:00
Structure division, go ahead.
00:04
My apologies.
00:05
Structure Division of the Command.
00:07
Primary is the structure is negative.
00:11
We're in a process of starting to put some inspection halls in the house and see if we have any fire on us.
00:25
Copy that.
00:31
I command all units.
00:33
The strategy here is going to be to contain the junk fire out back of the house until we confirm that the fire, there's no fire in the structure.
00:43
However, it looks like we do have fire in the attic.
00:47
Once we get the fire in the attic controlled,
00:51
we're going to extinguish the junk pile.
00:57
Termin, you're 20 minutes since they've sped.
01:01
Okay, command cop is got a exterior fire that extended to the house.
01:09
We've got crews working both fires right now.
01:14
We have hoarding conditions in the house, units will be held for quite some time.
01:24
Command of the Structure Division.
01:27
I've got smoke pushing out of the, and the window that looks like it goes to the attic.
01:36
So I believe they have fire in the attic.
01:40
That'll be on the Bravo,
01:43
Bravo side of the structure.
01:47
In structure division to command,
01:50
we're going to be at the CD corner in a bedroom.
01:55
We've got the ceiling of us and we definitely have fire in the attic.
02:00
Copy that.
02:03
Command the Paramedic Engine 734.
02:06
I'm going to redirect you to the structure to back up the structure division.
02:12
You're going to be assigned to the Structure Division.
02:14
Paramedic Engine 734 is going to be your supervisor.
02:19
34 is okay.
02:25
925, we have red 20 alpha side.
02:32
Command copies engine 925 with Rick onside Alpha.
02:41
You're going to have truck 734, Tower 708,
02:47
and AMO 734 and Paramount 734 and Parametic Engine 729.
02:51
That's your rapid countervents group.
02:54
Mark Pretty command.
02:58
Trucks would go ahead.
03:02
Okay, we got water on the fire, that's the first thing.
03:09
See water on the fire, what's the second?
03:15
For second, I got Lincoln oxygen trouble to zero-pride to get out of here.
03:20
Copy that. Commandant Parametic Engine 717, you're now relieved of the two out.
03:26
You can go ahead and focus on your energy on containing that junk fire, making sure we don't get any further extension.
03:35
Okay.
03:37
Not a D's right.
03:43
Power tanker four is on location.
03:48
Carol Truck 1 is on team.
03:54
Carol Truck 1, report to the inside of the structure assists with opening up.
03:59
Our tanker 4, I believe you're on 7 Alpha 5 with water supply group.
04:06
That's your division of command.
04:12
Very much, engine 1717, engine 1713.
04:15
Just making sure you guys are aware, you do have the basement.
04:18
There's an external access on the Delta side that I don't think you can be able to get to it easily from inside.
04:26
The door to the...
04:28
The basement is right at the rear entrance.
04:35
We looked down the steps and didn't see any plug or fire.
04:41
Structure does it expand?
04:45
Structure gopher command.
04:48
Okay.
04:49
In the theory, there's the fire, the block of the fire that was in the attic has been extinguiling.
04:56
There's still power to the building when he's somebody to secure the power.
05:03
Copy appears fire in the attic has been extinguished.
05:08
Yeah,
05:10
it looks like we got steam conversion coming out of that window that I saw.
05:14
You're still waiting for power to be cut to the structure.
05:21
And the Resty Squad, 729, when you arrive, do your best to cut power to the structure.
05:31
engine 925 command you got engine 735 backing down the layout.
05:40
The last unit was permanent engine 735 backing their way out, is that what I heard?
05:48
They're backing down the way out.
05:55
Safety is coming...
05:56
Safety, go ahead.
06:01
I need somebody work on all these AC units and get them out of the window.
06:09
The Parametic Engine 735.
06:12
Mr.
06:16
735. All right, give me an L-KAM.
06:24
Command to Parametic Engine 735.
06:27
Give me an L-cam, please.
06:31
It's there to command with an emergency.
06:38
Power lines of the structure on the Delta side.
06:41
Coming in there, still live, we had an active article, so restrict anybody coming down to the Delta side.
06:53
Okay, I got an initial report that there were power lines on Bravo.
06:57
Is that incorrect?
07:01
I don't know if it's something going out that it's jump file,
07:05
but there's lines that are in here.
07:07
We just had somebody walk around and had a little sewer not living.
07:12
Okay.
07:18
Okay. Okay.
07:19
Okay. Okay.
07:22
We're on site charles.
07:27
We are at the back door.
07:30
Right now we're backing up 34 screw.
07:34
The front door is unable to access.
07:44
Okay. Okay.
07:50
My dorm, give me a long alert, Tim.
08:00
All units operating null-necks, Mill Road.
08:03
Side D of the structure is off-limits.
08:06
Do not go on side D of the structure.
08:09
There are live power lines.
08:11
See if he's coordinating off that area as we speak.
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