Structure fire at intersection with fire above kitchen, Montgomery County PA
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Fire & ArsonA structure fire occurred near Hoover Rd and Pen-Ambler Rd in Lower Gwynedd Township. Firefighters operated multiple lines to control a fire above the kitchen area on the second floor. Extensive overhaul was conducted on the side of the building near the kitchen to fully extinguish the fire and check for any remaining hotspots.
Audio|Heard on: Montgomery County Fire and EMS - East
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07:39
Transcript:
00:00
He wants to rehab.
00:08
Commandant, Deputy, 7-1.
00:11
Engineering Scott the Hydrant at Hoover and Pen-Ambler.
00:20
Operations, go ahead, Chief.
00:26
County Show, FM4, 5 on the location.
00:32
Command from Deputy 7-1.
00:39
Command, go ahead for Deputy 7-1.
00:40
Command, go ahead for Deputy 7-1.
00:42
Deputy 7-1 from Command, go ahead.
00:51
We have two lines in service into the back of the building.
00:54
All hands are working back here.
01:00
Good John Tucker.
01:04
Okay, do you want a third line to the front door?
01:10
Yeah, that would be good to take that line to the second floor.
01:14
I still have fire showing above the kitchen in the softened area of the second floor.
01:25
Chief 88 will have Division 2.
01:33
We're having to command from Montgomery County.
01:39
Second floor supervisor to command.
01:46
Delight for command.
01:48
All right, we made the second floor with the line.
01:54
The fire.
02:01
Okay, you have water on a fire on the second floor, correct?
02:07
Negative.
02:09
We have a line up here.
02:12
Let me ask you what your message is.
02:19
Do you have any fire show on the outside?
02:26
Command, not in the front of the building.
02:32
All right, we have a lot of heat up here.
02:35
Go ahead and open up some second floor windows from the exterior.
02:41
Okay, on that, we do have fire below the window sill, second floor rear.
02:47
All the siding is gone.
02:51
All right, the floor on the Charlie Delta corner is spongy,
02:59
possibly compromise.
03:04
That would be correct.
03:05
That's over the kitchen, that's where the original fire was.
03:14
$1.15 to Rob.
03:17
A lot of 15, okay.
03:25
Side C Charlie to command, 16 foot roof ladders to the rear.
03:33
Okay.
03:39
We're having to command from Montgomery County on Region 5.
03:47
And you said, you get a question on there.
03:50
Okay.
03:53
Two things, one, you're at your first 10-minute mark,
03:56
and second,
03:57
the MS has placed the Hilo on standby.
04:03
Receive.
04:07
The window on the Alpha and the other time.
04:15
The IPA is vision, too.
04:16
We also have a ladder set up for...
04:19
Okay, it looks like me.
04:21
Just advise us if they go ahead with that flight.
04:25
Okay, it looks like they're actually going to do a drive-off two wings instead of having it come in.
04:36
Even better.
04:39
summary, Brooks out of command.
04:42
First command.
04:46
Engine from 80 to 7V,
04:52
squad 6 into 7 in the squad 6 into 7a.
04:58
Okay.
05:00
Okay, okay.
05:05
We advise we do have a hole on the second floor at the top of the landing.
05:15
Deputy 18, can you come again with that?
05:19
Be advised, we have a...
05:22
(number withheld), cardiac arrest, (name withheld), (name withheld), plus (number withheld), (name withheld) Avenue.
05:26
(number withheld) O.R.S. D.
05:27
(name withheld), (name withheld), plus, (name withheld), (number withheld) (name withheld), Windcoe.
05:33
(name withheld).
05:36
A burn hole at the top of those steps on the second floor, correct?
05:42
On the landing?
05:48
I think I remember, yeah.
05:52
Okay on that.
05:55
Okay on that.
05:59
Chief, you're doing.
06:04
Warren waiting on their decision.
06:06
Can we get an LV set up at the high school from the standby coming?
06:14
354.
06:17
354. For the chief, we're at his vehicle at the corner of Hoover.
06:24
The computer supervisor command.
06:28
Squad any interrupt something.
06:32
Squad 80.
06:37
I'll for a minute.
06:43
Division Pee,
06:44
supervisor, command.
06:48
Squad 6, standby station 7A, engine 80, stand by station 7p.
06:52
Squad 6, standby station 7A, engine 80, stand by station 7p.
07:02
Division 2 Supervisors, go ahead.
07:04
All right, things are looking a lot better up here.
07:09
Now we got the window jumping.
07:11
We took the door off the changes that landed over the hole.
07:14
I'm doing some overhaul on the feet Charlie's side wall about the kitchen and make sure we don't have any sense in the house.
07:21
I'm just smoking out of these.
07:27
Side C, Charlie's looking a lot better.
07:29
All visible fire is knocked down.
07:31
We still have pretty good smoke pushing out, though.
07:36
Air 45 is off soon.
07:38
Air 45, okay.
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Location mentioned:
Hoover Rd & Pen-Ambler Rd, Lower Gwynedd Township, PA 19002
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