Apartment fire at Whispering Oaks senior complex, Salisbury NC
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Fire & ArsonA fire occurred at an apartment in Whispering Oaks Senior Apartments near Newsome Road in Salisbury. Multiple fire units responded and residents were assisted by the Red Cross during evacuation.
Audio|Heard on: Rowan County Fire and EMS, Salisbury Fire
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07:27
Transcript:
00:00
Near Newsome Road level one stage.
00:06
All right, one time.
00:10
All right, one time.
00:13
All right.
00:16
This same form, formal, was the 802 last time.
00:21
This was the delta exposure to the last time.
00:29
Copy, thank you.
00:31
And they experienced no issues last time, correct?
00:35
Yes, sir.
00:41
Right, 5701 is on scene, third engine.
00:46
Copy, 571.
00:49
Rebel 71. Level 1 stage, you need in the all scene.
00:53
Copy.
00:58
RANDAL units in route structure fire near Newsome Road Authority Battalion 1, Level 1 stage, level 1 stage at 526.
01:07
Rescue 2nd, 2nd, 2nd, 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd engine.
01:27
Then.
01:36
Goet. In disregard.
01:39
We're having.
01:45
We're seeing no vision one, first number.
01:51
We're having.
01:57
OAN2 Medicaid 91.
02:01
899, go ahead.
02:04
We're going to take you off the structure fire.
02:06
You're going to be responding to a routine sick at near Sunny Acres Drive, near Lincoln Park Road.
02:14
Responding for a 54-year-old male, shaking like he's cold, but he isn't cold.
02:21
Timeout, 0527.
02:23
Okay, any one copy? We're not.
02:27
Copy.
02:30
Ladder 4 is on the 3rd truck.
02:32
No point.
02:34
Copy ladder 4?
02:36
Ladder 4 is 3rd truck.
02:45
This name, ladder 1.
02:50
Okay.
02:51
Sword FMI.
02:59
Copy A F. RIFM.
03:01
Copy A FMI.
03:03
Tijuana.
03:07
Dispatch LPI have them restored.
03:11
Copy.
03:16
Oh yeah, 288's responding.
03:20
Copy, do you need formal?
03:24
Affirmative.
03:30
Sorry, Patty, he's heading to robin.
03:38
Rand Salisbury, LPI, Respline, Structure Fire, near Newsome Road, Park Avenue to Fairfax Drive.
03:45
Whispering Oaks Senior Apartments, Apartment 801.
03:48
Requested Battalion 1 on scene.
03:50
Ops 2 and 30203 at 529.
03:57
Agent 26 assignment complete transport.
04:00
Copy ambulance 856, time.
04:02
Complete transport at 520.
04:03
Engine Force, I'm seeing fourth engine.
04:06
Stage level one.
04:08
Copy engine four.
04:15
Correction Rowan.
04:16
Engine 6.
04:19
Copy engine 6. Copy engine 6.
04:22
Number one, forefension.
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891, go ahead.
04:33
Rayne, Ration 47, we're level one.
04:37
Copy.
04:41
I am 142 in route.
04:44
Copy 142. Copy 142.
04:51
642, lower one.
04:54
Copy, enter 642, 531.
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242, 531. 642, number one.
05:03
Okay, 17,
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21.
05:07
21. Thank you, good.
05:16
Make 8401, Seth, move residents.
05:19
They're declined need for EMS.
05:21
It doesn't need somewhere to put in the room.
05:25
Okay,
05:30
thank you. Okay, I'm trying to think of where we can put the gentleman in the wheelchair.
05:37
A lot at one.
05:40
Go ahead.
05:43
How are your interior conditions now?
05:47
It's the same thing as last time.
05:49
They're dissipating.
05:50
I'm going to come talk to you face to face.
05:54
Okay, can the gentleman go back inside to get out of the weather?
06:01
I mean, he can temporarily, but I don't think anybody should stay in this unit at all.
06:07
Okay, we'll go ahead and have Red Crossgun.
06:13
Just confirmed two adults.
06:20
From Italian.
06:24
The Red Cross respond.
06:27
Two adults.
06:29
Copy two adults.
06:40
Miranda Red Cross, Structure Fire, near Newsome Road, Park Avenue to Fairfax Strat, Whispering Oaks Senior Apartments, Apartment 801, 801, detain one on scene requesting, Ops 2-N-302-0-3 at 533.
06:59
Thank you, so, for me.
07:00
I'm not a copy dispatcher.
07:09
Copy 990.
07:15
Cometan 8.7.
07:17
Battalion 87.
07:19
All right, U.R.M.A.
07:20
Level on scene, residents move to Unit 904, the neighbor for right now, so Red Cross Carolina.
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Location mentioned:
Newsome Rd, Salisbury, NC 28146
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