Fire at west side hotel with rescue operations underway, Scranton PA
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, a structure fire occurred at the west side hotel near South Main Avenue with reports of people trapped on the third floor. Rescue operations are ongoing with multiple units responding to the second alarm.
Audio|Heard on: Susquehanna, Wayne, Lackawanna, and Wyoming Counties Fire / EMS
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05:34
Transcript:
00:00
Comservant, command[3], give you a second alarm[1] on this.
00:04
We're going to report some police possibly entrapped on third floor for Division 3[2].
00:15
Chance on the way.
00:18
Stop, engine 10.
00:28
Oh, I'm going to get an engine 10, truck 2, Penn Rehab, second alarm[1], near South Main Avenue, the west side hotel.
00:35
Oh, I'm going down to engine 10, truck two, Penn Rehab, second alarm[1] assignments, near South Main Avenue, the west side hotel, the structure fire, pressure experience, and watchburn, 214.
00:52
Command from engine eight, Brenoley a five-inchin truck.
00:58
One in your one.
01:05
Shot center, command[3].
01:09
Command, command[3],
01:12
standing by.
01:14
Center report of a male hanging from a window in Division 3[2].
01:21
Ten, four, we got them.
01:24
Copy.
01:26
Okay, thank you in a division,
01:29
command[3] for command.
01:35
RecU1 from command[3].
01:50
Because you can't make your way to the B-side Division 3[2].
01:54
We have some individuals there.
01:58
See it, there's a lot of here.
02:04
Come there.
02:05
Com 1014.
02:16
Command from truck four.
02:24
Command,
02:25
standing by.
02:29
Command, standing by.
02:33
Keep for us doing here, we have nobody.
02:35
We have a deep area. Good for us.
02:48
Command to interior crews, we still have individuals on the Division 3[2] A-side.
02:57
We're going to make our way up to leave.
03:00
We definitely don't line up to suit without a second.
03:04
Chief Lee is the line in Division 2.
03:18
Two hotels on it.
03:23
John, Center, Penn, 18.
03:41
To the rear alley by the post office, we have a male difficulty breathing,
03:47
and then we also have an additional patient at South Edward's court.
03:57
Know where you end up so I can advise 1018.
04:06
Go ahead from truck two.
04:10
Unploc.
04:19
Command, standing by.
04:23
Let's see if we can't have, we can not be, sorry to finish it.
04:31
We have a ground ladder set up.
04:35
Commandant, coming in, coming in this, Kevin, give us a second line to the second floor.
04:44
This report, but we're on our way up in a second line now.
04:55
Compton of cart 28-12.
04:58
Trap for 28.
05:01
Truck, too.
05:11
Command, standing by.
05:14
Come in, truck two, where would you like us?
05:22
Truck two, manpower, you try and get to the third floor.
05:27
There's talk of occupants in the back.
05:30
Matt, if you charge a hydrant.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
second alarm: Escalation of incident response requiring additional resources beyond the initial assignment.
[2]
Division 3: Operational division referring to the third floor/level of the structure
[3]
command: Incident Command established by a unit or officer in charge
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Location mentioned:
S Main Ave, Scranton, PA 18504
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