Small fire at residential building evacuated safely, Silver Spring MD
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, crews responded to a structure fire near Sacks Street and Linden Lane. They found smoke and a small fire in a hallway. Occupants were evacuated safely and accounted for. Firefighters worked on connecting catwalk areas and controlled the fire.
Audio|Heard on: Montgomery County MD Fire Rescue 7A4 Incident 10
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Transcript:
00:00
54 to 19. Are you taking first?
00:05
Yeah, we came for a fire alarm.
00:08
We took the hydrant connection at Cassidy.
00:12
We're currently in 9610 to WIT checking the addresses for tax.
00:20
If you look at the map, what's the best access for this apartment?
00:29
Which number are you asking for, sir?
00:38
What's the dispatches draft off sacks?
00:43
28,
00:44
29.
00:48
Okay.
00:50
I'll go ahead and stab a capital command.
00:53
We're at 28, 29 stacks, so I have nothing evidence.
00:59
Okay, permanent 17 on the scene with command.
01:03
We're also getting several different addresses.
01:05
We have 2805 Linden Lane as well as 2805 Sacks Street.
01:15
Okay, do you have a unit for Sack Street?
01:20
That's negative.
01:21
The callers outside.
01:29
Okay.
01:36
The engine 754 of Montgomery and all responding units.
01:40
One of the scenes, 2809, sacks.
01:43
I got smoke showing from the outside canopy.
01:47
We're stretching a 400 at my own hydrant.
01:55
Banton 754 on the scene, 2809 Sacks Street, correct the address.
02:05
1 to 54, just confirming, do you have the hiding out on Linden?
02:12
Negative, sir.
02:13
I took the hiring as you come into Sacks, right in front of the address.
02:21
very many seven nineteen tower one do it all right and uh whole occupants are out new it
02:39
okay so much is on the same
02:42
behind the engine 754 the time 7-2 the tactical command gun provide me a alkan and I'll take it from there
02:53
okay uh command as you can see our location small fire in this hallway right here we should have it not
03:02
momentarily that's reported all everybody's a counter for no engine
03:10
Now, I got a small fire and I can see you guys going to work and it looks like you put some water right now.
03:15
All occupants are accounted for.
03:18
Okarman, go ahead and the time somebody says we're going to have to man my bogey behind it is up at the 4.
03:24
And go ahead and just start to rid and you just take zero sign positions.
03:32
One to seven, I'm dropping at Landon and do it.
03:37
Register.
03:43
Command engine 719, you're going to have yourself at end of 754.
03:47
And it looks like you're working on a catwalk that connects these two buildings together.
03:53
So you've got nothing underneath, is that correct?
03:57
That's correct.
04:01
Cowan Commandant, and Vice, we were committed this.
04:03
Do we? What do we think of position me on the Charlie side?
04:07
By the second new truck.
04:13
Okay, last scene is just in a different position, go ahead and give me your number and tell me what you need again.
04:21
Yeah, Tower 1 command.
04:23
We were committed into the neighborhood.
04:26
So we went ahead and took a position on the trolley side.
04:28
He left the second truck now.
04:35
Okay.
04:38
Montgomery, I got three trucks listed on this box alarm[1].
04:42
Tower 1 looks like they might have been the first two tower.
04:45
What do you got for my other two to drop one off?
04:49
That's correct, sir.
04:50
They called originally went out at a different location for a fire alarm, so we dropped the initial week two of additional trucks.
04:57
It would be Tower 718 and truck 716.
05:00
Okay.
05:03
I have an additional engine as well.
05:04
Call then, so I got three trucks, so.
05:08
That's correct, sir.
05:11
Okay, I'll direct on that.
05:13
All right, tower, it's actually going to be truck 716 if you're a first-arriving truck,
05:18
come to the alpha side and assist the units on the catwalk.
05:23
Command of engine 719, I want to have you call it the catwalk division.
05:29
It's going to be yourself and engine 754 from now.
05:32
Special Services are on the way.
05:35
Okay, I'm direct.
05:36
Fire is not.
05:38
We're opening the walls now.
05:40
Whatever this is a service,
05:42
you're just being a fan.
05:46
Alright,
05:50
we're having a hard time cop and you know, Mike is moving away from you.
05:54
I heard fire knocks and you're ready for a fan.
05:57
Is that correct?
06:04
I'm not getting some time.
06:05
Catwalks people command, yeah, five times, opening up, check up an extension.
06:10
Just need a fan, but I'm pretty sure a 54 has a fan if their driver can bring it over.
06:18
I copy that.
06:20
Command engine 754, are you direct on the need for a fan? You got one there?
06:25
I'm ready.
06:30
Command to the third due engine in the 701.
06:34
Did you move to third due?
06:39
That's right.
06:42
I just take the motion on this one.
06:44
Just go to the floor below, just check around make sure nothing drop down inside there.
06:48
It looks like it's isolated just to that room.
06:51
But that house you ran, I want to check the lowest level a little quickly.
06:56
All right, Calais.
07:02
And the tower 718 you on the scene.
07:09
Community Commander 10 minutes since the slash.
07:13
That's right.
07:19
Command Tower of 701, your location.
07:26
Okay, I want community, you call me?
07:29
Yes, I tell you a report for you.
07:31
Yeah, I know you said he went to a different position, but are you working on the catalog with the Cadillac girl?
07:41
Yeah, G.J.
07:43
I'm figuring out way there now.
07:44
Yeah, you're going to get knock on top of the side.
07:47
You get two doors and other than ever.
07:51
I'll be tried aside two sources I said I want you up there on a catalog with engine 719 are going to be your supervisor and engine 754.
07:59
Just help them open up what they got there.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
box alarm: Predefined structure fire assignment (initial full alarm)
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Location mentioned:
Sacks St, Silver Spring, MD 20910
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