Chimney fire at Terre Haute residence under control, Terre Haute IN
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Firefighters responded to a chimney fire near South State Road 46 in Terre Haute. They performed roof operations and temperature checks to ensure the fire did not spread. The fire was controlled with no signs of extension or burn damage.
Audio|Heard on: Terre Haute Public Safety and Vigo County Fire
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05:42
Transcript:
00:00
TransCare Communications, command 51.
00:04
Go for TransCare.
00:10
If you have an available unit, have them come to the scene, not emergency, since we have roof operations going on.
00:17
5-033, 13, I'll be going out at 31.
00:20
13.
00:22
TransCare clear, we'll get a unit started back that way.
00:26
Central clear is this advice when you're en route.
00:29
86. I issue.
00:33
Go ahead.
00:35
TransCare will be en route from Southern Margaret.
00:38
I'm going out of the stadium.
00:41
This is at 816.
00:43
Go ahead. Show me 10-23.
00:46
Okay.
00:47
816.
00:49
Telfort.
01:01
Battalion, 91, Command 51, 51.
01:04
TransCare Ambulance.
01:06
Respond with units on current incident.
01:08
Respond on Fireground 1.
01:10
Near South State Road 46.
01:14
Chimney fire.
01:15
Battalion, 91, Command 51, TransCare Ambulance.
01:20
Respond with units on current incident.
01:23
Respond on Fireground 1.
01:25
Near South State Road 46, chimney fire.
01:31
512, command 51, any of the utilities started?
01:35
Not at this time.
01:37
Quick.
01:39
Virtual clear.
01:40
I'm not needing utilities at this time, thank you.
01:47
Eighty-six.
01:48
I issue.
01:50
Good.
01:55
They will get the key removed.
01:58
However, there's an alarm going off on here.
02:01
Are you seeing anything on your end?
02:08
Negative, that goes through an alarm company, so they may call us.
02:15
Clear. It is going off when I got here, so I'm surprised they have to call.
02:20
But I'll go ahead and reset it.
02:24
That's interesting.
02:27
Quite a little bit, three, fours them.
02:30
Force MK.
02:34
Central Command 51.
02:38
Command 51.
02:39
Okay.
02:44
Can you check on the call history, see if you have any TX numbers for this residence? There's nobody home.
02:51
You start another unit to transport a HGV subject to 841, or not a parking lot of Rural King,
03:00
Brown and Wabash.
03:03
Affirm it is.
03:04
Okay, bye.
03:05
4-0K.
03:07
Plenterville, 46.
03:08
I'm not that far away from there.
03:10
I'll be able to be around.
03:12
46.
03:19
Can you add a case number to that? I don't have the option on my cat right now.
03:24
Affirmative.
03:25
What would you like it labeled?
03:29
Hey, just make it ATV or habitual traffic violator either?
03:34
Of course, okay.
03:39
I need course to command.
03:43
Go ahead.
03:49
Can you go over to Fireground 1?
04:03
Go ahead for command 94.
04:06
Hey, I can't.
04:09
To this other rope, however, we can actually get into this chimney.
04:17
994 year traffic's broken, see if you can do face-to-face.
04:23
Can you repeat Command 51?
04:28
I was having them repeat their traffic because it was broken.
04:36
Tiny force traffic was, it has a double roof, so they're going in to double check for extension in the attic.
04:46
Command's clear, double rope, knee wall.
04:49
Eighty-six, high issue.
04:50
Good.
04:52
The alarm's been reset.
04:54
I'll be today.
04:57
Central line, I'll be out, 26.
04:59
Dude.
05:02
Copy nine.
05:07
You can disregard he's not here.
05:14
Thank you for the command.
05:18
Go ahead, 94.
05:20
Puddle 5346-1023.
05:24
6246. Okay,
05:27
At the base of the chimney, we're getting 63 degrees, but at the base, the second roof is like 104.
05:35
Clear, no signs of burn.
05:39
Not obvious at this time.
05:41
Clear.
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