House fire prompts rescue efforts on Murrysville Road, Westmoreland County PA
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Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to a house fire on Murrysville Road, Pennsylvania. Crews entered the building through multiple sides to search for a person believed to be inside, based on faint breathing heard on a phone connection. Rescue and fire teams coordinated to control the fire and conduct search and rescue operations.
Audio|Heard on: Westmoreland County Fire
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07:11
Transcript:
00:00
Dispast, Deputy 9.
00:02
Activate Station 3 for a secondary rip, please.
00:07
Deputy 9, that's received.
00:11
On the rapid SOS, it looks like phone's hitting somewhere on the Bravo side of the house.
00:20
Fair mention for working house fire, assisting 9 on firetack 4.
00:25
The 87 rescue field, see.
00:32
Rescue 87 received.
00:35
We are mentioned on the Brown on side.
00:41
Sorry, this right from Chief 9.
00:43
What engines saw I have been routed so far that are not on scene?
00:57
All units operating Murraysville Road.
01:01
Call taker can now hear firefighters faintly on the phone.
01:10
Pointing engines coming up past Butterpump Road right now.
01:15
20 engine,
01:17
can you turn right on Meadowbrook Road if you haven't passed it and make a left on Elm drive off of Meadowbrook and then proceed to Cyprus court from Elm?
01:33
Command 87 Rescue is set up on Cyprus on the shorely side of home.
01:40
Okay, perfect.
01:41
Steve, you can secure another water supply from over there.
01:46
Okay, entry 20, we're at Metauff Road.
01:48
Do you want us to go right on Mediprop Road in?
01:52
Negative, just proceed in, nine, rescue four.
02:02
All units operating Murraysville Road,
02:05
whatever unit is using,
02:07
utilizing an axe, we can hear it on the phone.
02:10
Plain is day.
02:13
You repeat that one more time for command.
02:17
All units operating, Murraysville Road,
02:21
the call taker can now hear who's ever using an axe, clear as day.
02:29
20 engines on seat.
02:33
Engine 20 received.
02:36
Chase 9, assistant lines.
02:40
Go ahead.
02:42
We have a crew in the C-side door and one crew make entry into the B-side window.
02:52
Okay, perfect.
02:53
Let's make use of this manpower and start moving stuff out of that at a rapid rate.
02:57
Just daisy chain people and get that stuff out so we can get crews in.
03:03
Appreciate.
03:09
Q7, the command 9, we'll break the windows out on the B side when they said they could hear an X.
03:16
This is that 12-11.
03:21
All units on...
03:23
All units on Murraysville Road, if you're breaking windows, we can now hear you breaking windows.
03:30
On the Bravo side.
03:35
How old four teams making entry on the Bravo side through the window?
03:43
Salvage 63, 1090.
03:46
Salvage 63.
03:47
Where is that fire on the Bravo? It's right now.
03:58
All units on Marysville Road, whoever saying Elizabeth, we can hear you loud and clear.
04:08
Command of the Interior, has anybody found the second floor yet and performed the search?
04:23
Command 9 and Captain 63 up on the stairs at 2nd Division.
04:28
They're up now.
04:31
Interior from command, there is a ground ladder to the Alpha side of the structure.
04:37
On the A, B,
04:39
corner.
04:44
Fire dispatch, interior bravo side.
04:58
Whoever is operating on the first floor division Bravo side.
05:02
We can hear you working around the phone.
05:04
Can you hear a phone turn?
05:12
Station 87 Portable 30, you're on fire dispatch.
05:15
Go to fire attack fort.
05:20
Fire dispatch, interior bravo side.
05:24
Whoever's yelling for Elizabeth, we can hear you now, plain as day.
05:33
We're on the fire dispatch.
05:35
We're on the Broadway side, first of the agent.
05:37
Can you hear us?
05:42
We hear you on the phone.
05:45
That's how we're tracking this.
05:48
Don't be that.
05:53
Our dispatch.
05:56
Bravo interior.
06:04
Stay safe, portable 30, whatever room you just left,
06:10
we can hear that you left and we can hear her breathing.
06:18
Fire this action, Chief Nine.
06:20
Can you still hear those crews working in proximity at that front?
06:25
Chief Nine.
06:30
Whoever just said, we don't have her on, we can hear you plain as day over the phone,
06:37
storing respirations.
06:40
Okay, coffee.
06:51
State 87, Portable 3rd, say again.
06:58
Station 87, Portable 30, you say again?
07:03
I hear her still snoring, I can hear you talking over the radio.
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Location mentioned:
Murrysville Rd, Pennsylvania 15085
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