Second-floor fire in multi-story building, Baltimore MD
Fire & ArsonRadio traffic of firefighters responding to a multi-story building fire. Crews report smoke on the second floor, enter from rear and basement, ventilate the roof, and set hose lines. They check apartments, exposures, and utilities and report no primary victims. Overall conditions improve while teams look for hotspots and stand by for further orders.
Audio|Source: Baltimore City Fire
08:47
Transcript:
526. Just keep that off. Backup line we'll stand by. Truck free, three stories in the rear. Smoke's going on the second floor. Remade entry into the rear. Everybody from access. Five. 33, charge that second line. Command 26. Sorry. Engine 5. Clarification. You got coverage on the lower floor. You can go ahead and charge your lines, mop up anything that 33 didn't get. 33 proceed upwards. We're making the third floor now. Command the truck three. You make the basement. Let me know if you had any fire down there. Okay. Good block of Meridine Drive. (name withheld). 102. 939. (name withheld), primary hurt or negative. Squad 26 to Squad 26 Portable Q. Go ahead and add a section. I'll be that in a second. Charlie Command. Squad 26 has got a line in place to the rear. They're adding the section now and we're getting the rear ladder. Most conditions have greatly improved. Copy that. Commandant Truck 6. As reported, face-to-face, go ahead and step that private window the block. You can send one member up to assist with roof operations. Let your turn now take exposure delta. It can't be. Copy that, I'm going to say you. Command engine 23. 23. Yes, sir, can you assist in Bravo exposure? On the way. Command to roof. Once you get your initial hole opened up. Need that corner to sound on the front. I got to go to Mount Stave the Bravo side. The roof, I copy. Fire[1] building roof is in good condition. So are the adjacents. I have no natural opening to the fire building roof. Command last year, you know unreadable. 33. I've made the first floor, for a hit normal single file, make sure all the flintzance in the lake. I don't know if you can have a second line on the first and second four and get some deep coming up morning. Command the roof, go ahead and vent up top. You're going to have assistance from one member of Truck 6. And I should have Rescue One momentarily that's set up with that. Good, it's man. Charlie. Who'd you send into Bravo? At this time, engine 23. Okay. It's cut up into three apartments. So they're probably going to have access to the first floor. The basement apartment and second floor on your third floor on your side are going to be accessible from the rear. The second battalion is command force in the front of the building. The back of their vehicle, Ritz in place. Second battalion is going to retain. Conditions are greatly improved. Power 1, primary, second floor, negative. Rescue 1, Portable 1, Portable 2 and 3, health out on the roof. Myself and portable 4 will be in bravo. 2, direct. Command, unit, I copy, second floor, primary negative, original fire building. Command communications, we have multiple lines going. in the original fire bill and looks like the bulk of the fire is not smoke is minimal at this time we're continuing to check for hotspots we'll look like we'll be able to hold with the present assignment I'll advise if we need any change 33 seconds floor front okay command 943 the MS one around those scene coming to the front of the building 33 second floor front SSU 101. SSU 101. Available on air, 944. 944. Air 944. Airplex 11 at Preston and Bond. Okay, ma'amai. I'm looking for us. Go ahead. We're looking good up here. Commandant Truck 3, how are we looking on Tart 2's first floor basement? Dr. 3. I'm in the basement now. I'm trying to give me the utility. The first floor negative trying to locate utilities in the basement with the air in the basement. Negative. Most and business only. Basement's not up. Make them away to the rear now. Got. Trucks is. (name withheld) Trashments. Man, last unit, that was Bravo, Trap Smoke Only. Delta. Copy. Top the bottom. Engine 2030, Bravo, first second, windows open, track smoke only. Primary negative[2]. Copy delta primary negative upper floor is clear Command Communications can I get a wind speed in direction engine 42 including service for all right that's at 5 Engine 42 good intent 947 finished in Delta top the bottom Can you assist in Colorado join Agent 23 and two members of Rescue One? Sounds like that place is caught up in the multiple apartments. What's good, (name withheld). Charlie to Squad 26. Okay. If you're not hitting anything with your line, let's back it out, unless we're having on stand. by back here in case companies find anything in the exposure, so we're ready to go.
526. Just keep that off. Backup line we'll stand by. Truck free, three stories in the rear. Smoke's going on the second floor. Remade entry into the rear. Everybody from access. Five. 33, charge that second line. Command 26. Sorry. Engine 5. Clarification. You got coverage on the lower floor. You can go ahead and charge your lines, mop up anything that 33 didn't get. 33 proceed upwards. We're making the third floor now. Command the truck three. You make the basement. Let me know if you had any fire down there. Okay. Good block of Meridine Drive. (name withheld). 102. 939. (name withheld), primary hurt or negative. Squad 26 to Squad 26 Portable Q. Go ahead and add a section. I'll be that in a second. Charlie Command. Squad 26 has got a line in place to the rear. They're adding the section now and we're getting the rear ladder. Most conditions have greatly improved. Copy that. Commandant Truck 6. As reported, face-to-face, go ahead and step that private window the block. You can send one member up to assist with roof operations. Let your turn now take exposure delta. It can't be. Copy that, I'm going to say you. Command engine 23. 23. Yes, sir, can you assist in Bravo exposure? On the way. Command to roof. Once you get your initial hole opened up. Need that corner to sound on the front. I got to go to Mount Stave the Bravo side. The roof, I copy. Fire[1] building roof is in good condition. So are the adjacents. I have no natural opening to the fire building roof. Command last year, you know unreadable. 33. I've made the first floor, for a hit normal single file, make sure all the flintzance in the lake. I don't know if you can have a second line on the first and second four and get some deep coming up morning. Command the roof, go ahead and vent up top. You're going to have assistance from one member of Truck 6. And I should have Rescue One momentarily that's set up with that. Good, it's man. Charlie. Who'd you send into Bravo? At this time, engine 23. Okay. It's cut up into three apartments. So they're probably going to have access to the first floor. The basement apartment and second floor on your third floor on your side are going to be accessible from the rear. The second battalion is command force in the front of the building. The back of their vehicle, Ritz in place. Second battalion is going to retain. Conditions are greatly improved. Power 1, primary, second floor, negative. Rescue 1, Portable 1, Portable 2 and 3, health out on the roof. Myself and portable 4 will be in bravo. 2, direct. Command, unit, I copy, second floor, primary negative, original fire building. Command communications, we have multiple lines going. in the original fire bill and looks like the bulk of the fire is not smoke is minimal at this time we're continuing to check for hotspots we'll look like we'll be able to hold with the present assignment I'll advise if we need any change 33 seconds floor front okay command 943 the MS one around those scene coming to the front of the building 33 second floor front SSU 101. SSU 101. Available on air, 944. 944. Air 944. Airplex 11 at Preston and Bond. Okay, ma'amai. I'm looking for us. Go ahead. We're looking good up here. Commandant Truck 3, how are we looking on Tart 2's first floor basement? Dr. 3. I'm in the basement now. I'm trying to give me the utility. The first floor negative trying to locate utilities in the basement with the air in the basement. Negative. Most and business only. Basement's not up. Make them away to the rear now. Got. Trucks is. (name withheld) Trashments. Man, last unit, that was Bravo, Trap Smoke Only. Delta. Copy. Top the bottom. Engine 2030, Bravo, first second, windows open, track smoke only. Primary negative[2]. Copy delta primary negative upper floor is clear Command Communications can I get a wind speed in direction engine 42 including service for all right that's at 5 Engine 42 good intent 947 finished in Delta top the bottom Can you assist in Colorado join Agent 23 and two members of Rescue One? Sounds like that place is caught up in the multiple apartments. What's good, (name withheld). Charlie to Squad 26. Okay. If you're not hitting anything with your line, let's back it out, unless we're having on stand. by back here in case companies find anything in the exposure, so we're ready to go.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Fire: Active structure fire
[2]
Primary negative: No victims found during initial search
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Location mentioned:
Meridene Dr, Baltimore, MD 21239
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