Firefighters extinguish building fire on riverside ave, Baltimore MD
Fire & ArsonFirefighters worked to extinguish a building fire on Riverside Avenue, chasing hotspots and ventilating the roof. Power was shut off during the operation. Some embers fell from the roof while crews ensured the structure's safety. Multiple units were involved in the response and firefighters made interior checks to confirm no active fire remained.
Audio|Source: Baltimore City Fire
08:17
Transcript:
00:00
Are you putting the power back in service?
00:02
We're going to put the tower back in service.
00:04
They're just going to hit the hot spot on the Charlie, Bravo, and Alpha side.
00:11
If you get all the fire is the roof still intact.
00:18
If you give me two minutes, we can get it all knocked down with 51 and 40 hours.
00:23
Charlie, the opposite. If you copy, I need the truck company in the rear on the Charlie side for long hooks.
00:27
Operations to Tower 1, hold up a second.
00:30
Selt it off. Can you give my guys five paddits before we put the tower back in?
00:35
We're doing that.
00:36
Operations, Destruct 20s.
00:38
They need some hooks on the arm, Telfiton.
00:40
24-2, copy.
00:41
Vick, I don't get around the size, some long books.
00:43
Copy.
00:44
Delta[5] to the 51 and truck three, I've watched you 10 minutes.
00:50
Do the best again. Trust three, top, people make it happen.
00:52
Front 20 Command Vibon is the powerwurst off and getting an operation.
00:55
Not one bucket, then the fire cutter down.
00:58
Front 241 of Command BVis for Powerwall shut off at beginning of operation.
01:02
Was that the interior power?
01:03
Frontis.
01:04
Operations topic.
01:05
Entry 51 and enter 50.
01:06
You load a pressure on the localize? Operation Doc 7.
01:12
Can you confirm the power shut off on the interiors?
01:14
Call 414.
01:16
Prov locations, switching to Fireground 2[1].
01:19
1942.
01:20
Engine 35 and we're out to relocating the station engine 41.
01:24
To 1942.
01:26
Case the command.
01:27
Go ahead.
01:29
Baltimore County, Engine 71, go with your message for command.
01:32
Confirming you want this line, the truck 26 charge.
01:35
Operations, action, no.
01:37
We got people inside.
01:38
Receive. Engine 6, don't charge that.
01:41
Delta[5] to the truck three.
01:42
Keep assessing the floor and the building structureability as you work your way through.
01:49
The first three, no fire in the middle room has been knocked.
01:53
I'm going to be exiting side Charlie.
01:55
Still have units operating at winning side delta.
01:57
Copy. So you're stating fire on your side has been knocked.
02:02
41 still extinguishing visible fire.
02:04
That's correct. That's right. The next one is Delta[5].
02:05
The majority of the fires back, 41's just wet down real good up above the ceiling into the attic space.
02:12
Operations, communications, we do have the balking fire and knock, but we are checking, we are still chasing hotspot. Pantinkly for me. Held to arrest you one route. Hurt 30 is off. You still want a second in the rear. Operation is the truck three. I need to shut your ladder pipe down.
02:39
Truck 3[3], I copy. Truck 3, 4-1 to 2. Shut it out. Got it out. Selt it off. Rescue 1[4] is reporting all visible fire. They're not. Still hitting some hot spots. Upper racist, truck 30, you can hold your position.
03:09
I copy. Delt it off. Also had Rescue One roof, made an exploratory hole, that engine 50s line up there. We'll be hitting anything get stuck up in the attic area. Copy tonight. Response 1946.
03:35
Mediq non-respondentia 2 plusine medical line 26-18 81 1255 Riverside Avenue between east spots and street New Skinning Street. Mediq non respond with injury to medical arm 26-8 81 1255 Riverside Avenue 1746
04:02
I'm standing right in front when I got plenty of the ambers falling down from the roof. Okay, I copy. It appears I got a little bit of active burning in this area. Injc. 55, respond, 1125 Curl Street, between West Cross Street, West Austin Street.
04:32
Investigate the sole non-emergency on bus area 55 to 55 dash 21 engine 55 respond 1125 Carroll Street investigate stole 1553 Delta[5] correction 53 alpha 7 response 1947 Delta Division to engine 51 are you guys far removed from the building?
04:59
51, that's correct. Copy. Delta[5] Offs. I've had a face-to-face with all the companies that went inside Delta. All members are par. Engine 51[2] and went in through side, Charlie, they're far. 58 Portable 2. We're on the driving range field.
05:23
operations to Charlie's division a car. We just need work on the underneath here, going to half a side underneath this route. Shelton side, we got that trailer opened up. No fire, no smoke inside.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Fireground 2: Radio/operations channel for active fire incident
[2]
Engine 51: Fire engine company identification
[3]
Truck 3: Ladder truck company identification
[4]
Rescue 1: Rescue company identification
[5]
Delta: Division/sector assignment (often used for operational command on a fire scene)
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Location mentioned:
Riverside Ave, Baltimore, MD 21230
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