Fire at commercial building on South Main St, Bellingham MA


Firefighters responded to a fire at a medium-sized two-story commercial building near Main St. Smoke was visible from the roof and one side. Crews operated offensively and checked for fire extensions, including in attic spaces, and controlled the fire while ensuring no immediate safety concerns.
Audio|Source: Norfolk County Fire Control
05:12
Transcript:
00:00
PC1, engine one.
00:06
Engine one.
00:10
Reassigned to the Bravo side, check those extensions, uh,
00:15
those exposures for extension.
00:18
Uh, I'll have them to Tuesday put where they're at on the alpha side.
00:24
Okay, in the message.
00:30
Engine one to command, we're going to recycle.
00:36
Received, engine one, VC1, engine two.
00:40
Engine two, we need to recycle as well.
00:50
Under command with the status change.
00:55
Go ahead, ladder one.
00:58
We had some extension into the attic space of the Delta Exposure. We pulled the ceilings. We put that out.
01:04
All clear here looking for reassignment.
01:10
DC1, the latter one, have a face-to-face with Engine 3's officer. They're on the D-side checking for extensions.
01:22
Station one. On.
01:25
And fire department is fast. Amble 206, (number withheld) Reveyor Street, the Compass dining room.
01:31
Call for EMS, timeout 1507.
01:36
Station 1,000. Station 1,000.
01:40
Station 1, you're on location 50-07.
01:48
West of A3 to north side.
01:53
05 is on for Westwood A3.
01:58
A3 on and I have a little 6.5.
02:03
Westwood A3, 6.5 at the needle, 1508.
02:13
Procline, Rockwood Company is on scene.
02:18
Rocking Company is on scene, 1509. The engine 1 fire alarm with an initial radio report.
02:34
The President, I can hold the Oberg Engine 1 with an initial radio report.
02:41
We have a small, two-story equivalent commercial building.
02:50
We've got smoke showing from the Alpha Side[1] as well as it's coming from what appears to be the roof.
02:56
We're going to stretch a line to the Alpha Side[1] for Fire Control Primary Church operating the offensive position and the balance of time.
03:04
And you want to command.
03:08
Overkingen, you're on scene, near Main St. You report you have a medium-sized commercial two-story equivalent commercial building.
03:16
You have smoke shown from the Alpha Side[1].
03:19
You're going to be stricken an attack line through the Alpha Side[1] for fire control primary searching the Offensive Strategy.
03:25
You want to balance the assignment.
03:27
Hold on Schedule 1, you have near Main Street Command.
03:35
Command fire alarm with follow up report.
03:39
Fire alarm is answering over again from 1-1 to follow-up report.
03:46
360 is not completed due to side. Decides, no immediate safety concerns. We're going to remain the offensive strategy.
03:53
Accountability can be on the alpha side.
04:02
And you want to report,
04:05
no 360 due to size.
04:07
You have no basement.
04:08
You have no immediate safety concerns. You're going to remain in the offensive strategy.
04:11
The accountability location is going to be the alpha side.
04:19
And then two to command with a level one.
04:30
Command has Engine 2, Level 1.
04:34
Once you spot out of the way, grab a line off of Engine 1,
04:38
and come in to assist. We have fire up in the loft of the flooring showroom.
04:48
Agent 2 has that stage out of the way.
04:50
Report to Engine 1.
04:52
Bring a line and back up, engine 1.
04:58
Ladder one to command.
05:00
We're level one.
05:04
Command has ladder one, level one.
05:08
When you position to your advantage, throw the stick to the roof, get a roof report.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Alpha Side: Front (A) side of the structure
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