Fire in rafters and exhaust vent at titanium facility, Buffalo NY
Fire & ArsonA fire broke out in the rafters and exhaust vent at a titanium production facility near Adam Street in Buffalo. Firefighters used extinguishers and soda ash to contain the fire. Access to the fire area was difficult due to its location in the rafters, but the fire was controlled and contained.
Audio|Source: Buffalo Fire
09:34
Transcript:
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4-3 is going on Howard B-4-3 B-4-3 is responding near Adam Street that's seen Clinton Howard alarm company port a zone 1 fire hallways and contact activation MPS P.
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F.P.S. Report 632.
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2.932.
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9.05, you're going to put your bucket up.
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Copy that, 4-6, we'll point it up.
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4thex is 32.
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We're with a wrap here. We're going to get a lot back here.
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Okay, Steve, I'll see you know.
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Under 14 fast on location.
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Dispatch 4-6.
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We've got a large titanium production production.
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We have fire in the rafters at an exhaust vent that's dropping down into the titanium wrapper.
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We're getting an access right now.
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We're holding all the companies.
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Copy B46 update received fire at a large titanium facility.
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Fire is in the rafters and exhaust vent.
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4663-6-6.
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Inspect 4-6. 6.6.
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Notified a service station, we'll need any at all DRI-TEM extinguishers they have, and if they have any soda ash.
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Happy dry-tcoming CODASH.
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5-6 to 4-6, back to get some.
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Go ahead, 5-6.
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They should have a supply of soda ash, not in flight.
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Talk to the manager of the building.
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I think, yeah, they just, they do.
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We're just having trouble.
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It's up in the rafter, so we're having trouble reaching it.
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Copy.
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The report near Adam Street.
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They were testing the systems.
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No hazard.
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Entry will handle the remainder take the report.
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Other companies for ads can call on as available.
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4.3. You're right.
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This engine 3 is in with the report.
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I just put you in with the report.
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And order to report.
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Dispatch, section 19.
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19.
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Office.
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Copy. You are you in office.
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4-6 truck 10 roof.
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Truck 10 driver, truck 10.
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Truck 10 driver. Truck the driver.
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You can send in one of the rotary saws up here.
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Copy.
04:26
Benj 19, can you hold it from the union office? We've got a pretty good fire going on in south Buffalo.
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Can you stay in for a second?
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Good.
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Chief, we got some smoke exhausting from one of these hatches up here.
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I'm not getting any heat signature in the roof as of yet.
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Got copy that.
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It's underneath that exhaust fan there, on the inside.
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Copy, let me know if you wanted to put a hole in this roof or access if we can't get it from below.
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Hold off on that.
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Okay, good.
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We'll go, holding off on the roof.
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P-4-632 inside.
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We have some strike up here.
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We've got some small fire up here.
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We're going to the forklift operator is going to help the dog with the check.
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Truck 10, driver, truck 10, send a water can up to the roof.
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Copy.
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4-6 letter 5 roof.
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Go ahead, 5.
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Chief, we got some extinguishes up here,
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ready.
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All right, standby.
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Just finished 4-6.
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See, 4-6.
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We have a little fire, but...
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I guess an exhaust fan and up in the rafters.
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We've got a couple extinguishes out of now.
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We also have fire in the hopper that is sustained at the moment.
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We're going to gain access to that and get soda ash on it.
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The 4-6 update received small fire in the exhaust fan and in the hopper you are using extinguishers.
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It's contained at the time.
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This is a 5-6.
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5-6-go.
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5-6-9 location.
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Can you send a representative point of prevention out here for me?
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Okay.
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5-6-4-6.
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5-6, go 4-6.
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Stand-bye.
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Letter 5, 4.6.
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Letter 5 verse 5.
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Are you above the exhaust stand that they're working on?
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Are you in the P.C.
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behind, hear you.
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Are you at the exhaust stand that they're working below?
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Yes.
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Okay, copy, can you see 32?
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Yeah, they're right below.
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Okay, copy. You have you hit from there.
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Wait until they're out of the way.
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Yeah, they're out.
08:05
Gladys a two malfunctioned after junior in service from there being shipped with 2235.
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Yeah, copy.
08:15
We're on our west, I think we're going to come back down at the point.
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Yeah,
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come on.
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Good match.
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C-4-3, you are responding to number 18-mission apartment 2, which is Schmidt and Shell Kirk, who will report a seal with symptoms.
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The advised F-20F40 are off on another call, suit to the fire, and you have one-in-one.
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And AMR responding along with natural fuel.
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We may need to open up a little section if we can't get it from up here or down there.
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Okay, let's move, I'm going to move 32 out of the way.
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You can't hit it from up there and we'll have to open it if we have to.
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You have saws up there?
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Affirmative.
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We've saws and extinguishers.
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We're getting what we can from that roof fence, but it might have traveled a couple feet over too far to get without opening up.
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So we're going to try another extinguisher and I'll keep the updated.
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Near Adams St, Buffalo, NY 14206
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