Large apartment fire with roof collapse during firefight, Charlotte NC
Fire & ArsonA large apartment building near Woodscape Drive caught fire, causing the roof to collapse onto the second floor. Firefighters faced challenges with low water pressure from hydrants and declared multiple alarms while evacuating the structure.
Audio|Source: Charlotte and Mecklenburg County Fire
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Transcript:
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Command engine three, charge the hydrant in 29.
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Hey, engine 12 is on scene.
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I need your battalion one's on scene.
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42 is on scene.
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Battalion 7's on scene.
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Command of Battalion 7 is on scene.
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You're going to put you over fire attack.
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You're going to have engine 29, engine 3.
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and the engine 9th, excuse me,
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the range driver at 29, waters on the way.
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Command 265, you're going to be fire attacks,
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Battalion 7, engine 3, engine 29.
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Battalion 7 copies, Fire Attack, Engine 3, Engine 29,
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and Edge 65.
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Command 2, Ladder 23.
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Ladder 23, you will be primary search group supervisor.
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You've got yourself, Tower 3, and Engine 19.
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Recover, Command.
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Go ahead.
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Second lines charged.
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Recommend to find another hydrant.
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This is a low-flow hydrant.
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Copy. Command Ladder 23, if you got your water supply established.
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It'll be 45, make a seat.
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We got it.
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Command all companies.
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Evacuating the structure.
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Command alarm, sound the cones.
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Land engine 42, you're going to be rapid intervention.
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42 copies written.
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I evacuate the structure per command.
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Evacuate the structure per command.
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All companies operating at near Woodscape Drive, evacuate the structure per command.
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A floor roll show.
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16 on scene, 3 car MVC.
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Right now, 2 patients.
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15,
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my copy.
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I answered 8.4.
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Central 2,
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Pineville,
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engine 4 on scene for short lane.
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Suts.
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All copy. Now...
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Your medician had to be redirected for another response.
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You have medic 20 extended ETA.
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Please, you know.
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Copy. What is looking at that now?
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I have a 20-year traffic.
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Hey.
02:58
Hey, I was just curious, was there another truck attached to this that upgraded it to the margin?
03:04
The fire department is on scene, upgraded unit to emergency, the other unit was diverted reference.
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That was the call.
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Good for, thank you so much.
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Coney over the engine 3rd, engine 29.
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29 in command, we got a car.
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Copy. Command to engine three, far.
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Engine three, par.
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Command two, engine 65, far.
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What far?
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Command two, tower three, far.
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Two tower three, far.
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Yes.
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Hey, we're coming to you from AetrimC, just wanted to see what you got for us.
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We were called out for an allergic reaction,
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a 10-year-old female.
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As we were talking to her, she had seen that with an altered-up mental status and seizure-like movements going into the out-of-fail system.
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Engine 23, unconscious, (number withheld) purse court.
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Engine 23, unconscious, (number withheld) purse court.
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Station reassignment, engine 39, move to station 2nd29.
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Station reassignment, engine 39, move to station 29.
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Station reassignment, engine 24, move to station 19.
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Station reassignment, engine 24, move to station 19.
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I need you to reverse out from engine 42 to find an additional hydrant so we can get some more water.
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Caliphary's power complete.
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There's a huge pond right here on Charlie's side.
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Somebody can draft them out and feed me.
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Commandant Matthew's engine 12, drafting from the pond,
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feeding ladder 23.
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You're drafting from the pond.
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Commanding from the pond.
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Command to engine 19, I need that hydress to Tower 3.
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Everybody safety?
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Copy.
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Update. I've got two aerials up, one with water on it.
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We have low-flow hydrant situation.
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All companies have been evacuated from the structure.
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I've got an apartment building with fire through the roof.
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I've got collapse of the roof structure into the second floor.
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As closest unit, plus 53.
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Sen, I'm a merchant.
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Secondary water supply establish.
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29 to command.
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You're 8.29.
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As you set the heads up, all four units on the alpha, apropos, corner of the building are all primary, complete negative.
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Copy that.
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29 driver to command, once I get water from 3, engine 29's water pipes ready to float there.
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In agent 329, I don't have the water to send you.
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Cyan's bad.
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Command alarm.
07:18
Go ahead and strike me a second alarm, putting stage in on Village Lake.
07:26
Engine 7, carbon monoxide, 1128 Woodside Avenue, on G, golf.
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Engine 7, carbon monoxide, 1128 Woodside Avenue, on G,
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golf.
07:46
Second alarm near Woodscape Drive Battalion 4 is command on hotel.
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Second alarm near Woodscape Drive Battalion 4 is command on hotel.
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...standard inquiry, especially it is emergent.
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Clear.
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On H. Hotel.
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Battalion 9.
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Engines 6.39 and 14.
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And Lata 39.
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Second alarm.
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Working structure fire.
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Near Woodscape Drive on H.
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Hotel.
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Battalion 1, Engines, 8,
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1, and 11, ladder 1, and rehab 1, 2nd alarm, working structure fire, near Woodscape Drive on H, Hotel.
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Battalion 1, engines, 8, 1 and 11, ladder 1 and rehab 1, 2nd alarm, working structure fire, near Woodscape Drive on H, Hotel.
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9.23 chauffeur.
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I've got two drivers working on this hydrant.
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It's down completely dead.
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They try to valve. That's not working.
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Charlie's side, where I'm out on the turntable, still have a good amount of fire, but it's not like it was.
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I think Tower 3 is doing a good job.
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Okay.
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Location mentioned:
Near Woodscape Dr, Charlotte, NC 28212
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