Fire contained at residential building with electric heating, Chestertown MD
Fire & ArsonFire units responded to a structure fire near Morgnec Road in Chestertown, Maryland. The building had propane and electric heating systems. Firefighters checked and secured utilities, confirmed that an electric boiler was in use in the basement, accessed the attic, and started ventilation. The scene was brought under control with no visible fire conditions reported.
Audio|Source: Kent County Fire Dispatch
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Transcript:
00:00
The math 13 is true central.
00:03
All right 14 again.
00:09
For all the utilities secure,
00:14
wherever you can imagine it's propane and fed at all.
00:21
Command, you are covering up a moment of all.
00:23
What was your message?
00:27
Just checking to see what the secondary heat source was if it was propane or electric,
00:32
and if we needed to secure the gas if it was propane.
00:38
Okay, yeah my.
00:45
Command 503, you'll have Division 1,
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Lieutenant 6-1, you'll have Division 2,
00:52
Captain 6 is operations.
00:57
The caller advised that he spoke with her approximately 20, 25 hours.
01:04
She advised she didn't feel well.
01:05
Now she's unable to call, has facial droop weakness.
01:13
Okay.
01:14
Very much.
01:18
Very much one to come in.
01:20
Go ahead, Paramagone to command.
01:23
Go ahead, Paramagone.
01:28
Have you been able to have everything all clear on?
01:32
No medical patients.
01:36
No way, so as you have a second call in town.
01:39
Sounds like it might be a time sensitive incident if we can free up a transport unit.
01:46
Stand by one.
01:49
Command to operations.
01:51
Can you just verify no one's going to want to be checked out?
01:55
They have another call coming in for medical.
02:01
Copy, I'll check it on that I went from.
02:05
Division I command, that other boiler in the basement is electric.
02:11
Command copy, boiler is electric in the basement.
02:12
Command, copy, boiler is electric in the basement.
02:19
Command, Agent 71.
02:23
Are you able to advise if there's a basement access or anything on the trolley side?
02:29
The light on.
02:35
Either a step ladder or an habitat ladder.
02:41
And a tool bag if he can't.
02:47
We have no evidence of the basement actor from South Charlie.
02:53
Me and copy.
02:55
Can you check the Bravo and Delta sides in the bus?
03:01
Near Morgnec Road, EMSOPS 2208.
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Recurations can.
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Look with all the tenants.
03:08
No one wants to be seen by EMS.
03:14
Command. Command copy.
03:17
Position two to me.
03:23
Okay, Division 5th.
03:27
I do have an attic access.
03:33
Command, copy, attic access.
03:37
Kent's Command.
03:38
Command.
03:40
Command.
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Command.
03:46
Okay, Kent.
03:47
Can't.
03:48
Can you free up Paramedic 1 for a particle?
03:53
That's correct.
03:56
We'll keep the BLS unit on location and you can go ahead and utilize Paramount 1.
04:02
Okay, Paramount 1.
04:04
And 701-2 command.
04:07
The Bravo side has no evidence of an exterior basement.
04:11
The Delta side,
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it's up against the next building.
04:17
There's no evidence there either.
04:19
Come in a copy, no basement access on all four sides.
04:24
Division one is in here.
04:28
There's a small crawl space access located behind the stairwell on Division I.
04:33
It goes down to a third floor area.
04:40
Come in copy of the cross space.
04:47
Command of Division 2, can you check that attic and check the smoke conditions up there? Division 2 command.
04:57
I've gone a firefighter up in the attic right now to check in the condition.
05:04
Command copy.
05:08
Operations, command for the secondary heat.
05:10
It's going to be exterior mini split units on the Charlie's side.
05:15
A whole electric for supplemental heat.
05:20
Command, copy, all electric for the...
05:28
Command operations, you go ahead and put it under control holding all units working.
05:36
Correct, that's to be fine.
05:40
Command copy, command account.
05:42
Good. Control holding all units working.
05:48
Box 6-1, command's under control holding all units working.
05:52
2211.
05:58
Division two in operation.
06:02
Okay.
06:06
Can you come do a face face with me at the top of stairwell?
06:11
Coming.
06:17
There's good to act with no obvious conditions and the cap is open.
06:24
Is there anything else you want us to look for?
06:27
No, as long as you're good, we can fire off the fans.
06:33
Sure, we'll find a button here.
06:37
Okay. Division one to command.
06:42
Okay, for command.
06:45
The roof's reporting no visible conditions and the cap is off.
06:49
We're going to go ahead and start ventilation.
06:53
We can copy the ventilation and operations started.
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Location mentioned:
Near Morgnec Rd, Chestertown, MD 21620
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