Small apartment fire behind dryer extinguished in Fairfax, Fairfax VA
Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to a small fire in a residential apartment near Arrowhead Circle in Fairfax. The fire was located in the wall behind a dryer and spread slightly to the floor and baseboards. Smoke was reported in the apartment above. Crews extinguished the fire, conducted searches, and confirmed no fire extension. There were no injuries reported during the incident.
Audio|Source: Fairfax County Fire and Rescue
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Transcript:
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Power 403 is on the scene.
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First truck,
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we're splitting 3-1.
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3-1.3 is on scene.
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The airhead circle command in my vehicle inside, Charlie.
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Except for command.
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Belmage of 403 frame command.
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Stretch a line to the number 344.
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...conferring 434 from command.
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Confirm you're operating in the Charlie Quadrant on the number two floor.
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Do.
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Charlie Quadrant.
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Copy.
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Summage 403 taken line to the number 3 floor.
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You can report on conditions in the Charlie Quadron apartment.
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Copy 3rd floor.
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Charlie Quatern.
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May in the rest of me under 3rd 3rd.
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Go ahead, ration to 433.
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Main dispatch address.
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Looks like there's a little bit of fire on the wall.
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Down towards the floor and the baseboards.
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We'll open that up.
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There put a little bit of water around from apartment G.
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Tower 3 is moving down below us.
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Check the floor immediately below us.
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Copy.
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Save action command.
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So, Keith Simon, for a fire to go an apartment.
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104? 2232. Command, engine 434.
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Go ahead, engine 434.
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The apartment in,
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the apartment letter C, which is above G.
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is reporting what smoke in the apartment?
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Okay, I copy the apartment on the third floor.
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Top floor, Charlie Quadron, is reporting smoke.
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We're getting a line in position there now.
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Ranger 434, charge line.
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3rd4 water supply.
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Engine 421, Power 440, Havnett 401, Ambulance 434, Matic 403, ALF 403, Battalion 407, safety 401.
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On Channel 4-Gelterbox, 43400, Gunn Department Fire, near Arrowhead Circle, G.
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Engine 421, Power 440, Haznett 401, Ambulance 434, Meta 403, ALF 403, Battalion 407, Safety 401.
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On Channel 4-Delta Box, 4304-00, Garden Department Fire, near Arrowhead Circle, G.
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Department kegs the apartment immediately below the reporting address.
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Before century, the primary search is clear there is no fire condition for this informant.
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We need to redeploy.
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I need you go back to the second floor,
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the Charlie Quadron farming sits with opening up.
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Okay, and to confirm that's the apartment G, the arrangement dispatch.
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Yeah, it's correct.
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Knock out the primary search and evacuation of the third and fourth floor.
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Correction, second and third floor.
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I copy.
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We're going to move above and then start catering out the rest of the floor.
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Copy.
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Red Schedger 433 from command.
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Affirm you're operating on the number two floor in a Charlie partner apartment with engine 434.
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That's affirmative and the fire's knocked down.
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Small, small fire.
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In the wall behind the dryer.
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A little bit of water on a zoom some overall knocked it down.
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Yeah, copy.
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So I'll make you 403 from Command.
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Is your line in position on the number 3-4?
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Get command, lines in place,
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Charlie Quadrant, Unic C,
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light haves,
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in the laundry room area.
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Okay, if you need to make some inspection holes in the laundry room area to make sure we don't have anything running the walls.
05:44
Yeah, copy.
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I'll give the report here in a second.
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Tower 440 from command.
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Tower 40 is positioned on side, Charlie.
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I need you to take the alpha side.
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The tower ladder 440, that copy.
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1824 Mutual ADMS, 46753 Hollow Mountain Place, Cross Street, Southern Oaks Terrace.
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Medic 439.
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On Channel 6, Bravo, Box, 61824, Mutual ADMF, 46753, Hollow Mountain Place, Ross Street, Southern Oaks Terrace.
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The floor.
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Got water on the fire now.
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for making the searches and checking for extension.
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And engine 421 with secondary water supply established.
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Form is your 403 driver from command.
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You get to that second, hydrogen.
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Yes, sir, directed beyond Tower 4.3.
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I have no more.
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Copy. The Andrew 4.1, secondary water supply is complete.
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Command from Tower 403.
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Go ahead, Tower 403.
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Department H,
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which is on floor 2.
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in the Delta Quadrant.
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The primary search is complete.
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There is no fire extension.
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The aftime will be evacuating momentarily.
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The apartment has to see on the top floor directly above the fire apartment has also been evacuated.
07:54
Primary search and that apartment is clear.
07:56
Department, Delta.
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Top floor health a quadrant.
08:05
It has not been yet.
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Maintenance is bringing us the key.
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Okay, I copy.
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As we move forward, let's go with the floor designation in the quadrant for the apartments.
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Location mentioned:
Near Arrowhead Cir, Fairfax, VA 22030
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