Multi-level building fire near Longfellow Middle School, Falls Church VA
Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to a multi-level building fire with basement conditions near Longfellow Middle School in McLean, Virginia. They worked on ventilation and fire control inside the structure to manage the incident.
Audio|Source: Fairfax County Police, Fire and EMS
09:38
Transcript:
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1635.
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The hammock is clear, no active fire, no raise to heat conditions.
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Copy.
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Engine 432.32.
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From command.
00:30
Just did a face-to-face.
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I understand you're in a basement one level.
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Underneath the basement.
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Do you have fire conditions down there and are you currently hitting fire?
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I was moving rolling.
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Second floor, but we can already release.
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From there, truck 422.
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Truck 422.
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Primary charge and negative.
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We timely have the handline from engine 427 hitting hot spots.
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We need to switch cylinders.
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We're on Bible Alert.
01:12
Okay, copy that exit the structure if you're on five rewards.
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Have your crew coming in to replace you right now will be engine 441.
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Attention all units on the fireground.
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It'll be a four-level structure.
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Be basement one, basement,
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one, two.
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Command, power 403.
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Good.
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Conditions on level two have improved.
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Recommend opening up ventilation on floor two.
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Okay, copy that.
01:54
You're ventilating on floor number two.
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General, here's on the fire ground.
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Conditions are getting better from the exterior.
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Smoke conditions are decreasing.
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We're getting access to that basement one level.
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We're asking engine 433 if you're in.
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Coming after engine 32.
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Engine 432.
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We've got a knock on fire, but I'm on the one in air with two of my crew members.
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Okay, copy.
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Exit's the structure.
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Engine 441 is coming in.
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They're going to relieve you.
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Command from Rest Engine 433, see your traffic.
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Rush engine 433, access,
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basement one,
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can confirm conditions.
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Tension all units on the fireground.
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Decon set up in front of truck 422 rehab setup in front of the engine.
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Westmoreland Street, Longfellow Middle School, Cross Street, Mayfair McLean Court.
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Engine 429, METIC 429 On Channel 4 Bravo, Box 42902, Crash with Injury, Leesburg, High Eastbound other Chainbridge Road, cross street, Route 123 southbound ramp to Route 7 Engine 429, Metac 429, on Channel 4 Bravo, Box 42902, crash with injury, Leesburg, pike eastbound other chainbridge road, cross street, route 123 southbound ramp to Route 7.
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Ambulance 408, Power 408.
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On Channel 4, Bravo, Fox,
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40809, EMS Level 3, Cross Street, Medford Drive at Little River Turnpike Service Road.
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Ambulance 408, power 408, 48, on Channel 4, Bravo, Fox, 480808, EMS Level 3, Cross Street, Medford Drive at Little River Turnpike Service Road.
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Engine 421, on Channel 4405, Investigation, Normon Avenue, Cross Street, Hill Street.
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Engine 4211 on Channel 4, Bravo, Box 445505, Investigation 1,803,803, Norman Avenue, Cross Street, Hill Street.
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Virginia, Tango, Sierra, 1716, Black Rhonda.
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And the third.
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Third is going to be Illinois Tag, Foxshot, Romeo, (number withheld), Lightning, Sunro.
05:02
So your first one returns on the Nissan Expression 2026 to (name withheld) no wants added.
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There's a hydrant from the corner of Westmoreland-Mayfair McLean.
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Agent Tower 401 is going to investigate.
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All right, got me.
05:26
Investigating at the entrance of the school.
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Your third returns to a Carly Catherine, also active no wants to a 2017 Nissan utility added.
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Okay, command copy.
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Basement 1,
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primary is complete.
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I hear your vibratory work going off, you can come out.
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Come out.
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Page 106, copy.
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For the IDLAG units,
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engine 441,
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far.
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Engine 441 is called in the basement.
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Price engine 433.
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Agent 4131 is going to begin the investigation from the front door.
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If you guys want to go around,
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I believe the cafeteria is going to be on the Delta or the Bravo exposure side,
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you want to go directly there.
06:43
Okay, we're direct to the Bravo side.
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Turn to raise a K-9 unit.
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K-9-3.
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K93. Scott-331 Bravo is asking if K9 unit can come to a subject south.
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It's going to be an area 400.
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K-93, is that a drug dog request or something else?
07:15
It's got 331 Bravo, can you advise?
07:21
331 drug dog would be fine.
07:26
K983M direct, K913 will be en route.
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Don't really go.
07:34
Number 2 from Engine 401 on the scene, a one-story middle school.
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Bill appears to be partially evacuated.
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Engine 4-1 is going to establish Westmoreland Command, investigated with a crew of three.
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Tower 401 is going to go around to check out the cafeteria.
07:55
I am forward to the copy.
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Cross Street, Gallows Road.
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Engine 430, METIC 405.
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On Channel 4, Bravo, Box, 430-23, EMS Level 2,
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(number withheld), Cross Street, Gallows Road.
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I had so mentioned 403 do an exterior walk twice.
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There's no exterior access that they can find for basement one.
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We have to ventilate from the inside out.
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Let me know when you're ready for that.
08:37
We're ready for that.
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We're ready for ventilation.
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Fan to the top of the stairs just beside the garage.
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Power 403 driver, you copy.
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We're ready for ventilation.
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Top of the stairs pushing out.
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Command from John 4-1.
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1644. 14.
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416-4-6-9-4-6.
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We found a window well in the laundry room.
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Sorry, Charlie.
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Somebody on the exterior, see if there's anything on top of it.
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Near Westmoreland St, Falls Church, VA 22043
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