Fire crews control residential chimney blaze, Fontana CA
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, firefighters responded to a residential fire involving a chimney on Kempster Ct in Fontana, California. Crews coordinated operations, managed safety around an unstable chimney, and contained the fire to prevent further damage. The scene was declared under control, and no injuries were reported.
Audio|Heard on: San Bernardino County Fire - Valley
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06:1
Transcript:
00:00
We can just get the truck up top and have them pull some ceiling up top, and I think we can call this thing good here in a few minutes.
00:05
But let's just keep for now.
00:09
Have you medic engines if you want to.
00:11
One truck, seventy-one and ourselves.
00:14
And then you can probably release the balance.
00:18
Okay, I copy.
00:26
A seventy-nine is an 80.
00:27
Company seventy-two, call center, clear to answer.
00:32
Check what we got.
00:38
Thirty seconds.
00:44
Medic truck 241, go ahead.
00:48
Com center, medic truck 241, we were canceled on scene by several dispatches.
00:52
Cancel any more.
00:54
Com center, engine 241.
00:58
Medic truck 241, I copy.
01:00
Break. Medic engine in your traffic.
01:03
Com center, med engine 241, can we get an ETA for AMR?
01:08
Copy.
01:14
10-3[1], I see Com Center.
01:19
Go ahead.
01:21
Your clock is at 10.
01:24
Pick up.
01:30
Medic engine 241, comm center.
01:33
Comm center, medic engine 241.
01:36
AMR's off scene, never mind.
01:38
Copy.
01:42
The chimney running up?
01:48
Yeah, that's what we're working on now, trap.
01:56
Yeah, (name withheld) from IC. Can I get a park real quick?
02:04
(Name withheld) from IC.
02:10
(Name withheld), go ahead.
02:13
Yeah, can we get a park?
02:17
Stand by.
02:22
Break from fire attack.
02:23
We got a fire for two off medic engine seventy-eight and two off medic squad seventy-eight.
02:29
Copy.
02:31
Roof,
02:33
car?
02:36
Yeah, roof has a car.
02:40
Copy.
02:41
I see you have a car.
02:43
For medic engine, med squad at 78 interior and roof division.
02:49
Apartment for four with truck 71.
02:54
I got you.
02:57
Com center, Kempster IC.
03:00
Kempster IC.
03:05
Hey, let's if you can announce on the radio and do roll call.
03:08
We'll keep everybody off the south side of the house now.
03:10
We'll use the front door as the main entrance.
03:12
This chimney is pretty unstable.
03:15
I mean, we're walking through that south side access and have that chimney fall down on them.
03:21
Kempster, I see.
03:22
Go ahead.
03:29
Hey (name withheld).
03:34
Good evening.
03:37
Back up.
03:39
Call center, Kempster IC we have a cat lily for all units on scene.
03:44
Call center copies four.
03:47
Call center medic engine 72.
03:49
Go ahead.
03:52
Me on the south.
03:54
Could you please start an additional ambulance to this call from total two?
03:59
Copy.
04:05
Medic engineer, you want to say nine? You guys copy the local.
04:09
Eighty-one copies.
04:13
Fire attack vent, go ahead.
04:18
Vent for fire attack.
04:19
It looks like we got it pretty well down here.
04:21
We got some charring in the wall but no more flame or smoldering.
04:25
Looks like most of them would be up top.
04:26
That part of the chimney is above the roof.
04:31
Yeah, I copy.
04:32
Were you able to open up that wall from the inside? The attic area, 2nd floor right behind the chimney?
04:40
Yeah, that's a firm.
04:41
We got some area pulled.
04:42
We're pulling a little bit more, but no flames just charring in that area.
04:53
Everything coughing, life hazard.
04:57
Okay, just confirm that the attic's clear for us.
05:06
Engine 71,
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then group.
05:11
71.
05:15
Hey, do you have one of your guys you can spare?
05:18
We could use an extra set of hands up here.
05:22
That's affirmative.
05:23
You're going to have (name withheld) coming out.
05:26
Copy, thank you.
05:27
Hey everybody on the Bravo side of the structure, we're going to have some piles coming down so keep your heads up, stay out of the way.
05:34
Clear the area around the chimney.
05:40
Fire attack, copy.
05:41
We're all interior, so we're clear of that area.
05:49
Call center, unit seventy-two.
05:52
Go ahead.
05:55
Yeah, go ahead and cancel that 2nd ambulance.
05:58
Patient's now denied.
06:01
Copy.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-3: Stop transmitting / Radio silence
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Location mentioned:
Kempster Ct, Fontana, CA 92336
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