Fire in apartment kitchen extinguished; elderly victim rescued, Gilbert AZ
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a kitchen fire in an apartment near South Power Road. An elderly man was found unconscious but breathing on a second-floor balcony and was rescued. The fire was extinguished with no further spread reported.
Audio|Source: Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management
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Transcript:
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Engine 257, Engine 291, LT259, Battalion 251, near South Power Road, Apartment 202 for an apartment fire.
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Engine 257, Engine 291, LT259, Battalion 251.
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A lot of units responding.
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Reporter and Unit 202 say there's a fire that started in the kitchen.
00:29
She left her invalid father in his bedroom, sheltering in place.
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The door is closed.
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She's trying to evacuate.
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Okay.
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To 2.751.
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Allow him to go ahead.
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With reports of the victim, go ahead and upgrade to a first alarm, fire administration, an additional ambulance coming in.
00:53
Copy that operator first alarm, had an additional ambulance coming.
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Ode, engine 210.
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C-DIC-4.
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On channel E7.
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I'm glad.
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On stage, dispatch location.
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We have a five-story mid-rise, flat roof.
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We have light smoke shown from the exterior.
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Engine 257 is going to be assuming Nelson Command.
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Command's going to be mobile,
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offensive.
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Pulling a handline for search and rescue fire attack on the second floor.
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Engine 257.
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On construction flat roof, he has smoke shown from the exterior.
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Engine 257 is command.
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Offensive pulling the line to the second floor, search for the fire type, and will be mobile.
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Engine 291 responded.
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Engine 791 is spotting.
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We made alarm.
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Allow him to go ahead.
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I was able to get a look at three sides of the building.
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We do have smoke showing from a second floor window on the west side of the building.
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You have smoke showing from three sides of the building.
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You have smoke showing through a second floor window on the west side of the building.
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Command, into 291.
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Engine 291, go.
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Brigade crew forward, I'm going to keep you as engine 291 stage at P2-257.
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Once we get in here, I'll give you no time.
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Engine 991, copy.
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Crew forward.
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Stage 2, 5, 7.
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Waiting a timer.
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Along the Nelson Road Command.
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Come here, guys.
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Be advised, we have a reporter on the line.
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They're in Unit 201 and they're sheltering in place, but they are trapped.
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I've got it.
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We have victims reported in Unit 201, sheltering in place.
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LT259 responded.
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The Ladder 251 is on scene.
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9251 to command.
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Command 2,
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go ahead.
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I copied you had conditions shown on the second floor on arrival.
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And you've got your crew making your way up to the second floor for search by fire attack and Apartment 202.
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Be advised we have a report that there might be one victim in that apartment in a bedroom with the door closed.
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And you got 291 coming up to your truck running for an assignment.
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If that's correct, I'll go ahead and take command.
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I'm going to leave you as engine 257 for now.
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If all that sounds correct,
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we're making entry into the hallway now.
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We have a smoky condition.
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Light heat.
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We're going to be going directly to unit 202 where there's a force of the fire in the beginning.
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Copy that. You make your way to 202.
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You work on search and rescue.
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You fire attack. Let me know if you have needs.
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I'm going to send 291 to back you up on the second floor.
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Command, Engine 291.
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Engine 291.
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I see you brought your crew forward to Engine 257.
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I'd like you to follow their handline up.
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You're going to back up Engine 257 on the second floor.
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I want you to assist them getting their handline to the fire room, and I'd like you to search the adjacent apartments on the second floor.
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8291 copy the father and line up to the second floor back them up here's adjacent rooms on the fire floor.
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Command to LTC-259 L2-59 L2-55 on safe.
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259, we've got a report of a victim in an apartment 201 sheltering in place.
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I'm going to leave you as LC259, your hydrant accountability.
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I'd like you to set up on the east side of the structure, throw a ground ladder to the second floor window for apartment 201.
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It's going to be the far south apartment window.
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I'd like you to VIS that apartment.
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LP259 copy.
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Set up on the east side, throw a ground ladder, second floor.
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It's going to do VIS for the second floor apartment.
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Thank you, 257 to command.
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Good man, 2nd, 2nd7.
05:51
Man entry into Unit 202, we did find a confirmed kitchen fire.
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Fire is out, we made a back bedroom.
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That's on the left side, I do have a victim.
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We have clear conditions on the interior in this room.
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I'd like to take them out to Charlie's side.
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I'm going to need a unit to take them out of the window.
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Yeah, I copy that.
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You have made it to 2.2, you got to catch your fire.
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Fire is knocked down.
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You have found a victim in the bedroom.
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You're isolating. You're going to look to bring him out the window on the Charlie side.
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I'll get you a brown ladder over there.
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The victim is unharmed but unconscious and breathing.
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I do have them out on the back balcony on the left side of the building.
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Copy that. Victim is out.
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They're unconscious but breathing.
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They're on the balcony.
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I'm going to have Ladder 251 pulling up on scene and I'll have them retrieve that victim.
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Same Ladder 251.
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I'm going to have you coming to the scene.
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I'm going to have you set up on the west side, set you out for rescues on the west side of the building.
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We do have one victim on a balcony on the second floor.
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You're going to need to get that victim down to the ground on the west side.
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I'll get a procedure set up.
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Location mentioned:
Near S Power Rd, Gilbert, AZ 85295
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