fire at gold shield building on hamilton street, Leominster MA
Fire & ArsonA significant fire broke out in the attic and roof spaces of the Gold Shield building on Hamilton Street in Leominster, requiring multiple fire units and additional engines to respond. Firefighters worked to contain the fire from below and opened areas to access it. The incident involved coordination for station coverage due to the working fire.
Audio|Source: Fitchburg and Lunenburg Fire and Mid State Control
06:37
Transcript:
00:00
Pitchfurt Ladder 2 to command.
00:08
In command, Fitchford Ladder, can you go in to the CD corner?
00:15
You need long hooks, 12-foot hooks, any weed up with not a C-3?
00:22
Right there we have it.
00:23
CD corner or long hooks?
00:33
Command to Operations.
00:40
Command to Operations.
00:45
From the top roof to the ceiling height or a second type of structure,
00:51
it looks like there's about a 10-foot, either 10-foot space.
00:56
Can you give me like an area from the CV corner in where the fire was located?
01:17
I couldn't make that okay you'd say again.
01:24
A lot of go off on here?
01:27
About thirty feet in some amount, about twenty-two the way home to the knee wall.
01:34
Okay, I have it.
01:51
C6 is on scene.
01:57
C6 on arrival.
02:05
FileLOMC2 is en route to near Hamilton Street from 19 Church.
02:12
Received up on the way.
02:25
On C5 is off.
02:30
C5 on arrival.
02:45
Brow from command.
02:46
Filelam from Command. File on the fire on Hamilton Street in the Gold Shield building.
02:52
200 by 150 saddle-clad industrial pipe structure originally.
03:00
We got fire in the CB corner.
03:03
It's a bottom of the ceiling in a space about eight, 10 feet, um,
03:10
the attic.
03:12
We're trying to get it from below and open up both.
03:15
Give me two extra engine companies, two extra engine companies.
03:24
Chief Command requesting two additional engine companies for the fire.
03:29
Jake, that'll be Lonerberg and Shirley.
03:36
Okay, and the message.
03:38
All of them come into the rear section.
03:42
All right.
03:43
I can't think of any of the street, Hamilton Street, Dom.
03:48
Right after the bridge, right after the bridge that goes over Route 2, have them come in the rear there.
03:58
Research command, is that the Colbert Streetside?
04:03
That's it, thank you.
04:06
Hi.
04:10
Operation Room 8-2.
04:17
We're up in the attic space area.
04:19
So it used to be a flat roof and then they put a roof over so it's going to gravel, roof,
04:25
the attic space, and the new roof.
04:42
Fire calling air fire on mid-state.
04:48
Air fire are answering on mid-state.
04:53
Can we get an engine to cover our station three for the working fire?
05:01
Air has. An engine to cover your station 3 for the working fire at 430-443.
05:17
Thank you. Lemaster Fire calling Westminster Fire on this state.
05:23
Westminster Fire, Andrew, Miss.
05:25
Mr. State.
05:32
The latter ones on arrival here.
05:39
Devons lot of one here off a churchyard.
05:42
I'm going to be a route of the fire.
05:49
You're going to operate on our channel 2.
05:53
3018C are going to enter it on the Colbert Street side of the building.
05:56
That's going to be the rear of the building,
05:58
off the Colbert Street.
06:02
The station, put the firetones out, please, for station coverage, also put an IM responding push out for it.
06:10
Great.
06:14
The phone back.
06:19
Morningberg, I have you, we're out.
06:33
I'm with tones for station coverage again the tone is station coverage
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Location mentioned:
Hamilton St, Leominster, MA 01453
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