Structure fire in Los Angeles involves multiple buildings, Los Angeles CA
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, a structure fire occurred near W 84th St in Los Angeles involving the main fire building and adjacent exposures named Bravo and Alpha. Firefighters initially used offensive tactics but later shifted to defensive operations for safety. Hose lines and ladder pipes were employed to control the fire. The fire was mainly between the buildings with no confirmed fire inside the Bravo building. Fire crews worked on ventilation and kept watch on electrical hazards. Progress was reported with improved conditions but operations remained defensive as some fire remained in difficult areas. The incident lasted over an hour with continued efforts to fully extinguish the fire.
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09:59
Transcript:
00:00
This is Delta from Engine 11.
00:05
Go for Division Alpha.
00:11
Charlie from Alpha on command.
00:19
This is Delta from Engine 12.
00:23
Go for Delta.
00:26
This is Delta from Engine 1 Alpha.
00:27
We made good progress on the Delta side.
00:30
We've got in a bunch of them at 50 feet.
00:32
We knocked them off to the fire.
00:38
I see from Division Alpha.
00:47
Go for Ops.
00:49
I'm from Division Alpha.
00:51
I'm going to recommend we go back to a defensive strategy on the main fire building.
00:54
Go ahead, full division Delta L.
00:56
And I'm going to pull companies out from Alpha.
00:58
We'll see if we can hit it with a hand line from the Bravo exposure and go ahead and put the ladder pipe in on Light Force 48 Alpha and Division Charlie.
01:12
Roger. Delta,
01:14
delta,
01:15
I operations.
01:18
I want you to pull your people out.
01:19
We're going to transition back to defensive mode.
01:23
Alpha, you copy? We're transitioning back to defensive mode in the main fire building.
01:38
All companies, all companies working on the main fire building.
01:42
We are transitioning back to defensive operations.
01:46
All members exit the main structure and exit the roofs.
01:57
Yeah, let her know when you're all out.
02:00
Division Bravo to Division Alpha.
02:04
Alpha will go.
02:08
Delta and Alpha, I would like to get a car and a PAR from your companies, from your division.
02:14
Put a line in place from the roof.
02:16
Otherwise, I'm going to go to the ladder by Light Force 48.
02:24
Alpha from Bravo, can you repeat your stepdown?
02:34
Safety, safety from IC.
02:39
Show safety.
02:43
Can you take a look at the wires on the alpha side of the building and let me know if there's a hazard there?
02:57
Copy.
03:02
Division Bravo.
03:06
Check 85, Division Bravo.
03:07
Do you guys have a hose line up there also?
03:11
We're working on the hose line right now.
03:15
Okay.
03:20
Updated size up.
03:22
We had temporarily went offensive on the bike shop.
03:26
Now we were able to pinch the fire and combine it more towards the center.
03:31
We are now back into the defensive mode.
03:34
On the bike shop, we have lines on the Bravo exposure flowing as well as ladder pipes.
03:41
We have improvement in the conditions.
03:44
And we're going to maintain our resources as we have them and work through,
03:48
relieve to them.
03:59
Company addressing operations, go ahead.
04:03
Operations from safety.
04:05
The wires on the alpha side are not in danger right now.
04:10
Roger, I copy.
04:12
Thank you. Alpha from operation.
04:24
Pacific IC from metro.
04:32
Alpha from operations.
04:34
From division alpha.
04:40
Pacific, I say from the jump.
04:45
84th Street.
04:51
Has a Bravo occupancy at this residuals pump? And if so, I'd like you to start putting blowers in place so we can do a primary search in there.
05:02
That's right.
05:06
On channel nine.
05:10
Hand line on the roof of the Bravo exposure into the alpha side.
05:16
If I can't, then I'm going to put a ladder pipe up.
05:18
But your people are operating on the roof, so I don't want to operate the ladder pipe next to them.
05:22
So if you're ventilating, let me know.
05:24
And if you're not, then I'd like to get the ladder back on or hose line.
05:29
Alpha from Bravo,
05:31
I was told by Light Force 85 they're working on getting the hand line up there right now.
05:39
Roger.
05:46
Bravo operations, truck 26 Tiller activated his trigger.
05:57
Acknowledged.
05:59
Operations for Bravo, stand by.
06:08
Truck 85 from Alphonsex.
06:13
The fall.
06:16
Copy, accidental falls.
06:21
Truck 85.
06:24
Bravo roof division, life force 85,
06:28
truck 5 working with you.
06:30
There is no fire inside of Bravo.
06:34
It's in the ashy area between the Bravo and Alpha building.
06:43
Roger, we're ventilating that area right now.
06:46
We're just waiting on release.
07:00
Bravo from Alpha, come in.
07:06
Alpha from Bravo, go.
07:09
Yeah, we're starting to look better on the fire building.
07:12
If you can reach out to Truck 85 and just get some situation awareness about what that roof looked like and if they have access to put a hand line or they want us to flow Light Force 48's ladder pipe.
07:27
You're released.
07:33
From Bravo, on task.
07:46
All for truck 85.
07:49
A truck 85, what's our status again? That line number two.
07:54
What's the roof look like? Can we get a hose line on the fire or do we need to use 48 because of the ladder pipe?
08:02
Roger, we can't get a hose line.
08:04
We need an additional hose line.
08:07
We're going to rotate out here and we're waiting on lines to assist them.
08:14
I'll try copy.
08:19
But how many minutes do we have on the incident clock?
08:24
Stand by.
08:31
And staging currently,
08:33
you only have Engine 33 and Engine 40.
08:43
Operations from Division Alpha, just for your situation awareness.
08:46
I have Task Force 11 now in Division Alpha with my three engine companies and Life Force 48.
08:59
Engine 33, you can release.
09:01
Engine 40 back to Metro.
09:07
Roger.
09:08
Engine 40, do you copy that?
09:12
Engine 40, copy.
09:20
Company's on scene, be advised.
09:23
We have 1 h and 13 minutes on the incident clock.
09:27
Minute.
09:30
Operations Division Alpha, copy.
09:31
Over 1 h , so we're going to stay defensive on the main fire building.
09:35
We'll put it out from the top.
09:37
We just got a little bit of fire in the mezzanine that's sitting underneath our difficult to get from the bottom.
09:42
We're trying to work on the top, so it'll be a few minutes here, but looking good on your Bravo exposure.
09:51
Roger, I copy. City, you want to stay defensive?
09:54
Yeah, defensive on the main fire building.
09:58
Roger, I copy.
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Location mentioned:
W 84th St, Los Angeles, CA 90045
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