Explosion and fire at manufacturing plant


Dispatch audio of fire crews sent to Amero Manufacturing after an explosion and a reported fire at the rear of the building. Callers mentioned possible titanium powder involvement. Responders discuss hazards of applying water, staying upwind, setting up water supply, and units arriving to investigate.
Audio|Source: Bradley County Sheriff, Cleveland Police, Fire Rescue and MAC
07:25
Transcript:
one, rescue one ladder, being route to 130 Innovation Drive Southwest on an explosion, possible fire, times 2102. Rider, for is responding. Major (name withheld) and (name withheld). (name withheld), respondent. Rescue ones responding. It's 130 Innovation Drive Southwest at Amero Manufacturing. Originally came in as a water flow fire alarm. Someone else called it as powder, titanium, and air near it, I think is what exploded. Lieutenant dispatch also my captain at Station 5 might be contacted just gathering some information on the material itself. Okay. Okay. I apologize. 501, you copy of 28. Okay. Office of Chattanooga, 2125 K Street North. Southwest 2145 Keith Street, Northwest side door motion. 336. You can show you in tonight. I've made contact with their caller, and this is going to be a civil issue. Copy. Will be Innovation Drive Fire Command. We've got a commercial structure, nothing showing from the exterior. Chief, we've had two of these in the past. Chop. What's that with RP now? On the county on 12, (name withheld), Woodlawn. Command is all incoming. RP's saying we have an active fire in the rear of the structure. It's going to be on the CD corner. I'm going to walk around and see we get apparatus by... All right. Two, ten copies. Engine three, go ahead and plan on establishing a water supply when you get here. 210 to engine one. Go ahead, Chief. Try to find an FDC. I'll try to locate one when I get here, but just plan on being on the fire department connection. 507. 7. 7-Go ahead. CD and Quintzic, they're both on scene. They're saying they have a fire near the rear of the structure. It should be the CD corner. They are getting water supply. You copy. NCBL. (name withheld). 155081-104. (name withheld). Copy. Okay, female testing. The fire was going to be up. It's going to be on the seaside, close to the CB corner. I'm doing a drive around now. Find out from him if there's going to be any hazards about applying water to this type of chemical or if you've got an RP there, you can start getting information from. Meager 1 command per previous calls here. Most of that's those water reactors. Copy, thank you. We got Drive 10 ready if we go to investigate. Engine three's on scene. Safe file hydrant. Copy. I do have... On the B side, I do have some kind of mist exiting the building through a vent fan over here. We want to make sure that we stay upwind of this. Rescue wants something. Chief, where you want us to go? Let's come to the front of the building here right now, this is where you can maneuver your apparatus and we'll come up with a game plan. If you keep going on down, they usually have an open bay down there with some workers. I got it. 801, 1081, Cleveland State. Glass. 641, (name withheld), (name withheld), (name withheld). These are company ones on the same FTC secure. It's a part of command for approaching. Do you have a time for us? Rescue one. 7-1-10. I copy. Advise us if 210 needs anything or where they might need one, but this, so that ends, we should be fine up here. Copy. I got them blocked off, and coming to here at the Vancroft side, too. Put 38 on the back side of that other plant. Copy. Oh, I didn't. Who sent him back there?
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Location mentioned:
Near Innovation Dr SW, McDonald, TN 37353
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