Firefighter trapped in basement during house fire, Montgomery County OH
Fire & ArsonCrews report a firefighter fell through the floor into the basement during an active fire. The firefighter is trapped, alert but unable to move. Personnel declare a Mayday and coordinate rescue and medical teams to reach and remove the firefighter.
Audio|Source: Western Greene County Public Safety
05:28
Transcript:
I'm in fact of the single, last known location, after five basement, covered by debris, cannot self-execute. To copy you're in the basement and cannot self-extricate, we are sending (name withheld) in to recover you. Command engine 64. 23, go ahead. Go ahead. 3-9. 924. Can you locate your down firefighter and give me a camera report once you do, I'm sending (name withheld)? Medical 64[3], deploy as RIT[2], with a down firefighter in the basement. Command dispatch, it's going to be emergency tones. I'm at the (name withheld) 64. Go ahead. We found the down-fire potter of basement. Okay. You're clear, found the down firefighter in the basement. New additional manpower. Medics 64 is (name withheld) making entry now. 3214-2-32-142. Clear. Hey, (name withheld), I'm waiting for (name withheld) to get back into the riser room so I can find out where that IT is. Okay, this is (name withheld). Any four on scene. I'm seeing 926. 88. 88. I'll be out at 2929 Apartment E Old Trone references. Thank you so. We're going to start in a 500-wing response fire is coming down there. Okay. 500 wing tool. (name withheld), we're not going to do it just yet. Hold on. I've got him, but we're going to do our five-minute battery test first before we do start doing the sprinkler stuff. Okay. 29 he will need DNA he will be in a clear i'll be in route to you national medic four okay four go ahead sixty four eleven uh there are no few units here no patient Hey. Go ahead. There's no PD here, no patient. Are they at a different address? Cloud Patrol quad. 929. Stand by. 351. Go ahead. What's your location for the medics? They found us. Claire. At 4-day, 5-2 located them. You're clear. Take one in service. So I call. Training, training, training. Go ahead, (name withheld). Just for information only, I've got a pending fraud, complete, pending the complaint is going to be in the lobby of the PD. Clear. Not 33. Mayday[1], Mayday, Mayday. This is a firefighter holders coming in these 60 fields. I fell through the floor into the basement and I can't now. Firefighter (name withheld) from command. I copy your Mayday. Part of engine 62 fell through the floor and cannot move. I'm deploying a RIT crew to your location. Stay calm, control your breathing, activate your PASS alarm. N-62 from command. No ahead. Deploying RIT. We have a down firefighter in the basement. She's alert but cannot move. You're clear making entry to the help in the way. Clear making an entry in the alpha.
I'm in fact of the single, last known location, after five basement, covered by debris, cannot self-execute. To copy you're in the basement and cannot self-extricate, we are sending (name withheld) in to recover you. Command engine 64. 23, go ahead. Go ahead. 3-9. 924. Can you locate your down firefighter and give me a camera report once you do, I'm sending (name withheld)? Medical 64[3], deploy as RIT[2], with a down firefighter in the basement. Command dispatch, it's going to be emergency tones. I'm at the (name withheld) 64. Go ahead. We found the down-fire potter of basement. Okay. You're clear, found the down firefighter in the basement. New additional manpower. Medics 64 is (name withheld) making entry now. 3214-2-32-142. Clear. Hey, (name withheld), I'm waiting for (name withheld) to get back into the riser room so I can find out where that IT is. Okay, this is (name withheld). Any four on scene. I'm seeing 926. 88. 88. I'll be out at 2929 Apartment E Old Trone references. Thank you so. We're going to start in a 500-wing response fire is coming down there. Okay. 500 wing tool. (name withheld), we're not going to do it just yet. Hold on. I've got him, but we're going to do our five-minute battery test first before we do start doing the sprinkler stuff. Okay. 29 he will need DNA he will be in a clear i'll be in route to you national medic four okay four go ahead sixty four eleven uh there are no few units here no patient Hey. Go ahead. There's no PD here, no patient. Are they at a different address? Cloud Patrol quad. 929. Stand by. 351. Go ahead. What's your location for the medics? They found us. Claire. At 4-day, 5-2 located them. You're clear. Take one in service. So I call. Training, training, training. Go ahead, (name withheld). Just for information only, I've got a pending fraud, complete, pending the complaint is going to be in the lobby of the PD. Clear. Not 33. Mayday[1], Mayday, Mayday. This is a firefighter holders coming in these 60 fields. I fell through the floor into the basement and I can't now. Firefighter (name withheld) from command. I copy your Mayday. Part of engine 62 fell through the floor and cannot move. I'm deploying a RIT crew to your location. Stay calm, control your breathing, activate your PASS alarm. N-62 from command. No ahead. Deploying RIT. We have a down firefighter in the basement. She's alert but cannot move. You're clear making entry to the help in the way. Clear making an entry in the alpha.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Mayday: Distress call from emergency personnel
[2]
RIT: Rapid Intervention Team (firefighter rescue)
[3]
Medical 64: EMS unit identifier
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Old Troy Pike, Ohio
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