Basement fire in two-story house with hoarding conditions, Mt Rainier MD


A basement fire occurred in a two-story Cape Cod style house with hoarding conditions. The occupants evacuated safely. Fire crews worked in defensive mode, applying water through basement windows due to limited access.
Audio|Source: Prince George's County Fire and EMS
06:20
Transcript:
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9884, I want to see you now, establish, command.
00:02
Command post located the Alpha Delta Corner.
00:06
It's a working house fire.
00:08
You start the working fire dispatch and engine 85 is doing the 360.
00:13
We'll do offensive move with paramedic engine 85, 34, and shock 801 of the Unis level 1 stage.
00:25
Paramedic engine 85 to command.
00:27
Two in the red smoke showing beside Charlie.
00:30
Basement access with its hoarding conditions were now going to make it through inside Charlie.
00:39
All right.
00:42
Can you confirm this is a basifier, correct?
00:44
If you can't make it in a basement?
00:46
Let's start putting water in it from the base of windows.
00:51
The working fire dispatch, 4,08. She, I can't even see the face the door from that, Charlie, it's so much track.
00:58
Structure Fire Residential Box Area 5508, Paramedic Engines 8-3, Trucks 716, Paramedic Ambulance, 841, Northern EMS duty officer.
01:11
We have 800. We have 800. We can get this fire.
01:15
Taking water on the fire.
01:18
Defensive mode, hoarding conditions, we cannot make access.
01:24
Engine 8-06, Lane out at 4602, near 24th Ave.
01:33
Gen.08, 38.
01:45
380121.
01:51
Commandtrap 801, do another 360 and get an assessment on these basin windows and try to find a good place where we can flow some water into this basement.
02:02
Copy 55-pity from the sidehouse of the basement.
02:08
Norden the MS-1-Seen.
02:14
You've probably come out, we got water flowing into the basin on the exterior.
02:23
I copy. I see you outside Alpha with that.
02:30
34. We're standing by the hydrant, a run goal on 24th.
02:40
Truck 801, Smith.
02:44
Go ahead.
02:45
On the second line, side Charlie.
02:52
Engine 834, your line to side, Charlie, you copy.
02:57
Here's an 834, the driver.
03:00
Come down to the hyzen that 55 laid out from down 24th.
03:13
Truck 801 command.
03:17
Go ahead, truck 801.
03:24
Medi-local, 14,735 Main Street.
03:29
Room M243,
03:31
Cross Street Eastport Drive.
03:34
ALS1, Fox Area 2001, Paramedic ambulance 8-18-8-8-8-8-15. Charqueta, when I copy about the hoarding conditions,
03:41
understand this is defensive mode,
03:43
34 is bringing a line to the rear.
03:50
There was an occupant, uh, looked like the homeowner was walking around out here. Can you get with him and make sure nobody else is in there?
03:58
That's correct, sir. I'm with him now.
04:00
This came in his wife in the house.
04:04
Say that again?
04:08
I'm with the homeowner now.
04:11
It's just him and his wife in the house.
04:13
All her out.
04:14
The wife's with the neighbor.
04:17
You said the wife is with the neighbor?
04:21
That's correct. They're at 4511.
04:26
Okay.
04:28
Command All units report of the two occupants are both out of the house. No one is inside.
04:38
Rescue Local, northbound Baltimore-Washington Parkway after Landover Road. Cross Street, northbound Baltimore-Washington Parkway.
04:47
Personal injury accident highway, BLF. Box area 915.
04:52
Paramedic injuries 8-508.
04:55
10-1 to the second line when you got.
04:57
58. Respond on Talk Group 8-101.
05:06
Local alarm 10-10 whistling duck drive Cross Street 13,700, Eton, Court. Investigation 2, Ox area 4612, engine 802. Respond on Talk Group 8 Alpha 1.
05:26
All units. Just update, it's a two-story Cape Codd with a basement,
05:32
with a basement fire.
05:34
The defensive mode of the engine companies are flowing water through the basement windows.
05:39
Slide to Alpha, Delta, and Charlie.
05:47
Truck 33 on speed, you want to think pro is that?
05:54
Yeah, Truck B33, Side Charlie, you can be the Side Charlie Supervisor.
06:02
I got myself in Truck 1 back here. We're okay with just that.
06:09
Go ahead.
06:16
I got my cell in Truck 1 back here.
06:19
We're okay with just that.
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Location mentioned:
Near 24th Ave, Mt Rainier, MD 20712
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