E-bike fire at church involving lithium-ion batteries, Oceanside CA
Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to a structure fire at a church near Michigan Ave and South Freeman St. The fire started from an e-bike with lithium-ion batteries that ignited, causing small explosions. Propane tanks at the scene were off gassing. A hazmat phone consultation was requested, but the duty investigator decided no full hazmat response was needed. Fire was contained to the room of origin with no extension to exposures. Operations included ventilation, exposure protection, and final all-clear.
Audio|Source: Orange and San Diego Counties Working Incident 1
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Transcript:
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121.
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So for engine 122.
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Medical on Division 1 tying with RA 121.
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I'll get you in ambulance as soon as I get here.
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Break NorthComm battalion 121.
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Go for NorthComm.
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I'm going to go ahead and assume Church I see.
00:23
Can I get a command and attack secondary for this incident?
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We're a count copy 1021, assuming Church I see,
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requesting an additional tact and command.
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Your command will be NZT2 and your tack will be NZT4.
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Copy, thanks.
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Division 2[2], Church I see.
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Self for Division 2[2].
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Truck 217 will be here in about 30 seconds when they get on scene I'll assign them to you for ventilation.
01:02
Division 2[2] copies.
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Division 2[2] from engine 125.
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Engine 125 go for Division 2[2].
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Division 2[2] from engine 125.
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We have fire contained to the room of origin.
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Copy fire contain, Greg, certified C.E from Division 2[2], you copy fire contain.
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Cover that fire content.
01:28
Still looking for primary, secondary, and did you get utilities?
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I'm going to hit utilities for you right now.
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Copy.
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Copy.
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That heightener across the street.
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217 use ground ladders and set up for vertical ventilation.
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What to come from a Freeman IC[1].
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Freeman IC[1]?
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I come from Freeman IC[1], 360's complete, no additional hazards.
02:04
We got intel from PD that it was an e-bike fire.
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Can we start hazmat and we'll get a phone consult from them?
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Accountability is going to be with engine 212, which is on the alpha side.
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CRE 116.
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Copy.
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Engine 123,
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Church IC[1], Division 2[2], you can disregard.
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They did report a primary all clear.
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Copy, so we have a primary all clear, first and second floor, confirming.
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First floor is good, fire contained on second still working on a primary.
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Copy.
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Church, I see, Andrew 122.
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Go for church I see.
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No extension in the Charlie exposure, ready for reassignment.
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Stand by.
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Truck 217 is on scene.
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217 is sure I see. T-17, sir, I see.
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Engine 211,
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DIT party traffic.
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211, go for a tie in 21, I see.
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Copy your priority traffic,
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propane tanks,
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off gassing, potential drug house.
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Just assess our need if we need to go defensive.
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I'll leave that up to you as you making your interior attack.
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Right now this is advisory.
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We're going to continue offensive.
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We're getting water to cool down the tanks now.
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I copy.
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What additional resources need needs you have?
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Freeman, IC[1],
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recommendation would be one additional engine company to the Bravo One Exposure.
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I copy one additional engine company, the Bravo One Exposure.
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Break, Engine 217,
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let's have you pull an additional line off of Engine 212 to the Bravo One Exposure.
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engine 270 copy there's a line up to 12 public exposure
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Freeman IC[1] Engine 213 on scene stage I see from engine 211 21st 1st 1st Inch 11 go ahead
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Okay,
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we have knocked out on the fire.
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Let's hold on vertical ventilation.
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Let's hold on it.
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I believe that we have the fire out.
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I copy. Brick 217, or I copy.
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Truck 217,
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let's go ahead and hold your position on the roof.
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No vertical ventilation at this time.
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Northcombatite, 11,
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3 fox shot.
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Yeah, Northcom, the time 2.11, I'll go ahead and assume Freeman IC[1].
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We are still on the offensive strategy.
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Command[3] Post is going to be located at my vehicle corner of South Freeman and Michigan.
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And go ahead and put my number in for the Hazmat[4] Consult.
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telling 311 coffee assuming Freeman I see offensive strategy command post at Freeman and Michigan I'll go ahead and advise Metro over your point of contact
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Freeman I see 17 I got a formula all clear no extension rather one or further
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Copy, primary all clear,
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no extension, Bravo 1.
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Engine 213 from Freeman, IC[1].
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13 from Freeman IC[1].
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Let's go ahead and have you guys report Streetside, Alpha Side.
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You're going to be on deck.
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Engine 213 copies on Jack Alpha.
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All right, see from Engine 211.
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Okay, I've got a real big for you here.
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So this is going to be Unit A, 237 Unit A.
07:44
We do have the fires out.
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We're going to have a little bit of overhaul to do.
07:50
Not a train tank, this appears to be a bank of lithium ion batteries that fired off.
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And those were the small explosions.
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I copy engine 211 we're just consulting with hazmat right now just confirming we're going to start them just wanted to affirm that we're going to start them full hazmat response.
08:21
I caught the first part of what you said I had a resident step on you what was the part about hazmat.
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Yeah, if I can just get your assessment,
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do we need a full hazmat response, or is this something that we can handle with our duty investigator?
08:37
I think our duty investigators will be able to handle.
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I think we can stand down on the hazmat response.
08:46
All right, I copy.
08:56
I copy the benchmark of primary, secondary, all clear on both Unit A and the Bravo 1 exposure.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
IC: Person in charge of managing and coordinating the overall response to an incident.
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Division 2: Incident command division assigned to the second floor/level
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Command: Incident Command managing the incident
[4]
Hazmat: Hazardous materials incident/operations
Disclaimer:
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Location mentioned:
Michigan Ave & S Freeman St, Oceanside, CA 92054
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