Trailer fire with heavy smoke near Elwell Ct in Palo Alto, Palo Alto CA


A trailer fire with heavy smoke occurred near Elwell Ct in Palo Alto. Firefighters arrived quickly without water supply and requested assistance for ventilation and water. Ventilation efforts began with open hatches and windows. The fire was not fully involved, and no flames were found at the time. A single occupant was located with no medical symptoms or smoke inhalation. Fire crews are investigating the fire's origin and continuing ventilation operations.
Audio|Source: Palo Alto Fire
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Transcript:
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5153, Palo Alto Fire, engine sixty-three is on scene.
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We have a trailer with heavy smoke coming from it,
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not fully involved,
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establishing Elwell IC. We'll be pulling an attack line for an offensive stretch.
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We do not have a water supply.
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LOLIC and you do not have a waterline site.
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Medics to write.
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Engine 65 on scene stage.
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Cut the engine 65. Okay, engine 65.
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OLIC, engine 65.
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You need assistance.
00:53
Engine 65 will I see you guys and park there, walk up and assist with the water supply. We have water supply, just in front of engine 63.
01:02
65, copy, assist for the water supply.
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And 61, Battalion 66 is on seat.
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Copy Battalion 66.
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Truck 51 from Battagin, 66, go ahead and stage out on East Bayshore, please.
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Okay, Trague, Trague, Trague, Trague, Trague.
01:32
Okay,
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S61, Bobby, Tataon 51 on scene.
01:41
Copy, Truck 51 is on scene, stage, talking station.
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from Battalion 66.
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Hello.
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Elwell IC, I understand you are attacking the fire.
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I'm going to go ahead and assume Elwell IC, you'll go back to be in Engine 63.
02:13
Engine 65 from Hellwell, I see.
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Go to 65.
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I'm just going to establish you as Division Alpha and you're going to have Engine 63 working for you.
02:30
65 copies no Division Alpha, 63 works for me.
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We have heavy smoke inside.
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I'll never find any flames at this time.
02:48
We're attempting to ventilate for the mess of our ability for the open hatches and windows.
02:53
If you can send a couple crew members to kind of help get some ventilation so we can do what we're working with.
03:04
Vision Alpha copies, attempting to ventilate, no flames, currently with heavy smoke.
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It needs crew members for assistance and ventilation.
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Trucker, they're constantly in space, me, space, short.
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...stage on East Bayshore.
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Copy engine 62, stage, not in the spaceway.
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Engine 62, part of my...
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Go ahead, just 62?
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62, pull-up, pull-up, and go find that Captain Rory is going to be your division alpha.
03:48
Truck 56, I see.
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Go ahead, a trucker.
03:55
Can you also follow up and tool up and make your way over and see if there's going to be any ventilation that we might be able to perform?
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That's permissible. Do we have room to make it down? That well?
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Just in the first half here and pulling behind the engine 53.
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Copy really.
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Water supply.
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I see you doing now by that's permit. We have a water supply. We're working on some ventilation.
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We're tracking down the homeowner or a trailer owner to determine where the location of the fire origin is.
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Additionally, you can cancel mountain dew units per engine 63.
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Copy, Italian, 51 from ICC, you copy. It will be canceling you.
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The chat 51 copies.
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Come in 6-1 copy, take a girl. 51 from ICs you copy, a cancellation for Mountain View truck as well.
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Truck 5-1 copies.
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Copy, thank you for response.
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Up from IC.
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Go to Alpha.
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Confirm that was a single occupant that she has no medical symptoms or smoke inhalation.
05:37
I believe that's the case, Chief. I'm working on making contact with her right now.
05:44
I'm going to keep medic 52 on seeing...
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