Crews respond to small structure fire with building sagging, Portland OR
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a structure fire near SE Flavel St and SE 52nd Ave in Portland. The main building showed significant sagging, and crews remained in a defensive position for safety. The fire was contained to a small 20 by 20-foot area and was partially extinguished by bystanders and self-extinguishing. Firefighters cut walls and sprayed water from outside due to building instability.
Audio|Source: Portland Area Fire and Rescue
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Transcript:
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You can tie in with C1, they're on this channel, but all companies, just to reiterate reports out of the main fire division. We do have heavy sagging on the main fire building, and they will determine if there's a change in strategy, but for right now we will stay defensive.
00:18
Squad one, right.
00:20
And Command Engine 9, just letting you know for sure there is no incident.
00:28
Engine 9, there's no what?
00:34
Just letting you know there's no basement on the main fire unit.
00:39
Copy that, no basement. Then Squad 1, you can report to the main fire. You'll be working for C1.
00:48
Squad 1, copy that.
00:51
The truck's up, direct.
00:57
Command 1458.
01:02
All companies on this second alarm, we need to establish base for any second alarm companies.
01:10
Engine 29 is arrived. We are at 52 in Flavel and we will be base. And I've got a crew of three to send up.
01:20
Command copy.
01:21
Engine 29 has base.
01:26
C3's alive.
01:30
C3, I'm going to give you the Delta Exposure. You'll need to tie in face-to-face with Truck 25, who's on the Alpha side.
01:40
The Delta Division.
01:44
Command, Truck 25, Delta Exposure, which secondary search is clear.
01:55
Command copy, you got a secondary.
02:02
Pass from Command.
02:05
Go ahead.
02:09
I'd like to scale this back a little bit. We're going to keep Rescue 11, one engine company coming at this time, all others can return.
02:16
We have about a 20 by 20-20 area that has been extinguished by bistanders and self-extinguished.
02:26
Rescule 11 and copy.
02:28
We will keep you and it looks like the next closest engine is going to be Engine 7 and then everyone else can clear.
02:39
Command copy and we'll keep Ops 2 at this time without a dispatcher. Engine 7,
02:45
I'm going to slow you to cold 1.
02:47
We may be clearing here shortly.
02:50
FU 11 from Engine 7, I believe Engine 19 is already closer.
02:58
Command copy, main fire division.
03:05
I think we're continuing.
03:08
Command copy, thank you.
03:11
And we'll recall this.
03:13
Rescue 301, BC 303, Ops 2.
03:18
Rescue 301. Rescue 301.
03:22
Just letting you know, I'm on Office 2 with you, I'm listening up. If you need more help, once you get a size up,
03:27
we'll get that going for you.
03:31
Rescue 3rd1's copies. Thanks, Josh.
03:35
In Clackamas, 20-06, as you're still monitoring, you can be clear.
03:43
for Mayfire.
03:45
I've got plenty of companies right now. We've just got it up in the attic right now. We're just cutting into the walls,
03:51
spraying from the outside.
03:52
And we do have pretty significant sag.
03:54
And I want to keep my companies out outside of the building.
03:57
Yeah,
03:59
that's affirmative. So we've got 10 companies on scene. I've got four additional en route. Do you support releasing the companies that are en route here?
04:10
Yeah, affirmative.
04:14
Dispatch and base, anyone not yet arrived can return.
04:20
This is not a recall.
04:22
This is just a downgrade and resource request.
04:31
Dispatch copies, anyone not yet arrived can return.
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Location mentioned:
SE Flavel St & SE 52nd Ave, Portland, OR 97206
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