Third floor fire at Topeka retirement home in progress, Topeka KS
Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to a fire on the third floor of a three-story retirement home near Southwest 6th Avenue in Topeka. The fire was active on the south side of the building, and an evacuation was underway to ensure residents' safety. Emergency units coordinated to contain the fire and assist any patients inside.
Audio|Source: Topeka and Shawnee County Fire Departments
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Transcript:
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Engine 4, Engine 3, Engine 5, Aerial 8, Battalion 1, Between 2,
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Respond,
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Southwest 6th Avenue, Southwest Frazier Avenue for a structure fire on the south side of the street. Engine 4, engine 3, engine 5, aerial 8, battalion 1 and 2, respond Southwest 6th Avenue, Southwest Frazier Avenue for a structure fire on the south side of the street, your call will be worked on Alpha 3[2],
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1817, ever since.
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Have you guys been able to assess anybody and tell me how many patients there are?
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Two curved green patients at the time?
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Hi coffee, thank you.
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My unit's about six minutes out.
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Go ahead.
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We have an updated address of near Southwest 6th Avenue. Your original caller is going to be waiting in the parking lot in a white passenger car. They will show you which apartment the flames were coming from when they originally called it in. 10 .35-1-5.
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Head of Four is on Steam. We got a three-story retirement home.
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Looks like water flown on the third floor.
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We'll be investigating. We'll be Sixth Street Command.
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Then went to follow.
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We're going to be working fire, it could be on the northeast, it looks like third floor,
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we'll be stretching 3Kinex for fire track. Go ahead and start with a second alarm.
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104 Engine 3 is level 1 a tiger
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agent 3 good in you
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Oh man, what is fucking out
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104
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Engine 8, engine 11, Detailium 3, respond to your working fire at near Southwest 6 Avenue, Celebration Villa.
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Engine 8, engine 11, to you near Southwest 6 Avenue at Celebration Villa, calls on Alpha 3[2],822 hours.
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Engine 5 is level 1.
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101-1-10.
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Cary L5LC.
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3D340 to the engine 4, Captain.
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25.
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Back out of there.
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Come to the stairwell just south of just left.
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Street number seven on a fall. We're on that I'll see the time on at 1823.
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Engine 5 to engine 4, we're going to have to come around on the other side.
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Ariel 5, level 3 late level 1.
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In this board,
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the empty line,
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we're going to go and stay a while for wire, can get a company to help me.
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Will you jump off and help these guys get this line, man?
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I got to watch, I'm in serious.
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We're telling one, the engine four.
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Engine four.
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We're going to scratch the line, going on the north entrance,
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and you're asking for that. I got meeting three at the hider, if that's correct, give me a chance.
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Correct.
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Third floor, light smoke,
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resistance our line down the hallway.
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Give me a coffee till primary tips.
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10-4[1], I'm going to take it from here, break, Battalion 1 to dispatch.
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Nice.
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I'll be 6th Street Command, give me a level 1 command page.
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Two-Far.
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Two-Far.
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To, Detail-2, Detailant 3.
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Thank you, Detail 3.
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Hey, can you start coordinating maybe with a representative from the home to make sure we have some accountability on getting people out?
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Yeah, 10-4[1].
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Do truck 11.
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All right.
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Okay, can you guys get on the opposite side, which is going to be the north side,
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and jump to the third floor and start with the cert.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
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10-4: Acknowledgment or confirmation that a message was received and understood.
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Alpha 3: Low-priority response code or radio channel designation, typically used for non-urgent incidents.
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Location mentioned:
Near SW 6th Ave, Topeka, KS 66606
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