Structure fire at hoarder house in Wickenburg, Wickenburg AZ
Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to an active fire at a residence described as a hoarder house near Park St and S Mesquite St in Wickenburg. Heavy smoke and some fire were visible in the attic. Crews prepared for defensive operations and coordinated water supply and exposure protection. Utilities were notified and the gas meter was shut off due to an inactive account.
Audio|Source: Southwest Yavapai County and Northwest Maricopa County Law Enforcement / Fire
07:34
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 752 battalion, approaching your scene.
00:05
We just come behind a car 751.
00:09
We're going to be making an answer to a search rescue.
00:18
Copy you'll be making entry.
00:21
Are you confirming you have unknown rescue? Are you just clearing the building?
00:27
Clear the building in the surface.
00:34
It sounds like the back of the building.
00:41
Copy that.
00:48
Break alarm battalion, you can show me on scene.
00:51
Break engine 752, I'll go ahead and take command from you.
00:55
Car 751. If you want to go ahead and do safety for me, would you mind get me at 360?
01:01
Copy that. I'm going to go ahead and pull up there next to your unit to lay the supply line in.
01:09
Copy that.
01:11
Dispatch car 751 on scene.
01:15
Carver battalion,
01:17
copy.
01:23
Engine 752, command.
01:31
Yeah,
01:34
we've been advised that this is a hoarder house, so you're probably not going to be able to make this for a site.
01:40
We're going to have to find the key in the fire to do it.
01:45
That's permanent. We got about 5 as far as we can make it. There's heavy smoke,
01:52
medium fire, no,
01:54
the median heat no fire visible at this time.
01:58
We're going to try to make entry into the back door.
02:02
Okay, caught that. It looks being a pretty good amount of smoke coming out at cable vents. I'm guessing we're possibly in the attic as well.
02:16
Alarm, command.
02:19
Go ahead.
02:21
AMR to stage, APS notified en route, Southwest Gas notified en route.
02:29
Copy that. It seems to get at 360. We'll advise on utilities.
02:33
And we'll go ahead and call this Mesquite Command. I'll be a Mesquite Command.
02:38
Battalion Mesquite Command, be advised southwest gas stated the meter should be shut off as it's an inactive account.
02:47
Copy that thing.
02:55
755 to Mesquite Command.
02:57
Go ahead.
03:00
Yes, we're about two minutes out. Where'd you want us?
03:03
Yeah, just follow 5-2's orders.
03:06
So I want you to come up Park Street.
03:08
There's a plug at Park Street and Mesquite Street. I want you hit that hydrant. So you're going to have to get an officer to move his vehicle and then just come in right behind engine 752 and you can lay in a supply line to them.
03:22
Do that.
03:25
So just to confirm, you can go left on Jefferson right on Park Street and then take Park Street to Mesquite Street.
03:36
Copy that.
03:40
Good morning. Show me at the 103.
03:46
304. 10.4. Good morning.
03:54
3109. I'm 107. Have a good night.
03:59
1.09, have a good night.
04:04
All armed 755 shovels on scene.
04:08
Copy. Copy.
04:14
755Mascite command.
04:15
As soon as you get that hydrant and lay into 752, let's go ahead and pull a second line off of 752 and take that to the front door. They're going to be operating in the back of the structure. Let's just hit it from both sides.
04:39
secure, you do have fire in the attic.
04:42
You're probably going to have to go defensive. I don't think we'll have any chance to get any interior offensive attack.
04:48
I would go ahead and once we get water supply secure, let's start in some big water,
04:53
possibly two and a half through either a front door or a window.
04:58
It looks like most of your fire is going to be in the attic at this time.
05:03
Okay, good copy on that.
05:05
Break 755, did you copy that? Let's just go ahead and forego that second line of crossway and just go straight for a two and a half.
05:18
Yeah, I would start looking at exposure protection on this south side.
05:27
Do you think we can get some water through that gable vent?
05:32
Yeah, we can get a two and a half there. I would go ahead and let's do that. Get a two and a half going through that front cable and get this exposure protection on the south side.
05:42
All right,
05:46
copy that.
05:47
Braden, 755, Muskeet Command.
05:52
And go ahead.
05:55
Yeah, did you copy. We're going to deploy it two and a half to that gable vent on the front entrance over here. And you're going to be exposure protection to the structure to the south and as well as putting water through that gable van.
06:10
Copy his me, gable vent on the east side.
06:14
Gable vent is going to be on the west side.
06:16
It'll be at the front entrance.
06:23
752 from the ski command.
06:44
Our first floor in the back for extinguishing it. We would like to request a ladder in the back so we can get to the gable vents.
06:54
Okay,
06:58
copy that. I got 755.
07:00
That's going to be exposure protection here to the south, but I can get one of their guys to bring you a ladder as soon as their hydrant man's good to go.
07:14
15 minutes elaps. I missed the 10 as I was busy.
07:17
Again,
07:18
15 minutes.
07:23
Mesquite command copies 15 minute elaps.
07:26
We're still in an offensive attack at this time.
07:29
We do have the seat of the fire.
07:31
We'll be possibly transitioning to defensive attack for advice.
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Location mentioned:
Park St & S Mesquite St, Wickenburg, AZ 85390
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