Structure fire near East Ponce de Leon Avenue in Decatur, Decatur GA
Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to a structure fire near East Ponce de Leon Avenue and DeKalb Farmers Market in Decatur. Multiple trucks and engines operated in defensive mode due to difficult access. Efforts focused on establishing water supply and controlling the fire with aerials and hoses. Water supply challenges and heat inside the building were noted during operations.
Audio|Source: DeKalb County Fire Rescue
06:49
Transcript:
00:00
Send in water.
00:06
Truck One, the command.
00:10
Truck one, you guys can come on in.
00:12
We're not going to get any more units in.
00:13
As I said, we're about to go defensive.
00:15
We've got two aerials up.
00:16
Not up, but two aerials available to be used.
00:23
Truck one's clear.
00:24
It'd be hard for us to gain access anyway.
00:31
Again, guys, we are in defensive mode of operation.
00:34
Nobody inside of the structure is about to let the aerial do its job.
00:43
I phone, fine.
00:48
Water's coming.
00:52
The man's clear on water's covering.
01:00
26, the command, you have a positive water supply established.
01:07
Command is clear at 26, we have positive water supply.
01:12
In just 16, you can go on to your truck 16, you can go on and do your thing.
01:17
You can go on and do your thing.
01:28
Same by... Thank you, we're holding.
01:35
Air 6 on thing.
01:42
26 tailboard, meet an officer at Engine 26.
01:50
26. The 6thelboard is clear.
01:57
All right, buddy, you should have water.
02:05
Hey, Chief, can you stay up on the, um,
02:19
back there with truck 20?
02:21
Keep an eye on the rear for me, on the remain up front.
02:27
Battalion 4 cleared set up on the rear truck 20.
02:31
That unit on the Heidron, are you pumping this Heiser, or just going straight from the plug?
02:40
26th and Battalion 4, that's going to be straight from the Heidron.
02:46
The truck did say, you're going to shut up that gun down.
02:49
Chief, if we took an engine two in line, that'd be great.
02:53
We're not going to have enough to charge all this.
02:57
Damn.
03:00
Command's clear.
03:03
Um, engine 20 driver.
03:07
If you can come on ahead and get in line and help pump this out.
03:15
You guys figure this one out.
03:17
Do we have,
03:19
yeah, let's go ahead and get somebody out on the hybrid.
03:22
I hope we don't have enough pressure.
03:26
Radio to command.
03:31
Go ahead, radio.
03:34
Tenport, can you tell me how close the railroad tracks are approximately?
03:42
The railroad tracks, we had to lay our five-inch supply line directly across the tracks.
03:49
The tracks from the scene are about 800 feet.
03:56
That's simple.
04:03
Truck 16, let's go and continue what we're doing.
04:05
We are flowing downhill right now.
04:07
Let's go and get a knock on what we got,
04:10
separating and reconfiguring everything.
04:12
It's just going to take precious time.
04:15
Let's go in here and keep doing we doing for a second until we figure something out.
04:22
We'll keep it open for you.
04:33
Last unit repeat your traffic.
04:37
Strait 20, we're going to continue to open these doors on the Charlie side.
04:41
It still looks like there's straight in from that walkway door where they made a tacks.
04:46
There's still some heat towards the center.
04:51
10-4[1]. We got truck 15 and water towards the center right now.
05:00
Thank you for the update.
05:06
Squad 16 is on scene with Med 72 out in rescue.
05:13
I'm... ...of...
05:17
...with the fuck.
05:23
...and seaside division, looks like the bulk of your fire is gonna be on your Aft off the side.
05:32
629 when we get a line to the Charlie punt.
05:40
We're working on getting your line.
05:42
We're short on water right now, chap, because that hasn't just not a not a big line but we'll see um we'll see what engine tank can do if we can get you a line stretched across.
05:51
We probably can extend to the blue line as they do away.
05:56
Okay, I'm clear.
05:58
Yesh. The second-may door down, the third bay door down,
06:02
we've got active fire in there.
06:04
It's beyond where they can reach from that delta end.
06:09
104, clear on update.
06:12
Engine 10, are we able to extend to that blue line and we can just run the blue line and one line off the area?
06:20
Yeah, well you can shut down one of the truck 16's master's free nozzles, I could probably charge a second hose by a stand by off direction.
06:30
Stand for me to make that happen.
06:37
Engine 3 Alarm 2-2942, East Ponce de Leon Avenue at Your DeKalb Farmers Market.
06:44
Engine 3, alarm,
06:46
2942, East Ponce de Leon Avenue.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment or affirmative—message received and understood.
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Location mentioned:
Near E Ponce de Leon Ave, Decatur, GA 30030
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