Excelsior Fire District dispatched to 456 Main Street for smoke in a large commercial 'big box' building, later confirmed to be a working structure fire involving a pile of burning tires inside; multiple engines and ladders deployed for interior attack and roof assessment., Excelsior MN
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, excelsior Fire District dispatched to 456 Main Street for smoke in a large commercial 'big box' building, later confirmed to be a working structure fire involving a pile of burning tires inside; multiple engines and ladders deployed for interior attack and roof assessment.
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06:50
Transcript:
00:00
All right, here we go.
00:02
Excelsior Fire,
00:04
you're being paged to 456 Main Street for light smoke in the area.
00:11
Everybody's swipe left.
00:15
Excelsior engine 1 in service, Main Street.
00:19
Engine 1 here in service.
00:22
Engine 1 on scene.
00:25
Stand by for an update.
00:27
Andrew Wanda, you're on scene.
00:29
Danny Buck.
00:31
I'm on scene of a mega big box business,
00:36
approximately 220 feet by 360.
00:39
With smoke showing on the Charlie side,
00:43
we'll be in the offensive strategy.
00:47
We'll be out investigating, unable to do a 360 due to size.
00:54
Shelcer Engine, when we copy you're on scene of a large big box with smoke showing on the Charlie's side.
01:04
Unable to complete 360 to do the size.
01:07
You will be the offensive strategy.
01:11
Dispatch from Main Street Command.
01:14
Go ahead, Main Street, man.
01:16
One of the managers, they have a large stack of tires on fire in the middle of the building.
01:22
We will be making entry through the Charlie garage doors for search rescue fire control.
01:30
We copy you'll be making an answer on the Charlie's side for primary search and fire control.
01:37
Ladder 1 level 1.
01:39
Ladder 1 arriving level 1.
01:42
Ladder 1 from commands.
01:44
Ladder 1.
01:46
Could you park at the Delta Delta corner and give me a rough report?
01:52
Ladder 1 to the Alpha Delta corner for a roof of dispatch engine two in route.
01:57
Engine 2, en route,
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2021.
02:01
Dispass for Challenge Chief in route.
02:03
Cali 1 in route.
02:05
Celsier Command, engine 2, staging level 1.
02:08
Dispass, ladder 4, en route.
02:11
Ladder 4 in route.
02:12
Got the engine 2 level 1.
02:15
Engine 2 from command.
02:17
Go to engine 2.
02:18
Agent 2, could you come to the Charlie side and assist engine 1 with search rescue and fire control, pull the second line off of the engine 1?
02:28
Copy, we'll be assisting on the Charlie side with the primary search fire control, pulling a second line from engine 1.
02:37
So then dispatch, Battalion 1,
02:40
haunting.
02:42
Copy, Battalion 1 off you.
03:21
Command from Battalion One.
03:26
Go for Excelsior Command Battalion 1.
03:30
From my understanding, we have a working fire in the middle of the big box.
03:35
You guys,
03:36
engine 1 and engine 2 are entering with hoses on the Charlie side.
03:41
Ladder 1 is on the Alpha Delta side.
03:43
We're still in the offensive strategy.
03:46
We do have a working fire.
03:48
Any other concerns?
03:51
That is correct.
03:52
No concerns.
03:54
No needs right now.
03:57
Sentiment dispatch from Battalion 1.
04:01
I'll be in command of Main Street.
04:05
Copy, Battalion.
04:06
One will you be taking command of Main Street?
04:09
It had been letter for level 1 stage, Main Street.
04:13
Letter 4 arriving level 1.
04:18
command from ladder four go for letter four can i have you make entry on the delta side with a hose line ladder four copies make an entry on the delta side with a hose line command letter one with the roof report go ahead letter one
04:37
We have no evidence of sagging on the east or west walls.
04:41
Lightway roof covering we cannot operate on.
04:43
We have light cold smoke coming from the roof and no noted excessive roof loads.
04:50
Copy that, no except roofs, and we do have light smoke showing.
04:55
Can you remain there and take your crew to the Charlie side?
05:04
The latter one confirming we are to remain here or redeploy to the driver system.
05:09
Cabby, remain where you're at.
05:12
Copy, remaining Alpha Delta, SpaniFast.
05:17
Engine one from command.
05:19
Engine one, go ahead.
05:21
Can I get a can?
05:23
We have located the fire and we are applying water.
05:26
We will need to recycle in the next five minutes.
05:31
Copy, recycle the next five minutes.
05:33
Engine 2, can I get a can report?
05:35
Yeah, we're 150 feet inside the building, 400 tires.
05:40
Our fire currently hitting the fire spots individually in there, and we're good on air so far.
05:48
Tenement dispatch from Command of Main Street.
05:50
Can we upgrade this to our next fire alarm?
05:53
Main Street, Command, can you repeat that? We missed that.
05:57
Can we upgrade this to our next alarm?
06:02
Kathy, we're going to upgrade you to your second alarm.
06:07
Ladder 1 from command.
06:09
Platter 1.
06:11
I'll have your crew go to the Charlie's side and back up in June 1 when they're out.
06:20
Ladder 1, re-deploying to the Charlie side to replace engine 1.
06:25
Letter 4 from Command.
06:27
Command, the ladder.
06:29
Can I get a cane report?
06:32
We have made entry on air,
06:35
heavy smoke, no heat,
06:39
on the delta side.
06:41
Letter 4, where is your air at?
06:44
100%.
06:47
Continue on the delta I to clear that.
06:49
Thank you.
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Excelsior, MN 55331
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