Fire contained to fireplace and chimney in Virginia home, Fairfax County VA
A fire broke out in a structure on Guinea Road, Virginia, mainly contained to the fireplace and chimney. Firefighters worked to extinguish the fire and ventilate the property. One person was injured with a non-life-threatening injury and transported to Fairfax Hospital. A nearby block of the roadway was closed due to the incident.
Audio|Source: Fairfax County Fire and Rescue
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Transcript:
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9402 is on the scene.
00:02
I'll go ahead and establish mobile command,
00:05
side-out of the structure.
00:07
You're at 2129.
00:15
429. I'm going to take that.
00:21
Solid bucket to the anterior.
00:31
Command from engine 412.
00:37
Go ahead.
00:39
Okay,
00:40
currently the fire looks like it's contained in the fireplace. I don't have anything from the roof line at the chimney.
00:50
Perfect Ammos 4-0, it's transporting one patient with Fairfax Hospital.
00:58
(number withheld).
01:03
Engine 442 from command.
01:08
Go ahead.
01:13
You can bring your crew up on stage at engine 412.
01:19
Copy, we're here now.
01:25
Command of truck 449.
01:32
Go ahead.
01:35
We can't fire at the top of the chimney.
01:37
It's contained at the moment. We just need a dry kim to the roof.
01:44
On that, engine 12 is going to take a dry cam to the interior and send it up.
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Engine 412 from command.
01:58
Engine 412.
02:00
When you're ready to discharge that dry cam,
02:06
let the truck 429, he'll pop the cap.
02:11
We just hit it now. We're starting to fire up the ventilation into the house as well.
02:15
All right, this is a fire at the top.
02:23
It's going to be Guinea Road just prior to New Guinea.
02:32
The one block of the roadway, one off the road will be out of check.
02:37
Good for 2135.
02:44
Agent 412. Agent 412.
02:51
Just ahead, we're going to knock some of the stuff.
02:54
Moose to catch a fire from up here.
02:59
Okay, we put a pretty good knock on the time here. Do you still need more?
03:05
Yeah, we fly back to fire from the top of the chimney.
03:10
Okay, we're going to go ahead and again.
03:17
Engine 412 from command.
03:19
When you're ready for ventilation, let me know.
03:23
You go ahead and start ventilation.
03:30
Perfection 414. Engine 414.
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Engine 414, bud.
03:37
Currently one BLS[1] injury, checking for another. You can hold this with engine 14 and medic 432.
03:48
Correct, engine 432. You're a recognition service?
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737.
03:57
432 from engine 414.
04:03
Airfax Hamlets 408 arrived at hospital.
04:08
Correct, James, 3. 8-432 from Andrew 414.
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32.
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32.
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When you arrive, we've got the roadway completely shut down.
04:29
You can actually come opposite direction down at our location.
04:38
Engine 414, right bumper from engine 414. What's that subject status?
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
BLS: Basic Life Support medical response for non-life-threatening injuries or basic emergency care.
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Location mentioned:
Guinea Rd, Virginia
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