Firefighters battle building fire near Center St, Geneva NY
Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to a structure fire in the ceiling area of a building near Center Street in Geneva. The fire spread smoke to nearby St. Francis Apartments, prompting the evacuation of residents to a nearby church. Crews worked to control the flames and secure electrical power while additional fire units from nearby departments assisted at the scene.
Audio|Source: Ontario County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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Fire appears to be in the ceiling in the big ballroom to the right of the hallway.
00:08
Thanks.
00:10
Zero. I'm (number withheld).
00:27
22 to X1-10 to (number withheld), Channel 2.
00:35
Sounds like they asked for our ladder, but a ladder is not in service.
00:38
I don't know if you want to let them know that.
00:42
Ask for a ladder, they know it's not in service.
00:50
The engine.
00:54
(number withheld) are also.
01:11
I'm gonna make sure they knew.
01:15
I've got a line off the Nester truck coming through the north end of the building.
01:21
I got the doors open down here.
01:29
Carry.
01:34
And four.
01:40
Two single leagues five months in.
01:47
Ontario White Springs is out of Genesee Street Station.
01:52
It springs out of Genesee Street Station.
02:01
Caronite fire specialty en route.
02:05
Copy, Caronite’s en route.
02:07
Hey,
02:12
If anybody's on Channel 2, my gear's gone missing if someone could grab that for me.
02:21
You name a fire for the automatic fire alarm.
02:27
Geneva Fire is an automatic fire alarm at Geneva, Francis, Perkins, near Exchange Street and State Street, the automatic alarm.
02:38
Geneva Fire, Cornwall, San Francisco Apartments, near Exchange Street, community, Tullygo Street and State Street.
02:46
Guard, dispatcher, (number withheld).
02:50
Twelve.
02:54
(number withheld) is en route to the standby.
02:55
Do they want them to go into the apartment?
03:01
Shows back.
03:07
There's a second.
03:08
(number withheld).
03:10
(number withheld). (number withheld).
03:12
(number withheld), I'll be clear.
03:15
Copy,
03:17
(number withheld).
03:19
(number withheld). Three-six.
03:25
Central County line and Thompson Station for a single car crash.
03:32
Copy.
03:36
Copy. (number withheld), copy.
03:54
First time I'm going to go ahead.
03:57
Okay,
04:04
Sure. The Oaks Corners barn, North Semi-throat, ALS for an unknown injuries crash.
04:12
Everything to the back of the building.
04:17
Okay, we're going to be on the next city street just south of the church.
04:26
(number withheld).
04:28
Is there any way you can get the power secured in here? It might be some type of electrical.
04:37
Received.
04:39
The main electrical is there off of the center hallway.
04:44
Probably be user accessible from the inside.
04:52
(number withheld) from 11.0 on Ops 13.
04:56
Go ahead.
04:58
Uh,
05:01
How are you doing over there?
05:05
Fire's in the ceiling, we're getting some smoke in St.
05:09
Francis.
05:11
We may have to get people out of there and put them into the church.
05:16
Great.
05:18
How are we doing for resources?
05:26
Depending on what's going on in the main building, I have a couple of people in search and we could definitely use some more help.
05:33
All right dispatcher, if you want to move White Springs to the scene for me and I’ll backfill that with the next available engine, probably Border City.
05:45
White Springs to the scene, Border City to your floor.
05:48
Yeah.
05:52
I'll go assist two, three, you can dispatch me to that.
06:00
I'm on scene off duty.
06:01
What's your preference here? I'm going to clock in.
06:06
If there's work for you to do, do it.
06:10
All right, me and G are you in RX.
06:13
Dispatcher to White Springs Fire, your engine requested to the scene of the structure fire near Center Street.
06:22
White Springs Fire, your engine to the scene near Center Street.
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(number withheld) copies for a three to the same.
06:37
So (number withheld) to White Springs units coming in.
06:39
We'll probably have you go into St.
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Francis apartments.
06:44
We're going to start moving people from there to the church.
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(number withheld). Rout.
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Near Center St, Geneva, NY 14456
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