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Structure fire at small house near Mainstreet in HopkinsHopkins MN

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Mainstreet, Hopkins, MN 55343

As discussed during the dispatch call, firefighters responded to a working fire at a small one-story house near Mainstreet in Hopkins. The fire involved the office side and a walkout basement was not affected. Fire crews used an offensive strategy and requested a second alarm to manage the incident.

Audio|Heard on: Hennepin MN Fire-Tac Group Calls
Listen to dispatch call
01:50
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 5, are you ago?
00:02
Engine 5 ago.
00:03
You're being dispatched to near Mainstreet, part of a structure fire.
00:09
Receive, we're en route.
00:10
Autoway's been started, and this is on training, too.
00:14
Receive.
00:16
Dispatch on engine 5.
00:17
Go ahead, engine 5.
00:19
Engine 5 has arrived at a small one-story house.
00:22
We've got a working fire on the office side.
00:24
We're deploying an attack line to the opposite fire control circuits.
00:27
You can be in the offensive strategy and have command.
00:30
Dispatch copies, engine 5 is on scene.
00:32
You have a working fire.
00:33
You're in the offensive strategy and engine 5 as command.
00:48
This master engine 5 will follow up.
00:50
Go ahead, commands.
00:53
360 not complete due to a fence.
00:56
We got nothing showing on the Alpha, Charlie,
00:59
and Bravo side.
01:02
We got a lookout basement that's not involved.
01:03
We're going to mainly offensive as a strategy.
01:05
Strike a second alarm.
01:07
Calvary 360 is complete.
01:09
You got a walkout basement, which is not involved.
01:11
You're going to maintain the offensive strategy and we will start a second alarm.
01:16
Battalion 2 is on scene.
01:19
Command from Battalion 2.
01:21
Offer command.
01:25
I understand you've laid an attack line to Alpha.
01:27
I see you've made entry,
01:29
search, rescue, fire control.
01:31
This is correct, give me you can.
01:33
There's a leg, they've made entry.
01:35
One wire to fire.
01:37
They've got no needs.
01:39
Received, I'll take it from out here.
01:41
Dispatch from battalion 2.
01:43
I'll have command on Main Street, and you can continue the second alarm.
01:46
Command from engine 5, half the tank.
01:49
Received, half tank.

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Mainstreet, Hopkins, MN 55343

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