Fire crews check structural safety at Upton and 39th, Minneapolis MN
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, firefighters responded to a structure fire near Upton Avenue South and West 39th Street in Minneapolis. Crews coordinated with police and EMS for staging and traffic control, inspected floor joists and deck stability, and found fire inside a void space. They used tools to access concealed areas and pulled siding to reach and control the fire.
Audio|Heard on: Hennepin MN Fire-Tac Group Calls
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Transcript:
Chief to dispatch. Go ahead. I know we have this modified structure fire response, but you have water going. So do you want your EMS staged at the same intersection as police? Police are going to have traffic control at 39th and Upton. EMS can stage for 40th and Upton. Engine eight, are you going to check the joists on that? Back alpha side. Affirmative. Engine six from command, can you walk down that driveway and look at the joists and the front deck from the garage perspective? 10-36. Command from engine 17, we're going to redirect a line to the alpha side by the door. Received, redirecting alpha side by the door. Command, this is ladder five. We do have fire in this void space. It's just hard to access with multiple layers of plywood. Ladder five alpha, ladder five bravo. Do you want a chainsaw out there? Yeah, let's get a chainsaw ready. We're going to need to move the ladder probably about a foot to the right so we'll climb down the ladder and reposition. Engine six, do you think those joists are okay on the alpha side that we can send engine eight on top of that deck to pull some of that white siding? From engine six, we're going to check them real quick with a pipe pole. Stand by. Received. Command from engine eight. Go ahead. Everything we found on this deck appears to be solid. I recommend we get up here and pull some stuff apart to get a handle on this. Yeah, go ahead on that. If you can get as far to the Bravo quarter on the outside deck and start pulling with that white material, whether it's plywood or insulation, all the way around that triple door space there.
Chief to dispatch. Go ahead. I know we have this modified structure fire response, but you have water going. So do you want your EMS staged at the same intersection as police? Police are going to have traffic control at 39th and Upton. EMS can stage for 40th and Upton. Engine eight, are you going to check the joists on that? Back alpha side. Affirmative. Engine six from command, can you walk down that driveway and look at the joists and the front deck from the garage perspective? 10-36. Command from engine 17, we're going to redirect a line to the alpha side by the door. Received, redirecting alpha side by the door. Command, this is ladder five. We do have fire in this void space. It's just hard to access with multiple layers of plywood. Ladder five alpha, ladder five bravo. Do you want a chainsaw out there? Yeah, let's get a chainsaw ready. We're going to need to move the ladder probably about a foot to the right so we'll climb down the ladder and reposition. Engine six, do you think those joists are okay on the alpha side that we can send engine eight on top of that deck to pull some of that white siding? From engine six, we're going to check them real quick with a pipe pole. Stand by. Received. Command from engine eight. Go ahead. Everything we found on this deck appears to be solid. I recommend we get up here and pull some stuff apart to get a handle on this. Yeah, go ahead on that. If you can get as far to the Bravo quarter on the outside deck and start pulling with that white material, whether it's plywood or insulation, all the way around that triple door space there.
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Location mentioned:
Upton Ave S & W 39th St, Minneapolis, MN 55410
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