Firefighters combat attic fire on Redwood Road, Orem UT
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According to the dispatch call, firefighters responded to a fire at a building near Redwood Road in Utah. Flames and smoke were coming from the attic and vent. Crews attempted to fight the fire inside but switched to an exterior defensive attack due to heavy fire and safety concerns.
Audio|Heard on: Utah County Public Safety
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07:51
Transcript:
00:00
We've turned a vent hole for us and then well.
00:03
We have flames coming out of the vent hole this time.
00:30
River Parkway and Redwood Road in 26J on Delta 437 X-ray whiskey.
00:41
Come on, thank you to be a great one.
00:45
You can't pull.
00:52
An echoey and hard to understand,
00:55
what are the needs for fire attack at this time? We've got a lot of black,
00:59
dark smoke, pushing.
01:07
The fire is spread through the attic space.
01:11
We're pulling two different hose lengths to get to the fire.
01:15
Twenty-three is out of the building.
01:18
(name withheld).
01:23
Fire spreads throughout the entire attic.
01:27
23 is now exited the building.
01:35
There's a P-A-R request.
01:41
I'll be planning that off-speed.
01:43
They win all such a strategy.
01:46
Any command mode.
01:51
Command fire attack interior 22.
01:58
We found fire inside.
02:02
We're making fire.
02:09
We're making fire attack out.
02:15
We have high-pressure fire blowing out the south side of the structure over here.
02:26
Still proceeding in-care with station 22 with high fire blowing out the south side of the structure.
02:38
Go for the command of the roof.
02:44
You are still attacks,
02:46
see if the fire spread over to the second structure.
02:56
Got me 25 command.
03:03
I have two of your crew members to have an additional attack line.
03:08
We can protect any exposures on the attacks on that south side.
03:13
Expect any exposures.
03:23
We have some pretty heavy fire on the east unit now on our unit in our area.
03:30
The President connects with our first unit from the west line.
03:39
The location you're finding the heavy fire out? South corner.
03:52
The corner.
03:54
The station 22 is going to send two crew guys to the south south east corner.
04:07
Gavin 23 from command software, you're still attacking fire in the ceiling.
04:12
What other needs do you have?
04:19
We're just making fire attack and trying to make some progress through plasticized ceiling tiles.
04:30
I need to attack it from above.
04:38
I'm negative.
04:40
We're able to get up into the ceiling right now.
04:44
We're in a like an unexpected.
04:51
We're hearing from engine 24.
04:54
I believe we need a second engine used to get enough holes to our back east side.
05:01
Can we utilize engine four for that?
05:10
Let's get your matter set up to initiate a fire attack.
05:14
If we're going to need it, let's get a waterways charged and maybe get it above the fire.
05:20
Do not charge it until I say so.
05:24
The waterways get up and do not charge, how you take it?
05:37
Command from Ruthoff.
05:42
Traffic for command.
05:45
Command, rooftops is off at the top of the building.
05:48
The inspection hole in the Nova Inc.
05:51
Building was cleaned.
05:52
They know how many smoke or flames inside the roof of the roofland structure.
05:58
Alright, coffee, all the personnel are off the roof, know the link building is clear.
06:03
10-25[1], let's get that ladder set up, and we're going to prepare for a quick defensive knockdown.
06:10
Break,
06:11
command to all personnel on the fire scene.
06:15
We're going to get back out of the structure and set up for a quick defensive knockdown before we re-enter.
06:26
Forty-two-frey-tys, we're going outside,
06:31
recess and re-enter.
06:43
Any interior hold attack will come outside, we can continue to spray from an exterior vantage point so we can get a smash of stream and get a lot of water through the loop of this.
07:00
10-4[2] for four.
07:06
Coppies 22 exit with 4.
07:09
Rick, Captain 24, are you exiting the structure?
07:36
15 J5.
07:43
Poplar quartz.
07:45
10-4[2]. Closer though.
07:50
No road access.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-25: Meet in person
[2]
10-4: Acknowledgment or affirmative response; indicates message received and understood.
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