Fire crews battle house fire near North 23rd St, Richmond VA
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a working house fire near North 23rd Street and Y Street in Richmond. Multiple fire units, including truck and engine companies, were dispatched to control the blaze and protect nearby structures. The incident involved heavy fire conditions with collapse zone precautions and exposures to adjacent buildings. Investigators and safety teams were on scene, and firefighters achieved a knockdown while continuing to address hot spots.
Audio|Heard on: Richmond City Fire Dispatch
Listen to dispatch call
06:49
Transcript:
00:00
Prepare to copy working fire assignment.
00:04
Hey, 15 on that deck gun.
00:06
Get all in the water.
00:13
Ready for what? Go ahead, Richmond.
00:16
Yeah, air light one working fire assignment.
00:25
Airline's been arriving.
00:31
Safety one on scene, Bravo side.
00:34
Copy safety one on scene, Bravo.
00:36
Seventeen 15, charge at 200 from bumper.
00:44
Copy. Waiting for water.
00:50
Richmond, I will need investigators.
00:54
Richmond copy.
00:55
Investigators needed.
00:56
1757.
00:59
Investigator four, one unit en route.
01:04
Copy investigator four en route.
01:06
1757.
01:12
Transmitting a working fire.
01:14
Truck two.
01:15
North 23rd Street and Y Street.
01:18
On TAC channel six.
01:20
Time out.
01:28
Engine 6, I need water!
01:34
Six is on scene.
01:36
Y and 23rd.
01:42
Person down.
01:43
near Thompson Street.
01:46
Engine 17, person down.
01:49
near Thomas Street.
01:52
Cross streets are North 23rd Street and North 25th Street.
01:56
On TAC channel two.
01:57
Time out, 1758.
02:03
Reports that the.
02:07
House is on fire.
02:09
Normally two people are inside.
02:11
Information to follow.
02:13
Seventeen for date.
02:19
Truck three, I copy that, ma'am.
02:25
Are we on TAC six or TAC four for the S flow call?
02:32
It was switched to TAC four, ma'am.
02:38
I'm driving.
02:40
Six from Battalion Three.
02:50
Command, go for six.
02:54
Command from Battalion Three?
02:58
Command, go ahead.
03:04
Go ahead.
03:13
Disregard. It looks like the original address is near 900 block.
03:17
We also have the next building involved.
03:20
Truck two going in to check for extension; possible fire in that building too.
03:28
I'll walk down to the battalion.
03:30
I'll walk down to Bravo and check that out.
03:33
All units, make sure you're not near the collapse zone.
03:36
This building is gutted.
03:38
Fire's not going anywhere, so stay away from those walls.
03:46
Rehab one's on scene.
03:49
Copy rehab one on scene 1800.
03:53
Command from 15.
04:01
Command from Engine 15.
04:06
Command to unit, call repeat.
04:11
Command, this is Engine 15.
04:14
I have a line and your delta exposure.
04:18
Give me a truck company so we can start opening up.
04:27
Command copies. You have a line on the delta exposure? Yeah, open it up, possible fire in the roof.
04:35
Affirmative.
04:36
Need a truck company to come in and start hooking things on.
04:42
Command copies.
04:43
Truck two and truck six are coming to you.
04:58
Command to companies on the original fire building, get back from the building.
05:03
Get out of the collapse zone.
05:13
Units responding,
05:15
house fire, please back away from the collapse zone.
05:18
Units back away from collapse zone.
05:28
Command from Battalion Three.
05:31
Go ahead, Battalion Three.
05:35
Right now I've got your Bravo exposure, unit 904.
05:39
Truck two, Engine six, and Truck six with me here.
05:44
They have shut the power to the solar panels, but no one on that roof.
05:51
Command copies.
05:55
Fifteen from Safety One, watch that deck gun.
06:03
Fifteen Charlie, fifteen, watch that deck gun.
06:09
Fifteen copy.
06:15
On TAC channel two,
06:17
time out 1803.
06:25
Car set up on the A side of the building.
06:28
All personnel, car set up on the A side of the building and we got a good knockdown on the primary building.
06:35
Still hitting hot spots and opening up due to exposure.
06:40
Copy, good knockdown.
06:45
So I have exposure at 1803.
06:47
Car is on Bravo side.
Disclaimer:
This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
Y St & N 23rd St, Richmond, VA 23223
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