Fire in strip mall with victim and firefighter rescue, Torrance CA
Fire & ArsonA fire broke out in a single-story strip mall near W Carson St in Torrance, CA. The fire started at an AutoZone store and spread to nearby units. Heavy smoke was reported. Firefighters responded offensively to control the fire. One immediate victim was found outside needing medical attention. During firefighting, a firefighter became lost in high heat and zero visibility conditions, prompting a Mayday alert and rescue operation. The firefighter was eventually found and taken out for medical care. A large emergency response with multiple units and alarms was underway to handle the situation.
Audio|Source: South Bay Fire: Culver City, El Segundo, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, Torrance
08:52
Transcript:
00:00
Incoming units, engine 96, on scene, we have a single-story strip mall, we have heavy smoking fires joining from the Auto Zone with extension towards the Bravo exposure.
00:16
This is going to be an offensive fire attack.
00:18
It's going to be known as Torrance Command.
00:20
Command post is going to be just outside the AutoZone.
00:23
We're going to call that Division Alpha,
00:25
and IT is going to be Captain Brooks.
00:26
It looks like we have at least one immediate victim, just out front.
00:31
And we have secured on war spot.
00:32
Risk in 96.
00:33
Torrance Klan, we have one immediate victim.
00:35
We're going to be a medical.
00:36
Go ahead and grab him and the next unseen view it.
00:39
Rescue[3] 96 copies, medical.
00:41
We see the victim out in the front.
00:42
We're going to grab them right now.
00:43
Cover that.
00:44
Torrance. Torrance command, give me one additional rescue, one additional VLS.
00:47
Torrance, copy.
00:48
One additional rescue, one additional BLS[2].
00:49
Torrance truck 96 unseen.
00:51
Truck 96, Torrance Command, you're going to be roof division, looks like a single-story strip mall.
00:56
Your objective is going to be vertical ventilation or the fire unit, which is the AutoZone, and it looks like we have some extension towards the Delta exposure.
01:05
Go ahead, get me an assessment on the roof, let me know if we have a common attic, open up the back of the Mansour, give me a report, see if we have your fire inside.
01:13
You're going to be roof division.
01:14
Engine 94 on scene, staging.
01:16
Truck 96, copy that roof division over the Auto Zone, check the Charlie's side.
01:22
Update through the Ken report.
01:23
Correct. Engine E4, current attack command.
01:26
I'm going to have you make sure my firefighter gets its first line to service, fire attack, into the AutoZone, on the Alpha side, and then bring a backup fire attack line.
01:35
You're going to take control of the crew.
01:37
My firefighter on Engine Eighty-6, you'll a fire attack, backup fire attack, to AutoZone right in the front.
01:43
You're going to be fire attack, backup fire attack.
01:45
That's ninety four copies for a tight, you can twilight all down time.
01:49
Engine 91 is on scene staging.
01:51
Engine... ...engine...
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34 at T staging.
01:53
...and on scene caging.
01:54
...and on scene at 95. There are going to be Division Bravo, which is the check-in to cache.
01:58
Looks like we have some extension in there.
02:00
Once you go ahead, get an interior, give me a primary search, check the ad for extension and get me a camera port.
02:05
If this thing keeps running laterally, I'd like to know if there's more structure we need to stay except on the sense of strip operations.
02:11
291 copy Bravo side checking the cache we'll check for extension and check the attic for extension as well 95 on scene station page 85 on scene staging engine 95 on page stage 8
02:26
contract and yes secondary water supply
02:28
yeah secondary water supply
02:30
Yeah. Engine 94, firetap, there's color zone, and a lot of heat.
02:35
It's difficult for the ambient here.
02:36
All visibility is about 30 feet in.
02:38
Can you, how are you doing on the environmental ventilation?
02:40
We're going to copy.
02:43
We're getting our way right over, and I'm ready before we see.
02:46
I don't know if it's clear, it looks like there's just a little residual smoke but no extension of the same.
02:52
Go ahead, stand by and hold in to implement if any conditions change.
02:58
And confirm you have no clearness.
03:00
We're making our way down to the unit to the left.
03:04
We're having that.
03:05
I'm going to do division, Alpha, so you're going to have Revis, the AutoZone.
03:11
You're going to have Engine 96, Engine 94, on Firetack, Fire Attack, 894 Captain, you can control those curves.
03:18
Division 97, copy.
03:20
Copy, I'm assigning Division Alpha, Division 87.
03:23
He's going to bring you some additional resources to report to him.
03:26
Mayday[1], Mayday, Mayday, Mayday.
03:27
This is Firefighter Comments on End of 94.
03:30
We can't find Firefighter Co-Learn.
03:32
She's off the hose line.
03:33
We have high heat, zero visibility.
03:35
All units, Toren's command, we have a Mayday[1] situation,
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use radio discipline,
03:42
break, firefighter Coburn, do you know.
03:45
Setting a heat hole right now and get some good smoke production.
03:48
How is it? Conditions inside.
03:50
Let me know if we need more extension.
03:51
Route Division, let's go ahead and hold all non-essential communications.
03:54
We have an active May Day situation.
03:56
Break. Engine 97, Division Alpha.
03:59
Do you copy the Mayday[1] situation with firefighter code.
04:02
Engine 97 copies made a situation on firefighter-covering.
04:06
Engine 95, contract command, or Torrance command, you're going to be Rick, you're in deployment mode.
04:12
That's your 4-0.
04:13
Go ahead and take over communications, try to get a hold of Firefighter Covern if you can on Torture.
04:20
Engine 95, copy that.
04:22
Simon of Rick, we just completed our secondary water supply with firefighter co-burn down we copy, we're going to be in deployment mode.
04:28
Copy. Torrance, Torrance command,
04:31
give me a third and fourth alarm, one additional rescue, one additional BLS[2].
04:37
Rip Q95 is on thing, Caging.
04:39
Rescue[3] 95, Torrance commands, you're going to be medical.
04:41
We had Rescue[3] 96 initially medical, but they took a patient.
04:44
Go ahead and stage next to BLS[2]-95 and BLS-993.
04:47
I've got read medical.
04:49
TORC command from Edge 94.
04:50
We found firefighter Coburn.
04:52
We're making our way out to Alta.
04:54
We're going to need medical.
04:55
Copy that break.
04:56
Rescue[3] 95, Torrance Command, decopy.
04:59
We have Firefighter Coburn, bring variet out the Alpha Side.
05:01
She's going to need immediate medical care.
05:03
Rescue[3] 95, copy.
05:04
We're waiting on the Alpha Side for Firefire Command.
05:06
Roof Division, Torrance Command.
05:09
We've got truck 91 on scene.
05:10
You need their systems on the roof and you need the additional ladders.
05:13
That's affirmative.
05:14
I'll take Truck 91.
05:15
Go ahead and have them for their aerial and meet us up on the Auto Zone.
05:17
We're going to prepare for a strip.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Mayday: Firefighter in distress or missing
[2]
BLS: Basic Life Support ambulance
[3]
Rescue: Rescue/medical unit
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Location mentioned:
Near W Carson St, Torrance, CA 90501
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