Fire breaks out in multi-story building attic


A fire occurred in the attic of a multi-story building in Tucson, leading firefighters to switch strategies from attacking the fire to defending against it. Heavy smoke was reported, and crews were involved in rescuing people and ensuring safety.
Audio|Source: Tucson Police/Fire Citywide
04:35
Transcript:
Tiny 370 is on scene. Command, the tiny 370. Go ahead. You got a knockdown in a garage fire. You have the engine 374 on the second floor for the horizontal sandpipe. Checking for fire extension and primary search. You got 370 on the first floor protecting fire extensions. Checking for fire extension primary search and fire control. That's all correct. I'll take it from here. That's all correct. Engine 370 of the status change. Engine 370 goes to the status change. We have a primary clear in the first floor. We have fires knockdown. With no fire in the attic space, ready for reassignment. Engine 374 can't report. Command, this is engine 374. We have fire in the attic space, heavy smoke on the second floor. We're going to need another line on the second floor to the assistance fire attack. Command, copies. Engine 370, Command. Go ahead, command. I need to re-deploy your line from the second floor and to assist the engine 374 with fire attacks and probably a search on the second floor. Thank you, 281, 12, 56, 60 north pole row, freedom in northern town of canyon, 81 by 07, we want on fire. Ladder 375, come in for the scene, grab a corner of the building, give me a roof report. Ladder 375, God. Command Permanagh 375, I'm seen. Survey 375, come in with the scene, grab your currency, or EMS equipment, state, for the Alpha 5 for a transfer and triple. Command, engine 373, the reason, all in one station. Stand by. Engine 374 can. Command, engine 374, we have a good fire knockdown[2], checking for extension. We're at 20 PSI Air. We're in need to be recycled. Command copies. Engine 370, come into the team with their crew, follow the line for the second floor, and take over for engine 374 in their recycle. And engine 374? Go ahead, engine 374. Engine 374 is made it out of the building with a car of 3. We're going through cycle. I copy. Command ladder 375 to the roof report. Go through the report. Command, I got smoke and fire showing there's a second floor store. Sorry. Command copies, break. Bar alarm command. Go ahead. Give me emergency traffic[1] tones and have everyone in the exact way to the building. We are switching from offensive to defensive. We are switching from offensive to defensive. Warble, warble, warble. All units on the scene, we are switching from offensive to defensive. Command. Engine 370's auto-selling was more.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
emergency traffic: Urgent radio traffic indicating a critical safety situation
[2]
fire knockdown: Fire has been suppressed but not fully extinguished
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Tucson, AZ
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