Fire alarm triggers forced entry at apartment building, Ansonia CT


Fire alarm at an apartment building near Lester Street triggered fire units to respond. They found possible fire activity on the third floor, left apartment. No one answered the door, so firefighters planned to force entry and requested police assistance.
Audio|Source: Lower Naugatuck Valley Fire and EMS
04:43
Transcript:
00:00
Our dispatch near Lester Street.
00:16
Sonia fire dispatch on the air, appointing an automatic fire alarm, near Lester Street.
00:23
Assignments are engine one, engine four, engine six, ladder seven, and squad nine.
00:28
Cross streets are Grove Street and High Street.
00:31
Repeating WQAZ,
00:33
67A and Sonia Fire Dispatch reporting an automatic fire alarm near Lester Street.
00:38
Simon is engine one, engine four, engine six, ladder seven, and squad nine. Cross streets are Grove Street and High Street.
00:45
FIH Fireground One for all Fireground Communications at 17-25 hours.
01:16
Okay. Okay.
01:22
Sponding. Sighting. Sighting. Sighting. 1727.
01:26
All right.
01:31
Sparring. All unit is firing on arrival.
01:38
All units fire on one on arrival.
01:45
But nothing obvious, SLARP signing, 1728, no e-back.
01:53
Forming.
01:54
Engine 6 responding, 1729.
01:57
I'll be on scene.
02:02
I'll be on scene.
02:04
Confirm, Truck 7's report.
02:08
Six on scene, higher in front of 19.
02:17
1330.
02:18
Green,
02:23
I definitely think it's the third floor,
02:28
left from the alpha side.
02:31
99, so he's that start, left or right.
02:38
Can you hear the alarm up there?
02:45
1731.
02:53
Firefighter Owens coming up from the Charlie side stairs.
02:57
He's done set or ironed if you have to.
03:03
Just give me the approval, we'll do it.
03:11
Nobody's answering, I mean,
03:14
there's obviously something going on up there.
03:18
Receive, get the police there.
03:21
Yep, I'm going over to dispatch for a minute.
03:28
Tonya.
03:37
Representative to the scene,
03:39
it's going to be the third floor left department.
03:42
Nobody's answered our door, we're going to enforce it.
03:44
So I need a PD rep there.
03:51
Hey Mark, where are you at with those iron?
04:09
Where's that scene?
04:19
Where's your location with those aren't?
04:26
Chris, he was going up the back,
04:29
Charlie side stairs.
04:35
M3 to 24.
04:38
Go ahead, FM 30.
04:40
The lady is running up the street. It might be her apartments. Hang on one second.
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Location mentioned:
Near Lester St, Ansonia, CT 06401
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