Firefighters conduct rescue drill during building fire response, Arlington Heights IL


Firefighters responded to a building fire on Westmore Avenue, Arlington Heights. During operations, a training mayday was called for a simulated firefighter lost and disoriented on the second floor. Rescue teams conducted drills to locate and assist the firefighter in distress.
Audio|Source: Northwest Central Dispatch (NWCD) - FD2 and Firegrounds
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Transcript:
00:00
Engine 12 from command.
00:05
All right, we have Engine 11 making a fire attack on the second floor.
00:11
I need you and your ambulance to do a primary on Division 1 and the basement.
00:17
All right, so we've got Engine 11 making fire attack, and you want Engine 12 to do a primary, both a basement and first floor.
00:25
With your ambulance, please.
00:27
Okay, Engine 12, Pand Ambulance Flood.
00:29
Correct, then I'm going to make you rescue group.
00:35
Okay, engine 12, name of 12 a rescue.
00:42
Command from squad 13, we have the RIT-TAC staged at the Alpha side door.
00:49
Received squad 13.
00:55
Command, Enron 12.
00:57
Good.
01:03
Training Mayday, Training Mayday, Training Mayday.
01:06
This is Firefighter Maynard.
01:09
I was on the line on Engine 11, on the second floor.
01:13
I lost pressure on my line,
01:16
and I came off the line. I'm now lost and disoriented on the second floor.
01:21
All right, I got you a firefighter mannered. Rescue from command, I need you to head up to two.
01:28
We've got a down fireman.
01:30
He's somewhere on the second division.
01:36
I mean, for a drill only here, I may have missed traffic. I've got to talk to my guys. We're only trying to take care of that rate.
01:43
Have one of you guys grab the ripag and bring it up to you.
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Arlington Heights, IL
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