Mattress fire extinguished by sprinklers at Clark County, Clark County NV
Medical EmergencyA mattress fire occurred near apartment 143 in Clark County and was extinguished by the sprinkler system. Occupants were evacuated and medically evaluated with no medical needs reported. Fire alarms were silenced and water from the sprinkler system drained. Several units worked on ventilation and salvage, and the fourth floor and other areas were cleared with no further issues.
Audio|Source: Las Vegas and Clark County Fire
06:25
Transcript:
00:00
Rescue 1, can you check with the occupants? It looks like most of them are evacuated out here on the alpha side of the building and just see if you have the medical needs.
00:09
Rescue 1, come.
00:17
Command, Battalion 1 Alpha, Army's position on the second floor.
00:21
The apartment is near 143, and if we can get somebody shut off the fire line.
00:31
Copy, near 143,
00:33
and we'll get somebody to work on the alarm.
00:35
Let me know what the needs are up there on the second floor.
00:39
We're going to need salvage and ventilation.
00:48
I'm going to designate you as Division 2. So far you have Engine 1 working for you.
00:55
I'm going to assign you Truck 8 right now and let me know if you need additional.
01:00
That's affirmative.
01:01
Give me one more unit, have them bring squeegees.
01:08
We've got a stairwell close to the apartment. We'll be able to just push it all down the stairwell.
01:15
Copy. You'll have truck 8 and engine 8 come in your way. Break truck 8, command.
01:21
Truck 8.
01:23
Truck 8. Need you guys to be prepared to do some ventilation, probably electric fan, and then also bring salvage equipment up to the second floor. You're going to report to Division 2. It's a battalion 1 alpha.
01:37
Copy. I'll bring our electric fan and salvage equipment to Division 2.
01:44
Command, Engine 1 Engineer.
01:47
Engineer,
01:48
go ahead.
01:51
This building the control panels right inside.
01:53
Me and the 201 Engineer are trying to silence it now for you.
01:58
Okay, thank you.
01:59
Great Engine 8 command.
02:03
Engineering, bye.
02:05
You guys are also going to be assigned a Division 2, work with Truck 8 to make sure you guys are getting the needed ventilation and salvage equipment up there. Report to Battalion 1 Alpha.
02:14
He's Division 2 supervisor.
02:19
Vision 8 copies Division 2. Okay, fine.
02:27
Make sure to bring your salvage bag.
02:31
We still got an activated sprinkler and water is not off yet.
02:34
You're going to need your shotgun to shit at all.
02:40
Engine 6. Indian 6 is going to clear.
02:44
Metro is still being needed.
02:46
The lane of traffic is blocked off.
02:49
There was nobody transported to the house.
02:55
If I made, I copy that report. Just want to confirm, did you say, second floor?
03:02
That's affirmative.
03:03
Mortu.
03:06
All right, have you been up to four? That was where I assigned you guys initially to check the fourth floor for any smoke and evacuation needs.
03:18
Man, truck one, can you repeat?
03:21
Truck one, I was checking the status of the fourth floor. That was where I had initially assigned you. I didn't know if you cleared that already or if I need to get another unit up there if you're engaged on two.
03:33
Command from engine 201.
03:38
Engine 201, go ahead.
03:43
We're with the building maintenance.
03:45
We think we've shut down those sprinklers system. It should take a few minutes for it to bleed out.
03:52
Okay, copy that water.
03:53
You believe the sprinklers are shut down.
03:56
Break, Truck 1, Command.
04:02
I have from Chuck One.
04:04
The fourth floor is clear.
04:06
Everybody's sheltered in place.
04:09
I haven't been knocking on doors since the conditions are clear on the fourth floor.
04:14
Okay, I copy that. I just want to confirm that you had been there and there were no needs that we still had to address.
04:22
That's for everness.
04:24
Copy. Great Division 2, come in.
04:28
Division 2 by.
04:31
I just want to confirm so you have Truck 1 also working in your location now.
04:36
The report from Engine 201 is that the sprinklers have been shut down. We're just waiting for the system to drain and let me know if you have any additional leads.
04:46
Yeah, just once we can get these fire alarms, silence, probably what the water is going to get drained.
04:52
And then also,
04:54
the fire was a mattress fire that was extinguished by the sprinkler.
05:00
There was no extension past the mattress.
05:04
Okay, copy that, mattress fire,
05:07
extinguished by the sprinklers,
05:09
and we're just waiting on the alarms and the water to drain out of the system. Let me know if you need additional resources I have other companies staged.
05:19
Copy, I've got eight apartments at the east end that have water and the hallway.
05:28
I've got four crews if I keep truck one up here.
05:32
We'll be able to knock this out in about 15 minutes.
05:34
I don't have any additional need.
05:39
Okay, copy. And that's correct. You have four companies up there. The other floors have been cleared.
05:44
And I'm going to start releasing some of the other staged units if you don't have any additional needs.
05:54
I'm going to do the stage that's squeege as a parallel for us to grab.
06:07
Thank you. Okay.
06:10
Rescue one, go ahead.
06:15
All parties outside of the building are denied medical.
06:20
Copy, thanks, Rescue One. I'm just going to have you to stand by for four minutes as we get a little closer to wrap it up.
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