Fire on apartment balcony with occupants evacuated, Grand Island NE
Fire & ArsonA fire broke out on the balcony of an apartment building. Firefighters arrived and confirmed light smoke and fire on the exterior deck. Residents were evacuated and a search was done to ensure no one was inside the apartment.
Audio|Source: Grand Island Police, Fire and EMS
08:37
Transcript:
00:00
There's a fire at an apartment building, unknown if anybody's inside. It's on the balcony. He said it's growing quickly. Fire departments in rail.
00:09
Okay, farm in rail.
00:17
You're responding to the fire alarm. This was put in wrong. It's going to be a fire, an actual fire.
00:57
Rescue 3 is responding. Fadley, place.
01:05
4, engine 2 and engine 1.
01:07
Assist with structure fire.
01:09
At 6.50, Fadley place.
01:17
Structure fire[1], the mail is inside trying to get people outside.
01:21
He thinks there's people home.
01:28
The unit's responding to the structure fire. The mail went inside. He's trying to get people out. There is people inside of the apartment.
01:38
Stand for it.
01:40
Right. Understood.
01:47
5.4 JAC.
01:50
4.5.1.
01:53
These are made routes to the structure fire.
01:54
The 13th is starting.
01:59
492 JIC.
02:14
Morning 2, standby. Units responding there's an elderly female, she's Spanish speaking, she just opened the balcony door. Was advised to go out the front.
02:26
EAC, show me a rest.
02:30
35.
02:32
Myself and battalion are alien bogs.
02:37
I'm interested.
02:41
I have to break it in to get into the apartment.
02:53
Stately Custer 3.5.
02:56
The left side of the building.
03:11
It's responding to fire structure. Pied on scenes advising it's the west side of the building, west side of the building.
03:22
Ladder four is on scenes, two-story, multi-family residential,
03:30
light smoke in the area,
03:32
all units,
03:39
stage on arrival, a few people exiting the building,
03:44
standby for 360.
03:51
12-02.
03:52
4-2 reference that mail no one's valid.
04:05
4-4-2. Go ahead.
04:10
reference that mail no one's valid. It is attached.
04:14
10-4[2], thank you.
04:16
2135.
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Command to Rescue 3, come on into a stately place driveway.
04:29
Come on up to the behind ladder fort.
04:34
Understood, we got fire on the west side, on the patio.
04:38
Do you want us to pull a line from here?
04:41
On the west side of the building, be the Webb Road side.
04:47
N4 Rescue 3, Webroadside.
04:59
Time 1, engine 2.
05:04
The page in between Badley Court and Bailey Place the hydrant, go ahead.
05:12
Why don't you go ahead and lay the hydrant line at this time? We got pretty good fire on the west side.
05:20
Understead, you want us to lay in Rescue 3?
05:25
Correct, lay in the rescue three up behind my truck.
05:30
Understood, we'll lay a line, going ahead of rescue.
05:37
Ambulance four need you to go off.
05:41
Park on Fadley there and come attached to rescue three.
05:47
Pernished.
05:55
Command to Ladder Force.
06:03
Ladder 4.
06:06
Are you going to be able to make entry into that apartment for a search?
06:13
Ladder 4 is making entry right now into the apartment for search from the Delta side.
06:22
Command,
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understand, ladder 4,
06:27
make an entry delta side for search.
06:37
Command engine two.
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Rescue 3, command.
06:51
Command,
06:53
go ahead, rescue 3.
06:57
We made access from the patio.
06:59
I forced the door.
07:02
We just got light smoke inside.
07:05
It appears we got a knock down on the patio. We're going to do a search quick.
07:13
I understand doing search, just confirming you think this was an exterior deck fire?
07:24
As far as I can tell now, we have ladder four inside also.
07:34
Command,
07:35
understand, ladder four is inside.
07:38
Exterior deck fire.
07:47
Engine two, tailboard.
07:49
To engine two engineer.
07:53
Angel one's on scene, staging level one.
07:59
Command, engine two, do not charge the hydrant line yet. Do not charge the hydrant line.
08:07
Engine two, tailboard, understand.
08:12
Rescue 3, command, primary search, complete.
08:20
Command, I understand, primary search complete.
08:23
Command,
08:24
engine one, if you want to come up on the Delta side and go on deck there,
08:32
we'll see what we need.
08:35
Copy Engine 1, Delta, site, on deck.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Structure fire: Fire involving a building or other structure
[2]
10-4: Acknowledgement / OK
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Grand Island, NE
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