Commercial building fire near Portmay Rd in Delaware Township, Watsontown PA
Fire & ArsonA commercial building fire occurred near Portmay Road at the Watsontown Brick Company Plant 3 in Delaware Township. Multiple fire units responded to heavy fire and equipment inside the building. A second alarm was requested to assist in firefighting efforts and tanker operations. Firefighters coordinated efforts to manage the blaze.
Audio|Source: Union County Fire
09:12
Transcript:
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Delaware Township, Monsetown Brick Company, near Port May Road.
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Plant 3.
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Commercial building fire.
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Watsontown Brick Company, Plant 3, near Port May Road,
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commercial building fire, box 92, company 9,
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tower and tanker 15, rescue and tanker 5, 2337.
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Central Tower 15 responding.
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Tower 15 responding, 2337.
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That's not until.
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9.02.
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On the scene,
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heavy fire and equipment inside the building.
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902, I'm seeing heavy fire and equipment inside the building.
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902, I'm assuming you're taking command.
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Can I put you on Channel 4?
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That's fine.
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Yeah, I'll have command and I'll get you a better situation update here.
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Okay, do you want a second alarm[1] dispatch?
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Central Spot 9 responding.
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Squad 9 responding, 2338.
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McH Chief 9.
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Central Tanger 5 responding.
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Tanger 5, 23338.
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Mickeyway, stage down there, you'll be stuck.
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1503, do your favor, take a lap around the building with your truck and see what's on the other side.
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And it's soon responding to Watson-Brick Company fire Delaware Township, move to Fire 4 for operations, Fire 4 for operations 2339.
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What's your thought process as far as Phil's site?
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Best five responding moved to fire four.
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Central, finger two three responding.
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Anchor 15239. Anchor 15, 2339.
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Go ahead.
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You're just on a town somewhere.
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You want to get something up there.
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Squad nine, that's still.
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Go ahead.
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This is going to be the new building at the top of the hill. I want you to try and lay five of them down from the top, if I remember we could have enough,
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from the entrance there, try and keep it off to one side here, though, so we can get,
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from bay door.
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Copy that, lay in,
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trying to keep it off the one side. See, building.
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We've got heavy black smoke on this side of the building.
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Central 15.02 on scene.
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2341.
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Central,
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tanker 92. Response 1 to 4.
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Tanker 922, 2341.
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Tanker 9, 2341. Tanker 9, 2341.
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Central 59, obscene.
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SWAT 92341 T522 Central.
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We're going to start your second alarm[1].
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And I pick the hider now that, let's do South Main, you want to do South Maine in Grandville.
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Florida Township, Watson Town Brick Company, near Port May Road,
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commercial building fire.
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Watsontown Brick Company, Plant 3,
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near Port May Road, commercial building fire,
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box 92, second alarm[1], tanker 17,
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rescue and tanker 2.
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Engine 17s.
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2342.
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Almost there, what do you need?
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Alright, when you come off of Port May, stay to the right, come all the way back until you...
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C to Mick U8, follow that straight up around, and once you get up here, we'll give an assignment.
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Central 501 is on the scene.
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Right there.
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I'm doing the one that you've got to see before.
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Central 904 is on the scene.
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904 on the scene, 23443.
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902 central.
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992, your fill slate's going to be at Riverview Drive in Dixon Avenue, right there at the Higer.
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All right there at the Higer.
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All right, that's about this to you can.
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To assume Tanker 9 at this point,
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I'm going to have probably Clinton Township take that hydrant for your Phil, so I'll confirm that once I have an idea here.
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Tanger 9 on Bill.
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All,
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federal.
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Tanger 5, what do you need?
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Find for our rescuities responding.
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Rescickeys responding, 2344.
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Tanger 5. You can't do my next seat, son.
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Engine 13, command, we're about five minutes out. What are your orders for?
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Yes, the tanker 5.
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Central, tanker 9 on the scene. Take up.
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Tanker 9, 2345.
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We're here on the left.
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Well, make up your mind. We were told you go to the mickey and turn left.
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Stamstruck an hour's farm.
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Where I make you wait? Where do you want us to go? Up on the hill, we're back to where you're at.
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Banker 5. Number 5,
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going up the hill, drive-4-9, set up a dump site. Or dump site.
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Command 9, rescue 5, right behind Tanker 5, you ordered.
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Find a place down there to park out of the way and say you're called out of the street line up for a two and a half.
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Got to that.
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Command 9, Tanker 15, your orders.
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Dr. B. Dr. Cansion 5, we're just set up.
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3, Shakespeare Avenue.
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Cross streets of Cameron Avenue and Wall Street.
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Chest paint.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
second alarm: Upgraded fire response level requesting additional companies/resources beyond the initial assignment
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Near Portmay Rd, Watsontown, PA 17777
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