Apartment fire at Town Lake Circle in Austin, Austin TX
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire occurred at an apartment complex near Town Lake Circle in Austin. Smoke was seen from the roof of a three-story courtyard-style building. Firefighters conducted an offensive attack, found an entire living room on fire in apartment 208 on the second floor, and successfully knocked down the fire. The building was evacuated and no injuries were reported.
Audio|Heard on: Travis TX Fire-Tac Group Calls
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06:37
Transcript:
00:00
Austin Fire Department.
00:01
We have a box alarm on Fire Tac 201.
00:02
Box 2202 at near Town Lake Circle, Apartment 208, with ladder 22, truck one, ladder 17, engine 22, engine 7, engine 1, engine 13, FTO 1, Battalion 4, Battalion 1, and safety 1 responding.
00:17
So all units responding except for Truck 1?
00:20
Truck 1 responding.
00:23
Engine 22 is on scene, submit command.
00:26
Petect 2.01.
00:27
We have a three-story apartment building,
00:30
smoking the area coming from the roof.
00:33
It's a courtyard-style apartment with pitch roof.
00:38
We'll be in the offensive mode.
00:40
I will be conducting 360s.
00:42
Engine 22 on-scene assuming command, three-story apartment complex.
00:45
Smoke coming from the roof, courtyard style, pitch-roof, offensive mode.
00:50
Inj 22 from Battalion 1, what color is smoke?
00:58
Oncoming units,
01:00
we've got to the back of the complex, the smoke was gray in color, and now it's black from the third floor.
01:06
Reports from PD seen an entire living room on fire.
01:09
Making her way to the third floor now.
01:12
Incheon 7s out, back up.
01:14
Henson back up.
01:17
All incoming units from command.
01:20
Harbor 208 is the apartment on fire.
01:23
It's going to be on the second floor.
01:25
We have thick black smoke banked down halfway for our neutral plane on the outside breezeway.
01:32
I have the front door open.
01:35
Neutral plane is to the shoulders.
01:38
I have the entire living room on fire.
01:41
We are pulling the line,
01:43
getting ready to push from the front door.
01:46
Still in the offensive mode.
01:47
One apartment involved.
01:49
Ladder 22 is out.
01:51
I'll be assuming command on 201.
01:53
Nothing further to add to 22 sides up.
01:56
I got 22 is pulling in line.
01:58
Ladder 22 out of assuming command inside truck.
02:00
Ladder 22 out of assuming command inside truck.
02:02
Out of hydrant.
02:04
We're bringing you water.
02:06
22s.
02:07
22 received.
02:09
Tend to 13,000.
02:12
Engine 22, let me know when you're ready for water.
02:15
Andrew 22, ready for water.
02:18
Then in water.
02:20
Dispatch from Command, oh sorry, dispatch from Battalion 1.
02:23
Go ahead and make it a second alarm.
02:25
Receive, second alarm.
02:28
Engine 22, driver from Engine 7.
02:30
We're going to dump a bundle right over here so you can supply it right over this edge.
02:36
You see where we are?
02:38
Engine at the hydrant, go ahead and send me water.
02:41
Battalion 1 from Dispect.
02:44
Do you know where you want staging to be at?
02:47
Go ahead, but I'm not on scene.
02:50
Do you know where you want staging to be at?
02:53
I have those days outside trucks.
02:58
All incoming units, we got fire knocked down.
03:02
Unit at the hydrant, go ahead and send water when you got it.
03:06
We had to relocate to another hydrant about 100 feet away.
03:10
Stand by.
03:11
Free seat.
03:13
Go ahead and charge that backup line.
03:16
Battalion 4 is on scene, assuming command.
03:20
We're going to call it TALA command.
03:23
The office side is going to be where engine 13 is parked.
03:26
We're going to remain in the offensive mode.
03:29
We do have a fire knocked down announced.
03:33
Battalion 4th.
03:34
Ladder 22 for command.
03:52
Go ahead, come in.
03:55
I get a camera port, please.
03:58
We have fire knocked down.
04:01
We're searching the primary apartment.
04:03
The apartment on fire is on the second floor of the two-story buildings.
04:08
There are two separate, three-story buildings attached by the roof.
04:13
We're going to continue searching.
04:15
No, we're just on these any.
04:19
Receive fire, knockdown.
04:21
I'm going to go ahead and make your inside division.
04:24
You're going to have engine 22 and engine 7.
04:27
The engine 22 driver, water's coming.
04:31
Engine 22 driver receives.
04:33
Yeah,
04:36
I got a command pass.
04:40
Ladder 17th command.
04:49
Sarah slow down.
04:53
Go for Ladder 17.
04:55
The ladder 17 will make you outside division.
05:04
You're going to have engine 13 as water supply.
05:09
Receive, engine 13, wire supply, outside of vision.
05:13
Answer 22's on hydrant.
05:15
Command from fire dispatch.
05:16
We're at a 13-minute incident time, and can I get a staging location?
05:23
Receive 13 minutes on scene.
05:26
Hold 1 for a staging location.
05:28
Battalion 1.
05:31
Command from battalion 1.
05:35
Go ahead and tell you one.
05:40
Command from battalion eviction.
05:42
Primary search complete.
05:43
Nothing found.
05:45
The whole building has been evacuated.
05:48
Command receipt.
05:50
Primary search complete.
05:52
Nothing found. Whole building evacuated.
05:54
What's our fire extension situation?
05:58
We're pulling ceiling now, checking walls.
06:02
Receive, pulling ceiling,
06:04
fire dispatch command.
06:06
Let's stage our second alarm at the corner of Elmont-Town Lake Circle.
06:10
Elmont, Town Lake Circle,
06:12
and Engine 17, are you direct on that? You're going to be staging manager.
06:18
engine 17 is direct we'll be staging manager command from outside of the vision we have electric cut to apartment 208
06:35
receive electric cut for 208
Disclaimer:
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Location mentioned:
Town Lake Cir, Austin, TX 78741
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