Structure fire at 120 Darling Drive in Avon, Avon CT
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, a structure fire was reported near 120 Darling Drive in Avon. Smoke and flames were seen inside the building, possibly from the machine room near the loading docks. Firefighters responded with multiple units and a second alarm was started. The fire was reported as possibly out with smoke remaining inside. No sprinkler activation was noted during the incident.
Audio|Heard on: Avon Fire Department
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07:10
Transcript:
00:00
Structure fire, near Darling Drive.
00:11
Structure fire, near Darling Drive.
00:13
Near Darling Drive at Oracle.
00:17
Callers can see smoke and flames inside a building.
00:20
Have more details as soon as we can.
00:31
Base one responding.
00:36
Fire.
00:51
Base one, start a second alarm assignment.
01:00
Roger, we'll get it started.
01:06
Twenty-three is on the air in company three.
01:17
Responding.
01:25
Avon three responding.
01:31
Base one's on scene.
01:33
I'll be out checking.
01:37
Can you say who reported this?
01:47
Called in by multiple employees, also a call from the alarm company.
01:51
They stated it was a duct detector activation near the fire panel.
02:00
Okay, Roger.
02:02
I have nothing showing at this time.
02:04
I'm doing a 360.
02:06
Roger one, it's coming from the machine room area.
02:10
One of the callers mentioned machine room.
02:16
Okay, Roger.
02:24
Twenty-four on air station four.
02:34
Report of a machine room fire in the back.
02:40
Near the loading docks.
02:43
Command will be in the front parking lot on the alpha-delta corner.
02:56
Going to the command post.
03:01
Hold on, do you have eyes on anything yet?
03:10
Negative, just smoke in the area.
03:14
Twenty-six is coming around the east side of the building.
03:23
All right, I'm on the back side.
03:27
All incoming units, switch to fire operations channel one.
03:33
Fire ops one.
03:42
Seven responding for interior, choose four.
03:49
Twenty-three.
03:53
Avon four responding.
03:58
Four twenty-two 19.
04:05
Sun base, engine two responding.
04:10
Engine two en route, twenty-second shift.
04:18
Hands on.
04:20
Spoke to employees.
04:22
They're reporting it towards the front corner of the building,
04:27
which is the delta alpha corner.
04:35
Okay, roger.
04:37
Delta alpha corner.
04:39
First unit in, find the fire department connection.
04:50
I have an odor outside now.
04:54
I'll come back around to you.
05:04
Hey Trent.
05:09
On the second alarm sheet, we have the tanker strike team. Do you want that?
05:17
We will not need that for this location.
05:21
Roger, disregard tanker second alarm.
05:29
One two is responding.
05:49
Forty-six on.
05:52
Had access to the alpha side.
05:55
Reporting it was a machine fire, maybe out.
05:59
Smoking the machines out.
06:03
Possible machine fire, possibly out.
06:07
Investigating.
06:13
Engine eleven responding to entry.
06:21
Yeah, come in.
06:22
I'm in the back where the machine shop is.
06:24
I do have smoke in here,
06:26
a good amount.
06:35
Letter twelve responding, one and one.
06:46
Twenty-two twenty-six.
06:55
Twenty-six E, they didn't need the FPC charts.
07:01
No sprinkler activation yet.
07:03
Just smoke in the building.
07:06
Bravo Charlie corner.
07:08
Using where car one is as alpha.
Disclaimer:
This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
Darling Dr, Avon, CT 06001
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