Fire response on Mentow Drive with collapse hazard, Bedford County VA
Fire & ArsonEmergency fire response took place on Mentow Drive, Virginia. Engine 5 and multiple units were dispatched to establish water supply and manage a structural collapse hazard. Additional tanker units and manpower were requested to assist. The team controlled utilities and planned to use portable pumps for water supply. Personnel were advised on safety and staging procedures during the incident.
Audio|Source: Bedford County Fire and Rescue (Ops)
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Transcript:
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Engine 5 command.
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Engine 5 chauffeur command.
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Engine 5 chauffeur command.
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Engine 5 chauffeur command.
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Command, engine five chauffeur,
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go ahead with your traffic.
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With your personnel working,
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would you be able to take your apparatus and go establish for our spot or dry hydrogen on Mentow Drive?
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10-4[1].
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Copy, thank you.
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Desperate Alabaster Command.
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As you go out and turn right and send on Lake Parkway, turn left on the Mento Drive, and it's on the left, you should see it.
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Bedford Alastair Command.
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Go ahead.
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Altavista has a tanker in route.
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They're asking if you need additional manpower or additional units.
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If they can apply additional manpower, I'd be good,
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along with their tanker.
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dry hazard they may have to put a float strainer in a pond maybe
02:04
okay just so they're prepared is that they don't get it right there
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Dufford alabaster command command command go ahead
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Now Company 11 for the air trailer please.
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10-4[1]. Brand operations.
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Go ahead.
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All right, for paying things have them shut off and we're controlling utilities now.
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Copy.
02:49
It looks like the Bravo side is looking to collapse out also, just so everyone on the scenes aware.
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Copy.
03:00
All units aware.
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Delta South, Central Left.
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Operations Command.
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Any personnel that you're not using,
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we can have them stage over here by the command posts to be relief units.
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Command FM3, I'm about five minutes out, staging,
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and what is the location of the homeowners?
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When you arrive, you're going to have to keep your vehicle out where you see the medic units and come in on foot.
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When you get back here, the command post is right in front of wagon line.
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I'll show you where he's at.
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Tenmore, thank you.
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Thank you for Fire Command.
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Command, did you get the Power Company, right? Have they been notified?
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About for Command.
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Have y'all contacted Power Company for this area?
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Negative. I can figure where what Power Company provides the area.
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Command tanker five.
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Tanker five, what's your location?
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Coming up on Alibuster.
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Copy.
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When you arrive, just stage out with the medic units for now.
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Tanker cans might get out of here and then you'll back up in their place to dump your water in a drop tank.
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We're going to utilize tankers that way, backing in and out to dump in a drop tank of wagon one.
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Take your Bob copies.
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Come in, it is south side.
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It is south side.
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Southside. Beffer, you copy, Southside.
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Ten point.
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Beffert, take your father's arriving.
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This is out of water.
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All right,
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one's out of water.
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All you want's out of water.
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Wait a little thing.
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Comedian, you got a portable pump so we can pump out of this pool?
05:53
Unaware.
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Any unit on the scene have a portable pump available.
06:04
We'll just locate one.
06:06
We'll send it to you back there.
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10-4: Acknowledgment/Affirmative
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Mentow Dr, Virginia 24104
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