Fire crews respond to exterior fire at residential building, Bernards NJ
Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to an exterior fire at a two-story house near Chestnut court. The house was unoccupied. The fire extended onto the building, and firefighters forced entry to check if the fire spread inside. They found minor smoke in the attic and ventilated it to clear smoke.
Audio|Source: Bernards Township, Somerset Hills, and Somerset County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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All right. Exterior fire is going to knock down.
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We did extend to the two-story residential,
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but the occupants are not home, so we're going to force entry to check for extension inside.
00:08
Great, Steve.
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To verify I'm not that 15-17 forcing entry[2] to check for possible extension inside.
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Okay.
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Near Chestnut establishing command[1] investigating.
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Right, Steve. You got plenty feel coming in.
00:19
Eugene two to all units, three-quarter attack, right three-quarter attack.
00:22
I'm going to switch up to their frequency.
00:24
254 BLS1 responding in the Bridgewater.
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Go ahead. See, from the attic, second floor,
00:29
we have a very minor smoke condition coming from the A side wall, probably just drifting in.
00:35
We're going to try and turn on the attic fan see if that clears it out.
00:38
Then four, we'll give it a quick standard again with the line outside.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
establishing command: Incident command is being set up at the fire scene
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forcing entry: Firefighters are making entry due to safety concerns
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Location mentioned:
Near Chestnut Ct, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
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