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Structure fire contained in Benton TownshipBerrien County MI

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audio iconFire & Arson
Benton Township, MI

A structure fire occurred near John Street in Benton Township. The fire was quickly brought under control, and additional city fire crews were not needed.

Audio|Heard on: Berrien County Met North Public Safety
Listen to dispatch call
01:40
Transcript:
00:00
We had fire under control here about five minutes ago.
00:05
Smith.
00:11
Attack boss from command.
00:12
Back boss from command.
00:24
3201 from Smith.
00:27
Go ahead.
00:31
You may want to show the guy in the attic what to do, he's pretty inexperienced.
00:40
Yeah, we're working with roots.
00:47
He doesn't come around much, so we've got to show him the way.
00:55
Berrien County 3232, Tito off the diesel reserves.
00:59
Clear.
01:05
Clearing of Benton Township Off duty and reserves request for you.
01:09
Near John Street, near John Street on our structure fire.
01:14
Advocene clear on the call on 911.
01:17
Operations are on firebound 1.
01:18
Barians clear 710.
01:25
6802 command.
01:32
Are you gonna need the St.
01:34
Joe City's crew?
01:36
No,
01:38
I think we're good.
01:39
You can go ahead and clear them.

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Benton Township, MI

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Incident Timeline

  1. Incident Wrap-up and Demobilization
  2. Fire Under Control and Overhaul
  3. Fire Located and Suppression Efforts Intensify
  4. Utilities and Water Supply Managed
  5. Working Fire Confirmed and Firefighting Operations Begin
  6. Arrival and Initial Assessment
  7. Initial Dispatch and Response

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