Fire crews respond to blaze at Family Dollar store, Chesapeake VA
Fire & ArsonFire crews are responding to an active fire at the Family Dollar store in Chesapeake, Virginia. Multiple crews are operating at the scene, using water supply and hose lines to fight the fire, especially on the roof and the Charlie side of the building.
Audio|Source: Chesapeake Fire
04:51
Transcript:
00:00
Ladder are you going to be operating on?
00:02
You're going to be further towards the Delta side of the strip?
00:07
Okay, we're operating directly in front of Engine 2 on the roof, right in front of Engine 2.
00:15
Where they're stretching that line to the Charlie side, through the building, that's where the fire is.
00:21
Agent 2, command.
00:22
Go ahead. We've got a line, pressed off engine 2, 2nd3 now where the fire is.
00:26
I copy.
00:27
So you're going to be on the opposite side of Family Dollar, correct?
00:33
Affirmative, we're going to be on the Providence side of the Family Dolly and the state union where they have the previous fire at.
00:38
We've sent the line only to Charlie's side now to engine three.
00:41
Copy.
00:42
Break. Command engine three.
00:43
Agent three, go ahead.
00:45
Do you have a water supply? Established.
00:48
I have engine one's driver waiting at the hydrant preparing for a forward lay
00:54
engine one driver copy engine nine later ten
00:59
ladder tends on seeing what pulling up
01:03
LT switch over talk around
01:04
Is it working good.
01:05
Is that hydrant you all are sitting on going to be our next closest on the alpha side?
01:10
Affirmative.
01:11
That was unable to get on the radio.
01:12
It's flush radio guys.
01:13
Time to engine 28.
01:14
20 go ahead please you can change your phone location this station to shoot please copy station two two
01:25
just be coupled engine three command go ahead
01:33
I've also got engine four parked on Fontana with their own water supply.
01:37
I'm confident we don't need to lay any 5 inch right now.
01:43
Received. 14 you copy.
01:44
Stand by on that.
01:45
Break. Command engine 3, do they have anything stretched to you to supply you?
01:51
Negative. But they do that water supply, they've got one engine three-quarter already off the truck, slaked out to the building.
01:58
Receive.
01:59
Go ahead and at least get one established through them, please.
02:04
City Command.
02:05
Go ahead.
02:06
We are positioned on Santayana.
02:08
We have our own water supply.
02:10
We are able to stretch 200 feet to the Charlie side door where all the other crews are standing by.
02:17
All the other crews are standing by.
02:22
Awesome. Copy.
02:24
Ladder 5 zone thank you.
02:26
Okay, ladder 5, 1900.
02:28
Engine 2 operator, command.
02:29
Command, go ahead.
02:30
Yes, sir, I got beach engine 10 right here beside me.
02:32
They can give me 750 gallons if we need it.
02:36
Receive. Engine 3, command.
02:37
Come here, go ahead.
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Chesapeake, VA
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