Apartment fire with smoke at Chesapeake complex, Chesapeake VA
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire units responded to an apartment complex near Grady Crescent and Grady Street in Chesapeake, Virginia. Smoke was visible from the two-story building front door. A primary search found burnt food on a stove, indicating the cause was accidental. The fire was handled on scene with no other significant damage reported.
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06:50
Transcript:
00:00
Crescent four five, Grady Crescent crossing Grady Street.
00:04
Apartment fire.
00:05
All units respond on TAC two.
00:07
TAC two at 2009.
00:13
Ladder five on TAC two?
00:18
Ladder from Chesapeake responding.
00:21
Oh yeah.
00:23
Rescue 15 responding.
00:27
Okay.
00:32
Three on attack.
00:37
Engine one, check.
00:42
Engine two is responding to attack too.
00:45
Just be advised we do have an active alarm going off in the background.
00:52
Got it.
00:57
Engine one, checking.
01:02
Central. Or Valvar, are we going to be closer than on the other engine? On that call at Grady Crescent?
01:10
Have I.
01:15
Copy to Angel One, that's right.
01:20
One copy.
01:29
Engine One and Medic One, Charlie Alpha Nine Zero Five, Wadena Road.
01:35
Time out 2011.
01:45
Engine One, Medic One, District Two Hundred and Fifteen,
01:48
Nine Hundred and Five Wadena Road.
01:50
Nine Hundred and Five Wadena Road crossing Rutledge Road for a female feeling dizzy,
01:56
having difficulty breathing.
01:57
Time out 2012.
02:07
Medic Twelve, Alpha Bravo Two Eight Three Three, Med Down View Road.
02:12
Time Out Twenty Twelve.
02:21
Medic Twelve, District Twelve Oh One, Twenty Eight Thirty Three Meadowview Road, Two Eight Thirty Three Meadows View Road, Crossing Greenview Road.
02:31
Sick person, time out 25.
02:37
Three Chesapeake.
02:40
Engine three.
02:42
On scene, large two-story apartment complex.
02:49
I've got smoke coming from the alpha side front door.
02:54
I'll be Grady Crescent command, out conducting a 360.
03:00
Great. Command of my next two units, go ahead and secure a hydrant.
03:05
Chesapeake County Engine 3 on scene, large two-story apartment complex, smoke showing from the outside front door.
03:10
In command now investigating.
03:11
Area 360 2014.
03:16
Tell you what, Chesapeake.
03:18
It's not one.
03:21
Okay, one phone scene.
03:23
Battalion one command.
03:27
Command, go ahead chief.
03:30
All right, copy you have a two-story multifamily.
03:35
You have smoke showing on the alpha side.
03:38
If that is correct, give me your team.
03:43
That's correct, Chief.
03:46
I got 360 complete, no changes.
03:48
We're stretching an inch and a quarter to the alpha side,
03:53
preparing to make entry.
03:57
Okay, you should have an occupant that it's out front.
04:03
If you can confirm that.
04:05
Great, come in.
04:07
Tell you what.
04:13
Hello.
04:16
Okay, Norfolk Engine 8 to 2015 Battalion 1, go ahead.
04:20
Battalion 1 will be ready to command.
04:22
Command post will be located on the opposite side.
04:25
We'll be bringing in the offensive strategy.
04:29
Great. Command to Engine 2.
04:33
Engine 2.
04:38
Your closest hydrant is going to be at Bainbridge and Grady.
04:42
Bainbridge and Grady.
04:44
If you lay in,
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make sure you lay to the right side.
04:52
Engine two copies, we're at the hydrant at Bainbridge and Crescent.
04:58
Why don't your chest be going through?
05:03
2016.
05:06
Command Ladder Two.
05:09
Ladder Two.
05:14
Make entry with Engine Three on the offensive attack, on the attack line.
05:19
Give me a primary search.
05:22
Received, making entry Fire Two.
05:29
Command Institute.
05:34
Engine two.
05:38
Come on up, go past it, ladder two.
05:41
Do not lay in and give me a primary search in the Bravo one apartment.
05:52
Copy. Come in and assist primary search, Bravo one apartment.
06:01
Ladder two, come in.
06:03
Go ahead.
06:06
Burnt food on the stove.
06:07
I'll let you and Engine Three handle it.
06:12
Copy, burnt food on the stove yourself and Engine Three can handle with that correct?
06:21
Yes sir, keep Engine Two here as well, but yeah we can handle it.
06:24
We're going to keep attack for a minute.
06:27
All right, I copy.
06:29
Yourself, Engine Two and Engine Three, we're keeping attack.
06:36
All other companies can clear, is that correct?
06:40
Yes, sir.
06:43
Great, you command the Chesapeake.
06:45
You can return all companies to quarters with exception of Ladder Two, Engine Two.
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:
Grady St & Grady Crescent, Chesapeake, VA 23324
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