Fire due to tree branch on wire traps residents by smoke, Cleveland Heights OH
Fire & ArsonA fire started near Meadowbrook Blvd due to a large tree branch on an electrical wire attached to a house. Smoke trapped people on the higher floors, causing breathing difficulties and preventing their escape. Firefighters responded and worked on controlling the fire and assisting those affected.
Audio|Source: Shaker Heights, University Heights and Cleveland Heights Fire Dispatch
06:49
Transcript:
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Have smoke on the first and best gains on you.
00:03
Command, 216 drivers.
00:04
Dispatch 1112.
00:06
Go ahead. Go ahead.
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Command, go.
00:09
Do we have a call at near Meadowbrook Blvd?
00:12
Copy, Hork and Fire[2], 216.
00:15
Affirmative, near Meadowbrook, crossings of Canterbury, large tree branch foam on electrical wire, which is attached to the house.
00:25
Respectful of them, I'm sorry.
00:26
Copy. Command, the 216 driver.
00:28
Okay. Let's hook off.
00:30
Copy dispatch.
00:31
Dispatch, 1112 and we're out.
00:33
Copy. 1121 dispatch, we're arriving on safe.
00:36
Report to command. Command, that's 215 driver.
00:39
Just 216 with water supply.
00:42
Copy. Happy, I help the water supply.
00:44
Truck 221 to dispatch.
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221, C221.
00:47
221 copies remaining in quarters.
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Copy.
00:51
Come in. Come in, go. Looks like we were able to knock it with a can.
00:54
I'll put you up a distinction of the record.
00:56
Copy that. We have a knock with the can.
00:58
Land to 245.
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245, go ahead.
01:01
245, bring another can up to the second floor, apartment 216.
01:06
Tossie, bring a can up to apartment 216.
01:09
Copy 1121, you can stay stage.
01:11
Can't be there.
01:12
Bring another dot.
01:13
Dispatch too, Randy can come here.
01:15
All right, dispatch. Copy any ventilation.
01:16
Just be advised, PD's advising that the third floor and above have people trapped and aren't able to get outside due to the smoke.
01:23
Have, uh, have all I can stay in their apartment.
01:27
It's, uh, you can advise to be.
01:28
Copy. Copy. Man, two on six.
01:30
Fire[2] is controlled, correct? Noor extension.
01:32
I'm going to continue to cruise in until I get a good confirmation that the fire is out.
01:39
This by Savannah you can command.
01:42
Good. Just be advised per PD the higher level floor that have elderly patients that are having trouble breathing.
01:48
Happy.
01:49
Hey, man, dispatch.
01:50
Go ahead. Do you have any room numbers on the people with trouble breathing?
01:55
Stand by.
01:56
1121.
01:57
Command, we're working on trying to get apartment numbers now.
02:00
Alright, go.
02:01
If you got any victims, get me room numbers on and I'll get you up there.
02:06
I copy. 721, can I have you go up to the fifth floor and evaluate the fifth floor for smoke considerations and any patients that we may have? Copy.
02:18
Head to the fifth floor.
02:19
243 dispatch. 243 transporting Metro.
02:21
Copy. Transference to command, go ahead.
02:24
This batch 1112 is on scene, BFI is out of service.
02:28
I copy that, we're working on it now.
02:30
Go ahead, 26 driver.
02:32
We are not hooked in the sandpipe yet.
02:33
It's a fan flight.
02:34
This is 2-5-3s on scene.
02:35
Probably. Dispatch the van they can command.
02:38
Command is 3rd floor PD is having an issue with a party that cannot breathe.
02:44
Third floor.
02:46
Room number?
02:47
They don't have a room number, they just keep saying third floor if we can get somebody up there.
02:51
Happy, we're working out.
02:53
Commandant 216, 353.
02:55
Dispatch from 353, 353, 353, 353, 321 unseen Van Aiken.
02:59
Probably. Do you have a station in front? Dispats the Van Aiken, command.
03:04
They're going to be in the stairwell.
03:05
She's with her. In the stairwell, copy.
03:07
Dispatch 2-1-2-7.
03:08
Dispatch 2-2-2-2-2-2.
03:10
I agree to Van A command.
03:11
Copy. Command is U12?
03:13
Attention, Shaker Heights Medical[1], Med2, Unit 242, Respond to near Van Aiken Boulevard, Shaker Heights.
03:22
12, can you come up to the building? We got victims on the third floor and the stairwell, difficulty breathing and can't get down.
03:31
Got me. Command disrespect.
03:32
Go ahead. Can you give me a list of units on scene?
03:35
Security and go.
03:36
1121, 1153, 21, 253, 212, 255, 2, 216, 245, 246, 246, 253, 262, 262.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Medical: Medical emergency, difficulty breathing
[2]
Fire: Fire emergency
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Location mentioned:
Near Meadowbrook Blvd, Cleveland Heights, OH 44118
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