Residential house fire reported on Matter Lane, Dauphin County PA


Firefighters responded to a residential structure fire near Matter Lane. The fire involved the attic and second floor of a two-story single-family house. Multiple fire units were dispatched to the scene to control and extinguish the fire. The fire reportedly started near garbage outside the rear of the house.
Audio|Source: Dauphin County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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Near Matter Lane for residential structure fire, engine 2161, 908.
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Chief 28 from Ken.
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Command 20 on Maine.
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Engine 29 on Halifax.
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Captain 20 from 2.22.
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Go ahead.
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Hey, you're on a single lane road.
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I'm almost to the end of the lane.
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You're only going to get one engine and one truck.
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Tankers are going to be a mess.
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All right, I'll pull it up down.
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Go ahead for engine 29.
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All right, I got the rear of the house off.
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It looks like it started in garbage.
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Engine, you want the utility for manpower?
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Command 20, engine 26.
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We're on shipping dam.
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Let me know what you need.
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Yeah, you got it. Go for him.
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All right, I'll see who's here when we get here.
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Box 202[1], near Matter Lane for residential structure fire.
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Engine 27, 1910.
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County, Captain 20's arrived.
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I have Matterlane command.
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Captain 20, I copy.
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Engine 21 Rider 1, verify.
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Captain 20, engine 26.
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We're about two minutes out.
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26, you're going to be the second engine.
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If you beat my engine here, I want you to lay it to circle back.
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I've got a two-story, five single-family dwelling, outside in fire from the Charlie's side.
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We've got fire in the attic and in the second floor.
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County, attack 26 responding with three.
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Command 20, I copy.
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Lay in from the circle back.
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Okay, attack 26 off three.
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That's correct.
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There's a big semi-circle back here.
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I believe it was right at the driveway to 33.
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There is a basement with no exterior access.
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Copy that. We're going to have our tanker right on our tail.
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Command 20 from the tanker.
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We're dropping four tank right where they're laying in.
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County Utility 21 responding with two.
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Utility 21.
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Offering. County can put engine 26 on location.
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We're going to be dropping five inches of the circle.
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Engine 26. I want the first tanker back the lane with the engine.
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The run order is first engine and second engine back the driveway,
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and then a tanker, then the truck.
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Everybody else will stage in line of approach,
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have the third engine in, come up and establish writ.
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Fourth engine and fifth engine work out water supply.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
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202: Box alarm for fire
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Location mentioned:
Matter Ln, Upper Paxton Township, PA 17061
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