Structure fire with multiple crews operating near Main St, Dunstable MA
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, a structure fire involving a one-and-a-half story wood-frame building is underway near Main Street. Multiple fire crews are operating with four lines stretched and making entry. Firefighters are coordinating water supply from hydrants and tankers on scene. The fire marshal is expected to arrive in about one hour.
Audio|Heard on: Dunstable Fire and EMS
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05:23
Transcript:
00:00
Functional command from pebble tanker.
00:03
Come in, answer it.
00:06
We're about 1 min out.
00:07
You got orders for us?
00:10
Just finish now,
00:12
come up in here as far as you can.
00:13
I'm sure we're going to need your water shortly.
00:18
There's no way to turn around any of the trucks.
00:20
I've got two main fire trucks in the way.
00:28
Council engine one driver, charge that line when you're ready.
00:32
And then a fire alarm.
00:33
I've got one crew that's going to be making entry for dogs again.
00:41
On floor number one.
00:48
Command from the Dunstable tanker.
00:50
Command answering.
00:52
Chief Mike, looking for a hydrant or is it the dry hydrant on the left there down here?
01:03
It should be a hydrant.
01:05
But if you want to make that one up, that's fine too.
01:08
Okay, we'll look for the hydrant first.
01:10
Thank you.
01:12
Fifty taking one, hold up right there.
01:17
Received. Constable fire on.
01:19
Purple tanker's off.
01:23
Pepperell tanker on scene.
01:26
Fire alarm for command.
01:30
The fire marshal will be reaching out to you shortly.
01:37
Okay.
01:41
Command from all of zero one.
01:46
Oh, sour. You could not come right up to the scene with your crew?
01:51
Received about 4 min out.
02:00
Sixty-one to sixty-two.
02:03
Challenge two to command.
02:10
You know, I get two calls from this.
02:13
A bad answer.
02:14
Just arriving on scene.
02:15
No orders.
02:17
This thing is rough here.
02:20
Okay, the best.
02:29
Command.
02:31
You're calling command.
02:34
C2 to command, can you get a company go down to the basement and shut off the power?
02:40
Yep.
02:46
Savannah 60C.
02:53
Are we looking okay back there? If we shut down those lines and get another crew on each floor to start opening up again.
03:04
Yes, if you want to swap out a crew, we can do that.
03:08
We're just trying to accent that needle on the charter side.
03:14
All right.
03:19
C2 to command.
03:21
Command, answer it.
03:24
The screens in the back have a good position to go through the window on floor two out back.
03:27
It's not open that a lot.
03:30
Okay, then you can go ahead with it.
03:41
Shirley from Medina 4 is off at your headquarters.
03:48
Shirley, you're off for station coverage.
03:50
Command calling for fire.
03:56
Fire alarm answering command.
03:58
Report on the fire.
03:59
It's a one and a half story wood frame.
04:02
We have four lines stretched and operating.
04:04
Companies are making entry again.
04:07
We're in an area that all companies are working by itself.
04:15
Received, you have four lines judging.
04:17
Companies are entering again.
04:19
Seventeen hundred hours.
04:22
Command from Douglas Tanker One.
04:25
Answering.
04:27
Water points established 725 Main Street.
04:31
Standing by.
04:33
Received.
04:37
All tanks are here at 725 Main Street with a fill site.
04:40
Command, fire alarm.
04:41
We have water supply established.
04:47
Received. We have water supply established by 0710 hours.
04:55
We have a single one.
04:57
Maniac truck.
04:59
When they come down here, have them go past the snow site, turn around and come back.
05:05
Received.
05:11
Fire line is clear.
05:14
Thank you.
05:17
Fire marshal is 1 h ETA.
05:22
Received.
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:
Main St, Dunstable, MA 01827
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