Firefighters investigate smoke near Fort Collins bridge, Fort Collins CO
Fire & ArsonFirefighters investigated smoke coming from an underground vault near the bridge and railroad tracks by Whole Foods in Fort Collins. They checked multiple access points and planned to cut through a grate to attack the fire. Rescue, hazmat, and command teams coordinated the operation.
Audio|Source: Poudre Fire Authority and EMS
08:23
Transcript:
00:00
Aver.
00:03
Rescue 4, Rescue 4 Miller.
00:06
Go ahead.
00:12
We've made it down to the bridge, we popped a couple manhole covers, but they just lead to a closed vault.
00:18
There is smoke coming out of the vault.
00:19
Engine 4 just crossed the fence to the east, and they're looking over by the railroad track.
00:24
Rescue 4 is going to continue down past the bridge.
00:29
Okay, so just to confirm, the vault that you popped, or dead-end vault, but there is smoke coming out of them.
00:39
That's a firm, it's just sewer,
00:42
so there's like a small amount of water going down in them with no other access other than that.
00:49
Okay,
00:51
great. Engine 4, rescue 4.
00:55
Go ahead.
00:58
Not sure if you heard that radio traffic from 100 with the water department talking about, there's a 72-inch line from behind Whole Foods.
01:07
I'm not quite sure on the directions they gave.
01:09
It's pretty confusing, but it seems like you're in the right area if you guys can identify that.
01:16
Dayfirm, so far we did find one access on the west side of Whole Foods, but it's only about an 18 to 24 inch pipe.
01:24
So we'll keep looking to see if there's a bigger one.
01:26
And this one goes towards the east, it does not connect to the west.
01:32
Okay, thank you.
01:37
Time 1,100.
01:40
Go ahead.
01:45
The ETA for water is less than 30 minutes and they advise that access is on the west side of the railroad tracks near the bike path.
01:53
2.7, you got some clear.
01:58
The railroad tracks on the bike path.
02:02
Also, battalion, we are going to call the railroad right now just so that they can stop all trains in that area.
02:11
Battalion, what copies?
02:15
Engine 4 Rescue Forge, copy that traffic from 100.
02:21
If we copy direct, we're going to head towards the north here over mud tracks in those paths.
02:29
Okay.
02:34
For a bailor rescue for...
02:38
Go ahead.
02:42
Stand by.
02:48
Control, 227.
02:51
We're too far north.
02:53
We're kind of thinking that maybe what the water department is trying to relay through 100 is the opening that we're doing with here.
02:59
So if you get like whatever towards that bike path, don't go any further past that.
03:04
If you can clear that, come back here.
03:06
We won't get to work.
03:10
Probably that.
03:11
We did just find another opening just north of the bridge here.
03:15
It's probably a 36-inch pipe entered to the north, so I don't know if that's a Y off this main point.
03:22
We have no smoke coming out of it, but there is evidence of people living in there.
03:25
There's tarps and contents,
03:26
put tracks in the snow heading into it.
03:31
Okay, that's a lot smaller than what we're dealing with here, so I think we'll focus our efforts on this entrance here, so go ahead and head back.
03:41
Copy.
03:45
Rescue for command?
03:48
Go ahead.
03:52
I'm going to give you the rescue group.
03:53
Your resources are yourself in Engine 4.
03:56
Your objective is to make access to check for life safety.
04:00
Also, Tower 1 is one of your resources.
04:04
All right, I copy that.
04:05
Break. Tower 1, Rescue Group.
04:07
I'm going to have you bump up.
04:08
We're going to start cutting on this grate to gain access for fire attack.
04:15
Copy that. We're going to approach from the south.
04:21
Command of the tie one.
04:29
Engine 10, command.
04:32
Ten, go ahead.
04:35
We'll give you the hazmat group, just checking air monitoring, and making sure the air is safe for everybody once we make access.
04:47
I copy that we're in the Hazmat Group monitoring air.
04:56
Command, Rusty.
05:01
Go ahead for command.
05:05
Our plan to action is going to be to cut a large opening in this grate,
05:10
place a roof ladder down, and then we can have firefighters in SCBA make fire attack.
05:20
Command copies,
05:22
making access to the grate.
05:24
We'll use PPE, which is going to just be bunker gear and hold lines and that CBA.
05:30
Yeah,
05:35
that's correct. One thing we could do to make this work is we can have Digit 3's attack company.
05:38
We're going to have to have an on-deck company and full PPE to back them up.
05:47
Jamie copies.
05:52
All units on the pay call.
05:54
Tower 1 is on scene.
05:56
We're going to assume Bay Command.
06:00
We have a rescue group, established resources, rescue four, Tower One, Engine 4,
06:07
Asmat Group,
06:09
Resources of Engine 10.
06:12
And we have Engine 3, which I'm going to make Attack as a single resource.
06:19
Attack group will be Engine 3.
06:22
The Italian 1 has Bay Command.
06:24
We're in the offensive strategy.
06:30
Rescue, Engine 4.
06:33
Go ahead.
06:37
We've walked it even further to the north.
06:39
We're going to return.
06:40
We didn't find any other than exit.
06:43
Yes, affirmative.
06:44
Why don't you come back here and tie in with us?
06:48
Copy.
06:52
Rescue Group, command.
06:55
Go ahead.
07:00
For that backup crew, do you want to use Engine 4 or do you want me to give it another apparatus and then we can also fill a safety roll with another apparatus?
07:12
I think we can use Engine 4 as a second engine company.
07:16
We'll have that with the second hose on and then once we get the cutting work done, I'll have Rescue 4 as the RIT company with the RITPack.
07:31
After that, we're going to use Engine 4 to assist with the backup team and RIT.
07:39
Do you want to have a safety on this or are you comfortable with the resources we have on?
07:49
Sorry, Command, I was talking with that question.
07:56
We want to have a safety on this as well.
08:04
It's your call.
08:05
I think we're okay without it, whatever you're comfortable with.
08:12
For now I'm comfortable with it, since we have attack as well.
08:19
But we can build it out if we need to, so just let me know.
08:23
Okay.
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S College Ave, Fort Collins, CO 80525
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