Residential fire with heavy flames at Grand Rapids home, Grand Rapids MI


A house near North Oak Pointe Court Northeast in Grand Rapids is on fire with heavy flames visible through the roof. Fire crews are using a defensive strategy to deal with the fire. A 71-year-old man at the scene has abdominal pain and difficulty breathing.
Audio|Source: Kent County Fire and EMS
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Near North Oak Pointe Court Northeast.
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Near North Oak Pointe Court Northeast.
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Cross street South Oak on 71-year-old male abdominal.
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Difficult breathing.
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137. Up by age and 3.m.
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Company Engine 3 on scene 137.
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241 Med1. 241 Med1.
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Copy, go ahead.
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It's going to be a turnover from Lyce and Plainfield Township, near North Oak Pointe Court, near North Oak Pointe Court for a 71-year-old male abdominal pain and difficulty breathing.
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Happy. The platform one, are you advising you're on the scene?
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For a minute.
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I copied. You're on the scene 139.
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It doesn't look like the heat is too high in that front corner bedroom.
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The bedroom on the bc corner,
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I've got the window failed Invisible Flames interior.
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Step 4, when you get a second too, can you reposition the young over to the C side?
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Check that to D side.
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We got it coming out the side window there.
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Oh, looks like he's on it.
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I copy. I believe the seaside crew is blowing water from there.
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And you got that turbulent smoke right there on the A side as well.
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A firm. I've got heavy fire from the roof above.
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Let's not send them in on entry.
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Car 7.
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Go ahead, Chief, we're going to get a line over the C-side.
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I got heavy fire coming out at B.C.
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Corner. 10 or 4. Let's hold on entry.
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Let's hold on entry.
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This will be your recovery at that point anyway.
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With that fire through the roof, we're not sending anybody in.
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Message receives.
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The janet is clear.
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Then's the next question.
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Good. 15 minute on scene time and you're going defensive?
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Affirmative defensive strategy.
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Checking it.
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Copied, units on four mile, uh, defensive mode only at this point.
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Per command, 141.
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Plain car stick will be on the scene.
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Plainfield car six on the scene 142.
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The plane one's on scene.
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Engine one on scene four mile at 143.
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The station one's on scene.
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143 Dispice, Plainfield Squad 3 is on Cina-Sail upstream Oak Point command.
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Plainfield Squad 3 is out on Oak Point, will be command 144.
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4 mile command from fire dispatch.
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Go ahead.
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Winds of switch, now they're two miles an hour out of these.
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144. From operations, I'll take another line on the Charlie side, rival side corner with our next arriving crew if we've got capacity.
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Location mentioned:
Near N Oak Pointe Ct NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49525
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