Fire crews extinguish blaze in house closet, Harrisonburg VA
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, rockingham County Fire and Rescue crews responded to a structure fire near Beacon Hill Road in Harrisonburg. Upon arrival, firefighters found a two-story house with a basement showing no visible flames. The homeowner reported fire in a closet on the Alpha-Delta corner. Crews located the source, initiated suppression, and ventilated the building to clear smoke. The fire was isolated and extinguished without major damage reported.
Audio|Heard on: Rockingham VA Fire-Tac Group Calls
Listen to dispatch call
03:21
Transcript:
00:00
All right, command all incoming apparatus.
00:05
Have my next engine company and everything else stage on Beacon Hill.
00:11
This is after X.
00:14
Company two to command.
00:17
Go ahead.
00:19
Assess your apparatus responding, and if you don't need Surf 508, send them back so we can staff the engine.
00:27
Don't need them.
00:29
Five hundred and eight, (name withheld).
00:32
Engine 505 is on location.
00:35
Engine 505 on the key.
00:38
Five hundred and five, you are going to be two out.
00:41
Two out, understood.
00:42
Zero 508 responding.
00:45
(name withheld), can you give me an incremental of the address please?
00:49
FM 92, you're responding to near Beacon Hill Road.
00:55
Radio engine 910 is on location.
00:58
Two-story with a basement, nothing showing from alpha or delta side.
01:04
Apparatus responding, be aware the driveway is narrow.
01:11
Lieutenant, did ATOB take command?
01:15
Engine 910 on location.
01:16
Two-story building with a basement, nothing showing on the alpha delta side.
01:22
Lieutenant (name withheld) in command.
01:27
Sir 508.
01:30
And let's not attend location.
01:32
Short 502 is on the scene.
01:35
Command dog company, fire's been isolated as a panel.
01:40
Interior, you've got ladders thrown to the alpha front porch and the Charlie.
01:46
Command, Lieutenant (name withheld).
01:52
Homeowner advised fire was in the closet in the bedroom on the Alpha Delta.
01:59
We're trying to get into the closet now.
02:05
Okay,
02:06
Have ambulance crew going in to assist.
02:19
Battalion 9 is on location.
02:56
We have high heat in the alpha delta corners, we believe.
03:02
No visibility.
03:09
Okay, start manually opening some windows if you need to ventilate.
03:12
We'll put a fan at the door.
03:15
Tanker 500 is on location staging.
03:20
Putting water on fire.
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Location mentioned:
Beacon Hill Rd, Harrisonburg, VA 22802
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