Firefighters respond to building fire near River Ridge Road, Madison Heights VA
Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to a building fire near River Ridge Road in Amherst County, Virginia. The fire affected multiple sides of the structure, causing a deck to collapse and spot fires to spread toward the nearby river. Crews coordinated water supply, avoided electrical hazards, and worked to contain the fire and prevent flare-ups caused by wind.
Audio|Source: Amherst County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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Command squad 34.
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I'm stationed at River Ridge Road.
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Do you need me to fill air bottles or need me down there?
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You come all down here, I don't have bottles right now.
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Roger Ed.
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139, go ahead and take that fire on your right on that structure.
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No,
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embers at this time except for that tree in front of you.
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Four and four years still at six hundred third quarter.
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Ten four. They knock that tree down on that Charlie's side.
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Still have some that they can't reach all the way up in the top.
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Ember to Smurzman is at low at this point.
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I think we're going to be good as long as it doesn't flare up with the wind again.
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They're going to start knocking on this Charlie Snod as they can.
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Okay. Okay.
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1-10 for orientation or you call them the side right here at the 2mere Alpha.
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Negative roadside coming down is Alpha.
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We're going to be on the Delta side with into 41 at the driveway.
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Okay, that's what I thought.
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One and three, you're going to still be on that.
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You guys are on that Alpha Bravo corner, not Charlie, Alpha Bravo.
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10 4 bravo carl or alpha bravo do you need additional personnel down there i went ahead and packed up my other medic crew
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I think we're good right now.
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I don't know if 103 needs anything on that side.
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We've got one crew that's working on the spot fires on this alpha side.
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We still have the two and a half on the delta side.
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And we do that fire all fours now, all fours.
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Okay.
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Well, you'll be getting me up on that Charlie's side, just totally what you see.
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103 to command.
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I'll take that I'm right here.
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Negative, same through cruise.
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One of three, you all were able to make any progress on an alpha brother right there?
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Working on it now.
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Okay.
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U104 if we shut down and add an inch and three quarter to this so they can get a little bit more maneuverable and plus the box is right here with the meter right underneath this corner
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Yeah, I'm 104 with it and I won't get able to stay away from that electrical
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104
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1 2 is you now
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go ahead one 10
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All right, fire is blown through the trolley side completely.
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The deck collapsed on the rear.
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We have spot fires going down towards the river.
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We're going to reposition the two and a half here in just a second, then this side,
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at least probably two lengths of the chimney away and start hitting from this side.
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Okay, sounds good.
03:27
Are you going to be able to contain that spot fires?
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Once we get the crew down here with the line.
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Okay, I've got it.
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If you've got your additional manpower, if you want to send them to engine 21, we can get them to assist with two and a half bringing it down the hill.
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It is slightly steep,
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nothing that's not been able to walk.
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Okay.
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Amherst 800?
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Good going.
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Got a call back from the water filtration, they're on scene trying to boost the pressure.
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I appreciate it, thank you.
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Command from 138?
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All right.
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The advice the electrical is blowing off down here now.
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Okay, yeah, just stay back away from them.
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One-o-eight.
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Go for one-o-eight.
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If you can get the two-and-a-half crew just to advise them start hitting down.
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So you can have CPO guard there somewhere?
04:46
Not from here.
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All right, what line are they going to take? The trash line down?
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Now you're two and a half.
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138, y'all back away from that electrical area.
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Southwood, we need a water over there right now.
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I'm walking away now.
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Awesome, thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you, Mud, is this officer few years out of this pole, but we're still going to treat that line instead of it's hot.
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Command engine 13 is arriving on clean.
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13 now copy and you'll get up for Chief Horn.
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Chief One, you do copies the water department for trying to boost your pressure coming to use.
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Bees direct.
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The truck one from two hands.
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One way, any pressure you can give is on the blue line.
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All right, give you a little more.
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Watch that is that cut.
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Location mentioned:
River Ridge Rd, Madison Heights, VA 24572
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