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Two-story apartment fire in Mesa controlled by crewsMesa AZ

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E Southern Ave, Mesa, AZ 85209

According to the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a fire at a two-story multifamily residence near East Southern Avenue in Mesa. They used a transitional attack then shifted to interior operations, conducting search and rescue and ventilating the roof. The fire on the second floor was knocked down and smoke remained. Roof crews were checking for fire extension to the attic.

Audio|Heard on: Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management
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06:34
Transcript:
00:00
Yep,
00:02
ready.
00:04
Structure 7, engine 205, engine 205, engine 209, ladder 209,
00:09
ladder 209, attorney 204,
00:10
the 704, near East Southern Avenue.
00:20
Traffic on channel E5.
00:26
Engine 2035 and route.
00:32
Multiple reports of smoke showing from a second floor window in an apartment.
00:38
Uh,
00:42
fault two, five, three.
00:48
Go ahead.
00:53
I need a two and a half inch line bolt to the Charlie side.
01:02
On C5th, takeoff, it's flowing a two and a half inch line to the Charlie side.
01:11
E3, or I'm E5.
01:13
Easy,
01:16
two five, go ahead.
01:18
Engine 205 is on scene near East Southern Avenue.
01:24
We have a multifamily, two-story, block construction.
01:29
Occupancy with a pitched asphalt single roof.
01:34
Engine 205 is going to be Southern Command.
01:36
Command is going to be mobile.
01:38
We're going to be in the offensive strategy doing a transitional attack.
01:42
360.
01:43
Report to follow.
01:45
I-RIC is established.
01:48
Accountability will be at Engine 205.
01:51
We do have a water supply.
01:55
I've got these engine two of those on scene,
02:00
offensive assuming command.
02:06
Southern Command 2 alarm.
02:10
Okay.
02:13
...and fire showing from a second story window.
02:18
Got it's a smoking fire shine for a second start window.
02:21
So Josh, you get a quick,
02:23
let's say,
02:25
180,
02:26
front back on both sides.
02:28
That's the only smoke and fire you see.
02:30
You're unable to check the other side because it's too far around the other side.
02:36
Okay, cut that.
02:43
Firefighters get a transitional attack complete on the second story, knocks down the fire, you still got heavy smoke, heavy white smoke on from the second story.
02:58
Southern Command so long?
03:01
Southern Command.
03:04
Transitional attack is complete.
03:06
It looks like we do have good knockdowns on the flames on the second floor.
03:09
We do still have heavy smoke showing from that second floor.
03:13
So it's able to complete approximately three sides of the 360.
03:17
I do that as only smoke and fire showing.
03:19
Unable to complete the full 360, the Charlie side of the structure.
03:26
That's your work.
03:32
Senator, you have Medic 2209?
03:38
Centrala Avenue, Medic 2209, CEDEC 5.
03:48
Show engine 225 approximately 1.5 miles away.
03:55
Southern Command copy?
03:57
Southern Command.
04:04
I'm going to be transitioning from a transitional attack to interior.
04:09
We're going to break down IREC.
04:11
I'm going to be going interior with the PARF 3.
04:17
Okay, I'm just making it through the PAR-3.
04:21
Southern Command back to Long.
04:25
Setting command.
04:27
You're going to be making interior engine with par 3 for search and rescue fire type.
04:34
Copies.
04:36
Agent 22.05, John C.
04:41
Command engine 2205.5.
04:44
Engine 2205. Engine 225.
04:47
Command has transitioned to the interior.
04:50
I'm going to make you work under interior sector.
04:55
Your accountability is going to be an engine 205.
04:57
I want you to pull, I want you to make entries the apartment for search and rescue and fire attack to back this up.
05:03
I want you to pull additional handline off engine 205.
05:06
Your accountability is going to be engine 205 and give me a part going forward.
05:13
Agent 22 of 5 coppers of the work on the interior accountability at engine 205.
05:19
Going in for search, rescue, fire attack, bringing an additional handline will be making a three of the par three.
05:28
The fine, give me to bump up and take the window.
05:37
Capies.
05:44
329, don't see.
05:45
Then to ladder 209.
05:48
Letter 209.
05:51
And to ladder 209, I'm going to make you roof sector.
05:55
I want you to position your apparatus in a defensive posture.
06:00
Your accountability is going to remain at ladder 209.
06:03
I want you to make the roof and check for extension to the attic.
06:07
Prepare for vertical ventilation and roof attack if extension,
06:12
if we do have a station the attic, please give me a part going forward.
06:21
LAR2 on account will be roof sanctioned accountable, but all tonight will be signing up in a defensive position making a roof or possible for a relation or attack and the R3.

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E Southern Ave, Mesa, AZ 85209

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