Fire hazard prompts utility shutdown and evacuations in Mesa, Mesa AZ
Fire & ArsonEmergency crews responded to a fire hazard near South Power Road and East Baywood Avenue in Mesa. They found a hazard that required shutting off gas and electricity to four nearby houses as a precaution. Residents were evacuated, including one person who could not walk, and were given chairs and medical assistance during the evacuation.
Audio|Source: Mesa Fire, Gilbert Fire, Queen Creek Fire
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Transcript:
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Roselle Avenue, medic 221, C-deck slide.
00:08
We're at (number withheld).
00:10
We're at 15 minutes on the time.
00:27
50 minutes on the timer.
00:29
C-deck 5[1]. Smoke check.
00:36
South Power Road and East Baywood Avenue.
00:39
Ladder 209.
00:41
C-deck 5[1]. C-deck 5.
00:49
I just saw the hazard.
00:51
You're going to get with south of this cashmuffs if you need to be able to all surrounding.
00:58
I copy. We're going to secure gas to the surrounding homes, or utilities to the surrounding homes.
01:10
Okay. This is going to be for safe for safe.
01:12
If they want us to do that, we'll be on standby.
01:16
Okay, thank you.
01:23
Medi-251, CEDC4, motor vehicle accident, North Cooper Road, and West Guadalupe-Roe, META 2-2-1, CEDEC4.
01:39
Man,
01:41
you just spoke to top of cats to cut the power to the four houses that were evacuated.
01:48
I copy. You want us to cut power those four houses? We're going to have LP411 is going to get on that.
01:57
Okay,
02:00
the LC411, you copy?
02:04
LZ411, I copy direct.
02:06
Yeah, just electrical to those four houses.
02:10
You can copy electrical to those four houses? I don't know how they go to three straight. I'm not going to go ahead.
02:19
Hazard, command.
02:23
So we're going to do a remote dig right here in front of near (number withheld).
02:30
Copy. We're going to do a remote dig in front of near (number withheld). Okay.
02:41
Am I coming through your radio?
02:48
That, man, man, man.
02:53
Quite like I hear you.
03:07
Can you maybe grab them some chairs and some what to sit?
03:13
That's a friend. We have about eight chairs on me that has that trouble. We'll get them out.
03:17
Awesome. Thank you.
03:24
Before 11, ma'am.
03:27
Command.
03:29
Let's tell you so you've been secured on North House (number withheld) and to the South O310-0-3-4.
03:43
All right, you did 4-8 and 3-6.
03:47
I think we need to do 2-4 on the north side also.
03:53
I think that was with the 4 they were talking about.
03:55
4-8, I think, was a bonus house.
04:00
Okay, I believe C4 is the one who drives us parking right now.
04:05
The neighbor that we just evacuated said that there's someone who is not ambulatory in that now. All right, a copy.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
C-deck 5: Assigned tactical or operations radio channel 5 for police, fire, or EMS communications.
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Location mentioned:
S Power Rd & E Baywood Ave, Mesa, AZ 85206
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