Apartment fire with smoke and water cleanup in Miami, Miami Dade County FL
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to an apartment fire in Miami-Dade County. They forced entry into apartment 527 on the fifth floor where there was a slight smoke smell but no active fire or sprinkler activation. Water was leaking into surrounding areas from the sprinkler system, requiring ventilation and water removal. Crews used squeegees and fans to dry the area and controlled the situation without injuries reported.
Audio|Source: Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Tactical Channels
08:11
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 4-8 to command.
00:02
If any of the trucks down there have squeegees, we need it for the fire apartment.
00:10
4-8, copy.
00:12
Talk to Division 6 to 912.
00:15
Got it. 4-8, Division 6.
00:25
Lobby to elevator.
00:29
Elevator.
00:34
We have a crew on the first floor.
00:38
Can you bring the elevator down?
00:41
Copy, elevator coming down to the first floor.
00:52
Ladder 83 to command.
00:55
Good, ladder 83.
00:59
Chief, we got water pushing out the...
01:01
underneath the door from 527, slight smell and smoke.
01:05
We're forcing entry on 527 now.
01:07
We'll advise.
01:09
Copy forcing entry 527.
01:14
17 command.
01:17
17, go.
01:20
I have the master fob in my possession.
01:27
Understood, we need to get it up to Division 6, send it up with one of the elevator drivers.
01:39
Copy, you want me and my crew to stay on the first floor?
01:43
Affirmative, I have to deploy you to the fifth floor.
01:47
So just stay there.
01:55
All right, copy.
01:56
Stay on the first floor.
01:59
Command of Division 6.
02:05
Commanded. Commanded.
02:06
9 or 80, for the command.
02:10
Command to Division 6.
02:12
Command to Division 6.
02:17
Command to Division 6.
02:21
Go ahead.
02:24
We've got the Master Key FOB coming up to you via the elevator driver.
02:31
Gov.
02:34
Elevator to command, Master Key has arrived.
02:41
Did you pass it off to the 6th floor?
02:49
Command of the elevator driver, did you pass it off to the 6th floor?
02:55
Elevator.
02:56
The key is at the 6th floor with engine 45.
03:01
Understood.
03:15
Ladder 83 to command.
03:21
If you made a change to apartment 527, you got water leaking through the high hats in the bathroom.
03:28
A slight smell of smoke, but no smoke or fire, no sprinklers activated and still indicating zero parts per million on the carbon monoxide monitor.
03:37
All right, see if you can open up the slider on the back and then I'll leave the apartment.
03:44
Do you need any fans up there?
03:47
Negative, keep.
03:48
We got no smoke up here.
03:49
It's just a slight smell.
03:50
We'll open up the back patio.
03:51
That should be good.
03:54
Understood.
03:56
Command is Division 6.
03:57
He's about water flowing up there.
03:59
Command.
04:01
Go ahead Division 6.
04:04
The sprinklers have been shut down.
04:07
The fire is out.
04:09
We do have a lot of standing water in the apartment.
04:11
We're going to have to get out.
04:14
All right, I'm going to get 17 to grab all the squeegees they can and bring them up.
04:24
Copy. Command engine 17.
04:28
Engine 17, I copy.
04:29
Get the squeegees.
04:30
We're going to have to go back to our truck.
04:34
Let's see if we can get them from 69, 45,
04:37
the ladder 83,
04:39
and engine 48.
04:42
They're all right here.
04:45
17 and copy.
04:47
Command all the drivers that are in the complex here.
04:50
I need you to pull all your squeegees and hand in the 17.
04:55
Command, Division 60, do you have enough fans up there?
05:04
Commanded Division 6, do you have any other needs outside of the squeegees? Division 6, Command.
05:15
Bravo 1 exposure is clear.
05:20
Copy, Bravo 1 is clear.
05:29
Commander 6 signed to Division 6.
05:33
Go ahead.
05:36
We have water intrusion and the Delta 1 exposure.
05:41
Cut. Command is Division 6.
05:47
Command is Division 6.
05:54
Go ahead.
05:56
Do you have enough resources with 17 coming up?
06:02
We have 625 Delta 1 clear of smoke and fire.
06:09
We do have water intrusion.
06:12
Copy, command, ladder 83.
06:19
Do you need any resources on 5?
06:28
Ladder 83 to command.
06:30
If you have an extra fan to bring up here, that would be fine.
06:35
If not, we have the back patio open.
06:37
We made contact with the renter of the apartment.
06:41
He's good with the way things are out, we're just going to let it ventilate.
06:44
But if you have a fan, it would be a little quicker.
06:46
It's up to you.
06:48
Copy command, engine 17.
06:56
Copy. Command platform 5.9.
07:01
Go ahead.
07:04
Just bring your crew up here and I need you to deliver a fan and help ventilate the fifth floor of the number five floor.
07:13
Copy.
07:15
You're going to take engine 17 fan from the lobby.
07:21
Copy, take an engine 17 fan from the lobby to the fifth floor.
07:30
Command of ladder 83, I got 59 coming up with your fan shortly.
07:36
Ladder 83 to command, if you could have him grab the squeegee, that would also be helpful.
07:41
Right now we're using the room.
07:43
Command the platform 59, bring your squeegees with you.
07:49
Select 159 to command, we don't have any squeegees.
07:56
All right, see if you can commandeer one on your way in.
08:03
Division 6 to command.
08:05
Locating.
08:06
Go ahead, Division 6.
08:09
I need at least two more fans.
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