Fire causes roof collapse, crews switch to defensive mode, Newark OH
Fire & ArsonA fire broke out in a building near Hoover St and Mt Vernon Rd, prompting firefighters to switch from interior attack to defensive operations due to a sagging roof, leading to evacuation and street closures. Multiple fire units are working to control the damage.
Audio|Source: Licking County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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to engine 391. I need you to switch over to fire round one and I need to get in contact with Chief 112. He is South Sector for direction. Quick off the wind right here shortly. You're clear. 1843.
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Chief 391 fire control. I'm going to be on the scene. Craig? Chief 391 Battalion 1. I'm going to set up your level 2 at Mount Vernon and Hoover. I'll be your staging officer. That's clear. Thank you. Chief 391 fire control. Go ahead. Can you get in contact with NPD? I'm going to need Mount Vernon shut down at Hoover.
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as well as Commodore, please. Go to the north. Okay, sir, now I got the building vented. Engine 2, ladder 3. They're going to make an interior attack. I'm going to shut the outside stream down here in a second. Let them try to knock the fire down on the first floor, and then they're going to check to see if they can get up the second floor. You're okay with that?
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Engine one, truck the bumper line. All right. All right, that's seven. This is a three hundred one. I need you Central Avenue, and then from Easton Hillibush, Firebrush, Side.
01:48
And all you... And all of your... Shut them down. Shut them down now. 10-4[1].
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1846. You'll see Newark Township's Wagon, which is south of the alleyway, east of Central Avenue.
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Edge 5 go.
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352. I just stay right there.
02:08
We're going to stay around anyway.
02:09
You're going to cut it down there, right?
02:10
All right. We're set up in front of near Buckingham with an interior crew.
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Thank you. See,
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Park. Welcome back to the trail.
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South sector to north sector.
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The north sector goes.
02:20
Okay, the two-story exposure fire,
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the real roof is starting to sag pretty hard.
02:24
Bravo!
02:25
North sector to Interior Cruz.
02:28
What is your conditions?
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Marker. Okay.
02:30
I'm going to check it. North sector to engine two on file off one.
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Three ninety one, how long is that crossway?
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North sector to interior cruise, ladder three, engine two.
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Engine two, all right, on the front.
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I'm getting reports that the roof is sagging on the Division 2.
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I need everybody out. Everybody out.
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Sound the evacuation alarm[2].
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To understand.
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Command to all units on the fire ground, we are going defensive operations.
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We are moving to defensive operations and everyone exit the structures that you are currently in.
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Operators down the air horns.
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Control, Metic 406 on scene.
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Forestsick on scene.
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North sector, ladder three operators.
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To north, confirming we have everyone out of near Buckingham.
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1831.
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Command to North Sector.
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Confirming we had everyone out of near Buckingham.
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That is affirmative, sir.
03:21
Fire three is advising.
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They almost have to fire extinguished.
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We're going to start defensive operations from three sides.
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I'm opening ladder three as a ladder pipe on the Delta side.
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Engine 5-2 is operating their master stream from the Charlie sector, and I've got Madison Township getting ready to start defensive operations on the Alpha sector.
03:40
That's clear.
03:41
Thank you. Committee on the South sector.
03:43
South sector that we have no one in near Buckingham is it?
03:49
That's correct.
03:50
All clear on the primary secretary search, no firefighters in near Buckingham.
03:55
Thank you.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-4: Acknowledgement/Copy
[2]
Sound the evacuation alarm: Evacuation order
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Location mentioned:
Hoover St & Mt Vernon Rd, Newark, OH 43055
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