Small kitchen fire in apartment causes minor burn, Richmond VA
Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to a small kitchen fire in an apartment. The fire activated the sprinkler system and was extinguished. There was smoke and water damage. One civilian suffered a partial thickness burn to the hand. Traffic control and emergency medical services were requested on scene.
Audio|Source: Richmond City Fire Dispatch
05:46
Transcript:
00:00
And it's responding, near West Commerce Road. Final alarm activation showing zone 134. Sprinkler water flow, then it says zone 2 and zone 136. Richmond, engine 17 is arriving. The four-story apartment building, nothing showing, 17 now community investigate. 17 on scene, nothing visible investigating in command 1547.
00:29
Target three on scene, 360 complete, nothing visible. 17 can retain command. Time three on scene, 360 complete. 17, retaining command, 1548. Residence, smoke. 17. 17. Investigating smoke.
00:58
Investigating an odor of smoke on second floor. Richmond, on that, Battalion 3 will assume Commerce Command, 17, Truck 10 will be the investigative group. Richmond copy that 1549. Command, Truck 10. Commerce, Command, Truck, Command, Command, from the Investigative Group. Commerce Command.
01:25
I have a sprinkler activation[2]. Here's like a small stove fire. Fires out. Need ventilation[3] as well. Okay, received. Is the current assignment going to be good to handle? I think you've got three and one. Affirmative. Let's keep everybody for right now. It's going to be apartment 141. All right, 141 with the small kitchen fire. Truck, 10, you direct for ventilation?
01:54
from command go ahead and work on securing the system and engine one you'll be lobby control
01:59
Richmond from Commerce Command.
02:01
Go ahead.
02:02
It's a small kitchen fire apartment 141.
02:05
Fires out, working on ventilation[3], make it a working incident[1], no additional needed.
02:10
The working incident[1] declaration.
02:16
Small extinguished stove fire, working on ventilation[3], 1551.
02:20
17 from command.
02:22
Gosh. The water is still flowing in the apartment, and is it just one head?
02:25
Affirmative is still flowing, just one head.
02:27
And some cabinets in the kitchen are burned up, but doesn't appear to be any extension.
02:32
All right, is it in the part of the building that's going to have the basement?
02:37
on the, I guess we'll call that the Charlie's side.
02:41
Carmen, I'm waiting for truck 10.
02:46
Go ahead.
02:47
He's a Richmond Amelous Unit to quarter and seventh occupant partial thickness burn[4] to the left hand.
02:53
Richmond, are you direct?
02:54
Fourth in Stockton, requesting M.S.
02:56
I need the RPD out here for traffic control.
03:03
Cover. Location for Richmond Ambulance is Seventh and Porter, 7th and Porter, which is also where we need the traffic control.
03:09
Copy. Two one from engine one, Charlie, move back then.
03:17
He's open. Two one, copy.
03:18
Just one from Engine 21.
03:19
21. 21.
03:20
There are no patients and Engine 21 is returning the service.
03:25
It seems being turned over to VATV.
03:27
1554.
03:28
Commerce command process.
03:30
He is the command post.
03:31
I'm at the command post, Seventh and Porter.
03:33
Richmond notified an investigator about the civilian burn injury.
03:37
Engine six to command.
03:38
Six, go ahead.
03:39
We're in the sprinkler control room now.
03:41
Do you want us to shut off the sprinkler system?
03:42
17 from command confirmed that 6 can shut down the system.
03:46
Six, you can shut it down, but water flow has stopped.
03:50
I don't know if you've done anything yet.
03:51
We have not.
03:52
There's one control valve that is...
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
working incident: Confirmed working fire
[2]
sprinkler activation: Fire alarm triggered by water flow
[3]
ventilation: Post-fire smoke removal
[4]
partial thickness burn: Civilian injury requiring EMS
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Location mentioned:
Near W Commerce Rd, Richmond, VA 23224
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