Electrical fire confirmed in wall near Birchwood Drive, West Bend WI
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Fire & ArsonFire departments responded to a reported electrical fire with smoke entering the walls near Birchwood Drive. Firefighters confirmed active fire inside a wall and requested a handline to the garage for fire suppression.
Audio|Heard on: Washington County Fire/EMS
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03:25
Transcript:
00:00
Let's dispatch two, stations three and two for a still alarm near Birchwood Drive.
00:08
Callers report a possible electrical fire outside with smoke entering walls.
00:15
No flames visible.
00:22
West Bend dispatched stations three and two for a still alarm near Birchwood Drive.
00:29
Homeowners report a possible electrical fire potentially starting outside.
00:34
Smoke entering through the wall.
00:36
No flame visible.
00:38
H.J488 at 1903.
00:41
Three copies.
00:45
TAMIS. TAMIS?
00:47
TAMIS.
00:51
Tension 3.
00:54
Tension 3 is now, Pension 3.
00:59
104.
01:01
Dispatch from a battalion.
01:07
This is actually the Battalion. We will keep this at the working still[1] level for now.
01:12
We will be working off card 15-1-1.
01:16
This dash, copy.
01:18
Correction is still level for now.
01:22
Copy, still level. Copy, still level.
01:28
1653 arriving at MCRford.
01:35
Go ahead.
01:38
Okay, nice. You have a former person engine company.
01:44
This has copies.
01:50
Dispatch from Tower, we're en route.
01:54
This has copies.
01:56
This is package. It's engine three.
02:02
Engine three.
02:05
One three is on the scene of a single-story, single-family residence.
02:09
No signs of fire from the Alpha side.
02:12
We will investigate.
02:14
Agent 3 will be working command.
02:17
Dispatch copies.
02:24
Dispatch from Battalion.
02:27
Battalion, go ahead.
02:29
Dispatch, Battalion on C.
02:34
One of the house for you.
02:41
Engine three, Italian.
02:48
Go ahead.
02:49
Go ahead, engine three.
03:01
We have an active fire on the wall.
03:05
Copy.
03:08
I need one handline to the garage.
03:11
We will hit this with a can, do not charge the handline, just deploy it to the garage.
03:21
Just fetch from Tower Run, seeing,
03:24
asking if you want us to lay in?
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
working still: Fire response level indicating a confirmed working incident (upgrade from a still alarm)
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Location mentioned:
Birchwood Dr, West Bend, WI 53095
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