Firefighters respond to structure fire with Mayday alert, Wilton Manors FL
Firefighters responded to an active structure fire near NW 9th Ave in Wilton Manors. A Mayday alert was declared indicating at least one firefighter was down inside the building along with possible civilians. Rescue teams used ropes to search inside the structure and located one victim. Firefighters controlled the fire while conducting rescue operations to find missing persons inside the building.
Audio|Source: Broward County Fire/Rescue
07:47
Transcript:
00:00
Mayacobie, good knockdown, needing salvage and overhaul.
00:07
Command,
00:09
You have Refugee 26 from Miami-Dade, engine 32, refugee 18 from Miami-Dade, you have BSO 14, Rescue 111, and also Engineering Museum.
00:21
All right, come in and copy.
00:25
Come in to all units.
00:27
Stage your vehicles on the west side of the structure.
00:29
Bring your personnel.
00:32
Ready to go with rip bags to the Charlie site.
00:38
As in 27, fire's up.
00:47
Command, firecombe command, fire is out, would you like to do a par?
00:59
Command 8,
01:00
Engine 27, you have a par?
01:02
The 27th you have a par? The 27. You have a par?
01:13
Already en route,
01:15
Can you advise any additional?
01:21
I'm updating it to near NW 9th Ave, Wilton Manors address.
01:27
Is that the parish of St. Francis and Clair?
01:30
Francis and Clair?
01:35
I'm not sure about the last thing you said, but it was a Wilton Manors address, so you can leave it as that.
01:41
Acknowledge, just verifying.
01:42
And are you still at the hospital?
01:46
We're just arriving now.
01:48
I acknowledge 1136.
01:53
Engine 4-7 and Rescue 4-7 and Routes are Broward.
01:57
Can you hold the Marshall Bridge?
01:59
Covey.
02:00
That's the...
02:02
Covey, the Marshall Bridge, 1136.
02:07
The two stage on the west side of the structure.
02:15
Rescue 11 arrival.
02:17
Staging, waiting for it.
02:22
Rescue 111,
02:24
You're going to be helping work at May Day.
02:27
Last scene,
02:29
Ending the Charlie's out of the structure with a rope.
02:33
Follow the rope and see if you can find them.
02:37
Rescue won't have a connoisse.
02:38
Make an inch.
02:39
Right-handed search hand out.
02:42
WorldVos will make a next one.
02:45
Rescue, Fort, and arrival waiting a sign.
02:49
Rescue 14, you're my on-deck red team.
02:54
That'll be on-deck, right.
02:58
Rest 32 around.
03:04
232 bring your personnel Charlie's side.
03:07
At this time we're working a Mayday[1] situation.
03:12
We have engine 27 controlling the fire.
03:17
All other units are going to be assisting to find down firefighters.
03:21
There's also two civility inside.
03:26
Engine 3 to arrival on the Charlie side.
03:34
And you want to do you want to do you same traffic?
03:39
You guys are going to be my Ritz team.
03:50
I need you to take a rope bag and do a left-hand search pattern opposite way.
03:56
I'm going to have two ropes going inside that structure.
03:59
Everybody following a rope in and out.
04:04
First two, make an initial five minutes.
04:10
Eight and three to come your rigs.
04:13
Left-hand search on a search rope. A search rope.
04:20
Rest 32, Smith.
04:23
Go ahead, 32.
04:27
Would you like us to assist Inj 32 with the left hand or one of the other Red teams on the right?
04:39
My outside Red Team for now.
04:44
32 probably, outside Red Team for now.
04:50
When you're showing for Station 57, not 30,000?
04:57
I'd be thinking. I just want to go back.
04:59
Have you been there. Thank you, too.
05:06
This is 2246 available.
05:10
There's 2.46 available, 1140.
05:18
We're going to continue a search on the right-hand search panel of the first door.
05:23
If you want to fill the second group of the second floor.
05:30
Zone 45 Rescue, 451-21519, north-fifty. Correction North 5019 on 1519. It's 1519. Ruffice on November Lanes at 1140.
05:40
Zone 31G golf in person.
05:48
All 31 Rescue 311-Respontority609, Washington Street 4609, Washington Street reference to sick person at 1141.
05:56
Shred Sean?
06:02
31 copies, sir.
06:04
1141.
06:07
31. 31 available.
06:10
Rescue 31 copies, I'm sorry. Shrewson or else?
06:13
Copy for anyone who I'm going to handle with it. Rescue 31 show you're responding.
06:16
It's going to be referenced to... It's coming... 83-year-old has a fever and foley catheter is leaking. It's conscious and breathing at 1141.
06:30
Here's 16 to fire.com.
06:32
Copy that page.
06:33
You can show us available in 16 zone.
06:42
Available, up 41.
06:49
I'm going to stand a RISC 3-2. I'm going to follow the up my interest center, about 200 feet inside the building.
06:59
Rescue 111, you're unreadable.
07:01
Repeat.
07:06
So, Rescue 111, we have located one victim.
07:10
We have 90 M8 contact with a firefighter.
07:13
Go ahead and send a red two, follow the rope about two into the building.
07:22
You copy?
07:24
Copy. Requesting additional red team to follow the rope, right-hand pattern.
07:29
Right-hand rope.
07:30
Rescue 32. I'm going to send you Rescue 32 to you copy.
07:36
Let's 32 copies.
07:38
Following the road on the right-hand pattern.
07:40
Two hundred fifty-three minutes.
07:43
Class two eleven forty three.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Mayday: Emergency distress call indicating urgent need for assistance due to imminent danger or life-threatening situation.
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Location mentioned:
Near NW 9th Ave, Wilton Manors, FL 33311
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