Incident writeup of event
Shortly after 20:00 hours this evening companies 4,5,1, and Command 32 were dispatched to Cambridge Square Drive for a possible structure fire. Immediately after communications was done transmitting the alarm, C-43 advised that he had visible smoke and fire visible from a quarter mile away requesting a second alarm. C-43 arrived on scene with fire venting from the second and third floors of a garden style apartment complex and established command on side 1. E-41 arrived on scene and dropped a split lay into the front of the fire building. E-51 picked up engine 41's split lay and established a water supply at a hydrant behind the fire building. E-12 laid a second supply line from 152 Cambridge square into the scene to supply E-14 and T-4. Crews quickly assembled, and began to conduct interior searches for missing residents but as conditions in the building depreciated quickly and water supply problems presented themselves a defensive operation was established with T-4 and T-5 master streams. As the master streams were attempting to be put into place, C-20 who assumed water supply operations established a third 5 inch supply which was hand jacked through a fence and into the nearby Monroeville meadows apartment complex the borders the Cambridge Square Apartments where E-61 was positioned to feed off of a separate hydrant system. Units continued in a defenses operations for some time and then went back to an offensive operation once the bulk of the fire was knocked down. Crews operated on the scene for several hours performing various stages of overhaul and assisting fire investigators. E-41 cleared and the scene and command was terminated at 02:23 hours. Units from company 4 returned to the scene over the next few days to assist investigators in their investigation. During the incident several people and firefighters were transported to local hospitals for minor injuries. The fire is currently under investigation by the Allegheny County Fire Marshall's Office and Monroeville Police Department.
Incident Command: C-60 (Chief Katofsky)
Side 1 Operations: C-41 (Assistant Chief Rowntree)
Side 3 Operations: C-10 (Chief McCollum)
Accountability: C-43 (Deputy Chief Reber)
Water Supply: C-20 (Fire Official Hugus)
EMS Operations: C-45 (Captain Horvath), Medic 412 (Paramedic Mitchell)
Responding Units:
1st Alarm Units
Company 4: E-41, E-42, R-4, T-4, M-47, M-48, M-49, Sq-4, 4-C
Company 5: E-51, E-52, T-5, M-58, M-59, Sq-5
Company 1: E-12, R-1, M-19, M-18, Sq-1, 1-C
Company 3: Command 32
2nd Alarm Units
Company 6: E-61, E-62, R-6, M-69, Sq-6, 6-C
Company 3: E-31, Mini 3, Sq-3, 3-C
Additional EMS Units: Pitcairn EMS A-78
Stand-By Companies:
Company 4: E-229, E-230-1, Rescue/Engine 236, T-20, A-78, M-316
Company 5: E-233, T-233
Company 1: E-306, T-283
Company 6: E-304, R-304
Copmany 3: E-135, TS-287
EMS Standby Companies: Eastern Area PreHospital Srvs, Pitcairn A-79 |
