11/16/16 TWO ALARM FIRE
Official Fire Report
On 11/16/16 at approximately 23:09, LRFA and LCFD7 battled a fatal two alarm fire in LRFA's east battalion late Wednesday night. Two civilian fatalities, five civilians injured. No firefighters were injured during this incident.
Units Assigned: B21 B23 E19 E21 E23 E27 E71 L20 L23 L24 R23 SQ71.
Total Firefighting personnel: 35
It was determined the fire was caused by a faulty electrical heater that started the fire on a third story apartment. Due to old balloon frame building construction, the building was not sprinklered and the fire quickly spread to the attic and to adjacent units. The two occupants of of the unit origin were found deceased. Five other building occupants who were trapped on the third floor and roof were rescued and transported for smoke inhalation and burns. No firefighters were injured during this incident.
Total damage: $877k
On 11/16/16 at approximately 23:09, LRFA and LCFD7 battled a fatal two alarm fire in LRFA's east battalion late Wednesday night. Two civilian fatalities, five civilians injured. No firefighters were injured during this incident.
Units Assigned: B21 B23 E19 E21 E23 E27 E71 L20 L23 L24 R23 SQ71.
Total Firefighting personnel: 35
It was determined the fire was caused by a faulty electrical heater that started the fire on a third story apartment. Due to old balloon frame building construction, the building was not sprinklered and the fire quickly spread to the attic and to adjacent units. The two occupants of of the unit origin were found deceased. Five other building occupants who were trapped on the third floor and roof were rescued and transported for smoke inhalation and burns. No firefighters were injured during this incident.
Total damage: $877k
5/20/16 TWO ALARM COMMERCIALLRFA is on the scene of a 2nd alarm commercial fire Involving a 3 story commercial/residential structure. LRFA Battalion 21 is Brick Blvd. Command and has requested a second alarm adding LRFA E23, E25, E27, L23 as well as Jakeland Battalion 1, Engine 6 Ladder 2 and Rochelle Heights Ladder 832. MedBrick One is on-scene with BLS 101 assigned as medical group.
Units Assigned: B21, E21, E22, E23, E26, E27, L20, L24, R23 Total damage: $564K |
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03/14/15 RESIDENTIAL FIREOn Saturday, March 14th, 2015 at 20:19, LRFA was dispatched to a Residential Fire at 371 Bricklink Blvd. The response included BC5 E2 E8 L4 M12 and R3. E8 was the first to arrive and reported a fully involved two story structure unoccupied. E8 took their own water supply and established Bricklink Command. All responding units were told to bring their crew and tools to the command post for defensive operations. E8 called fire tapped at 20:59. The cause of the fire is unknown at this time. No firefighter were injured during this incident. The house was deemed a total loss. Crews worked to save what they could during salvage operations.
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03/06/15 OCTAN CHEMICAL FIREOn Friday, March 6th, 2015 at 19:54, LRFA was dispatched to a Commercial Fire at 239 Baseplate Ave. The initial response included Battalion 5, Engine 2, Engine 7, Ladder 4, Medic 12 and Rescue 3 (B5 E2 E7 L4 M12 XR3). E2 and L4 were the first to arrive at 20:03 and found heavy smoke from the roof with heavy chemical fire on the C side. E2 established Octan Command and requested a 2nd Alarm Hazardous Materials Fire. At 20:05, Engine 8, Engine 10 Ladder 1 and Rescue 6(E8 E10 L1 R6) joined the response and M/A was requested for station back fill. E2 took their own water supply on the D side and L4 supplied their own tower for elevated master stream. L4 received a report of two workers trapped in building 1. L4 and R3 performed rescue operations and found two viable victims just prior to a evacuation of all companies and building 1 and building 2 went into extreme fire behavior with explosions causing building collapse. San D'Lego Police required evacuation within one mile of the incident due to health concerns of toxic smoke to the public. Following the removal of the two victims from the fire, they were immediately transported by Medic 12 to San D'Lego Medical Center where one victim later died from burns and chemical exposure and the second victim is still in the CICU in critical condition. L1, L4, E2 and E10 surrounded the building and performed a defensive master stream fire attack until fire was deemed tapped at 08:12 on 03-07-15. HazMat Techs off of XR3 and R6 remained on scene diking and damning chemical run off until Department of Ecology arrived on scene. The fire is suspected to have been caused by a damaged barrel that organic peroxide polymer before exploding on the C side between buildings 1 and 2. No Firefighters were injured during this incident. Octan Chemicals specialized in petroleum based products such as tires and plastics.
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11/11/14 PACIFIC-BRICK THEATER FIREAt 00:07 on 11/11/2014, LRFA E7 and L1 were dispatched to a Commercial Fire Alarm at 823 Brick Boulevard, the Pacific-Brick Theater in the Gaslamp district. E7 was clearing from a incident on the other end of their response area making L1 the first to arrive. Upon arrival L1 reported heavy smoke and fire from the second story. L1 initiated command and requested a full commercial response which came with a complement of two engines, two ladders, one rescue, one medic unit and one battalion chief, a total of 25 firefighters (E7 E10 L1 L4 M12 R3 BC5). Shortly after the arrival of the 1st alarm, ladder companies performing ventilation on the roof stated that they had a partial collapse and that the fire needed to be switched to a defensive mode. All units abandon the building. After the roof completely collapsed L1 and L4 knocked the fire down fairly quickly with their elevated master streams. Command was terminated just before 03:00 and E7 remained on scene with the fire investigator until the investigation was complete at 08:00. Throughout the duration of this incident, LRFA E2 was assigned to a move up to the Gaslamp station. During this time, E2 responded to nine emergency calls throughout the entire district with the help of mutual-aid departments. The cause of the fire is suspected to be an overloaded power outlet. Damages are estimate to be about $865,000.
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