Dispatch & Department Details from 3 Alarm Structure Fire in Emporium Borough
7/30 | 7:45PM
🚨 STRUCTURE FIRE🔥
đź“Ť Cameron County - Emporium Boro - next to 413 E 3rd Street - Emporium Beverage
7:48 - 🛎️🛎️SECOND ALARM
8:07 - 🛎️🛎️🛎️ THIRD ALARM
🔥Flames showing - unknown if anyone is home
Pine Street & 3rd street shut down
• 3rd street shut down from Spruce to the fire scene
Ambulance advising they will standby at their station as it is close and they can see the fire from there
• 8:09 - moving to stage at Emporium Food Mart parking lot per Chief 14’s wishes
— 3rd alarm recommends a dispatch of St. Marys Ambulance, CC Amb. advised to hold off for now and if anything changes they will let them know
Next engine to hit hydrant on 3rd & Spruce
8:02 - West Penn unable to do remote shut off - enroute for physical shut off, ETA of 1 hour
“Contact McKean, have them get an engine enroute, we need some airpack guys, we are gonna lose the whole damn thing here”
Asking Elk Co 1 to step it up a little bit
8:09 - requesting National Fuel to shut off gas
All responding units being requested to go to the grocery store parking lot and send manpower over to the scene
8:15 - National Fuel with a 25 minute ETA
Ops on fire ground 1
8:20 - Chief 14 requesting rehab team for refreshments
•county confirming chief wants CC14 rehab team.
—CC14 team and/or Elkland if they are available. County advised they will dispatch both.
8:28 - requesting Fire Marshall
Some radio traffic indicating someone “isn’t gonna get much water because they have low pressure already”
8:33 - *about 65 firemen needing drinking water*
•marking the fire knocked down & under control at this time
8:42 - Bender Safety & Training Corporation reporting they will be bringing down water
Chief 14 requesting Red Cross be notified - 2 adults & 2 children displaced.
đźš’ Cameron Company 14
đźš‘ Station 720 - fire standby
đźš’ Elk Company 1
đźš’ Port Allegany FD
đźš’ Austin Volunteer FD
đźš’ Norwich Township Volunteer FD
*Reports are based on emergency radio traffic and other preliminary information. Details may change as additional information becomes available. Due to nature of post errors may be present
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Engine 13 stretching its legs last night on a mutual aid call in Emporium PA. Truck 111 was also dispatched to the scene and Engine 12 was requested for stand by at Cameron Company 14’s station.
