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| Spokane Fire - Media Release |
Thursday September 9 - 12:03 AM |
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| Structure Fire |
| Date : |
Address : |
Officer : |
| 12/1/2009 |
1120 W Sprague Avenue |
AC Schaeffer |
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| Narrative : |
| On Tuesday December 1, 2009 at 6:46 AM, Spokane Fire Station 4 was dispatched to 1120 W Sprague Avenue on a reported general fire alarm sounding in the apartment building. While enroute, Fire Dispatch received 911 calls from the building reporting smoke present on multiple floors. After taking the citizen’s calls, Fire Dispatch upgraded the alarm to include a total of 4 Engines, 1 Heavy Rescue, 1 Pumper-Ladder and 2-Senior Ladders under the direction of Battalion Chiefs Dan Brown and Bruce Moline.
When Station 4 arrived they found smoke in the lobby of the 15-story building. Upon further investigation, the companies found heavy smoke emanating from a locked apartment in room 106. Ladder 4 and Engine 4 forced entry into the room, searched and successfully rescued the sole occupant. The victim was located within 6-minutes of dispatch and removed to the exterior of the building where SFD Paramedics treated the victim on-scene and transported the patient to Deaconess Hospital.
Additional tasks were ongoing throughout the rescue including companies successfully confining the fire to the unit of origin, pressurizing the atmosphere to make it safe for occupants, evacuating floors 1 and 2 and sheltering all other occupants from Floor 3 to Floor 15.
It took 28 Firefighters 50-minutes to completely ventilate, extinguish and control the incident.
One fatality occurred as a result of the fire (Ethel Maxfield) a 70 year old female. One adult male from Floor 15 was treated by SFD Paramedics and transported to the hospital. This patient’s medical emergency was not related to the fire incident. No Firefighters were injured from the incident.
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| Cause : |
| The cause of this incident is under investigation by SFD’s SIU. |
| Damage : |
| Significant damage to room 106 and minor smoke damage throughout the first floor. |
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