North Battalion Fire with Civilian Injuries
Incident #: 2011016498 Date of Incident: 4/29/2011 Issuing Officer: AC Schaeffer
Narrative:
On Friday April 29, 2011 at 1230, 7 Companies of Spokane Firefighters, 5 Engines, 1 Heavy Rescue 1 Senior Ladder under the direction of Battalion Chiefs Sabo and Green, responded to a cell phone call of a house on fire with two adult victims suffering from burns. The caller was not at the address of the incident and reported and confirmed the address was 514 E Sharp. The first company was on scene within 4-minutes and reported that 514 East Sharp was not a valid address. Additional calls to the reporting party as well as other people familiar with the incident revealed the incident was in fact located at 514 West Sharp. Spokane Firefighters were redirected by Dispatchers and arrived quickly to find two severely burned adults and an extinguished kitchen/grease fire in a small wood-framed home. Despite the flash fire's extreme damage to the victims, the fire did not extend to the interior of the home. Members from the Paramedic Engine Companies immediately began treating the critical injuries from the victims while additional AMR ambulances were ordered. A total of two AMR ambulances and AMR Supervisor responded and transported both patients with SFD Paramedics onboard to the Trauma Center which led to a subsequent air transfer to Harborview in Seattle.
Cause:
The SFD's Special Investigation Unit concurred with the Incident Commander's determination that an unintentional "flammable liquid flash fire" occurred in the kitchen and caused the full-thickness burns to the two residents.
Damage:
No structural damage.
# Firefighters Repsonding: 28
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