PRESS RELEASE
Date of Incident: 11/02/15
Location of Incident: Hinesburg Road
Nature of Call: Reported basement fire
Time Reported: 5:14pm
Time Under Control: 6:03pm
Number of Alarms and Times Upgraded: 2nd alarm transmitted @ 5:26pm
Type of Building: 1 ½ story residential
# of Apartments: n/a
Building Owner & Address:
Injuries? No
How Many?
Type?
Fatalities? No
Number of Trucks from Brattleboro: 6
Number of Brattleboro FF’s: 27
Mutual Aid Towns to the Scene: Guilford, Dummerston & Keene
Mutual Aid Towns Covering Brattleboro Stations: Hinsdale, Putney & Westminster
Damage (Minor, Moderate, Extensive): Moderate fire damage/extensive heat & smoke damage
Time in Service: 8:00pm
Cause: Undetermined – not suspicious
Action Taken/Details: At 5:14pm Brattleboro Central Dispatch took a 911 call for a fire in the basement. A 1st alarm assignment of Engine 3, Engine 4 & Ladder1 responded along with automatic aid from Guilford & Dummerston with tankers because the location was outside of the hydrant district.
Upon arrival of Engine 4 at 5:23pm there was smoke showing from the front and south side of the structure. A hose line was stretched inside through a side door as the smoke & heat condition worsened and a 2nd alarm was ordered at 5:26pm bringing all of Brattleboro apparatus to the scene as well as tankers from Vernon & Chesterfield.
Fire on the 1st floor was knocked down and as more personnel arrived a 2nd line was stretched inside and crews completed extinguishment of fire in the basement and on the 1st floor. The fire was declared under control at 6:03pm. There was minor damage in the basement and extensive damage on the 1st & 2nd floors due to fire, heat & smoke.
Brattleboro Fire Department was assisted at the scene by Guilford, Dummerston & Keene Fire Departments, Brattleboro Police, Rescue Inc & Green Mountain Power. There were no injuries. The origin & cause of the fire was investigated by Brattleboro Fire Department, Brattleboro Police Department, VT State Police Fire Investigation Unit & VT Division of Fire Safety.
The cause is undetermined but not considered suspicious.
Name/Rank of Person Doing Press Release: Michael Bucossi; Brattleboro Fire Chief
Brattleboro Fire Department
103 Elliot Street * Brattleboro, VT 05301 * 802-254-4831 FAX: 802-257-2323
Michael Bucossi, Fire Chief
Peter Lynch, Assistant Chief
