Incident Report – 03/12/2022 100 Mill Rd, Port Townsend, WA 98368
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Summary
On March 12, 2022, Jefferson County Fire Protection District No. 1 (aka East Jefferson Fire Rescue) responded to a fire incident at 100 Mill Rd, Port Townsend, WA 98368, a manufacturing/processing facility.
The alarm was received at 10:05 AM, 9 suppression, 2 EMS, and 2 other personnel arrived at 10:10 AM, the incident was controlled at 10:32 AM, and the last unit was cleared at 11:28 AM. The time to arrive was 5 minutes, the time to control the incident was 22 minutes, and the total incident time was 1 hour, 23 minutes.
The following actions were taken during the incident: extinguish, salvage and overhaul, and incident command.
Location
| Type | Street address |
| Address | 100 Mill Rd, Port Townsend, WA 98368 |
| County | Jefferson County |
| State | WA |
| City | Port Townsend |
| Zip Code | 98368 |
| Property Use | Manufacturing, processing |
Timeline
Alarm received at
Arrived at
Alarm to arrival: 5 minutes
Incident controlled at
Alarm to incident controlled: 22 minutes
Last unit cleared at
Alarm to last unit cleared: 1 hour, 23 minutes
Response
| Incident Type | Fires in structures other than in a building |
| Department Station | 15 |
| Mutual Aid Given/Received | Mutual aid received |
| Resources Include Mutual Aid | No |
| Shift | C |
| District | 123 |
Personnel
| Support Personnel | 9 |
| EMS Personnel | 2 |
| Other Personnel | 2 |
Fire Department
| Name | Jefferson County Fire Protection District No. 1 (aka East Jefferson Fire Rescue) |
| Department Type | Mostly volunteer |
| Address | 40 Seton RD STE A Port Townsend, WA 98368-9799 |
| Phone | (360) 385-2626 |
| Website | https://www.ejfr.org/ |
Actions Taken
| First Action Taken | Extinguish |
| Second Action Taken | Salvage & overhaul |
| Third Action Taken | Incident command |
Metadata
| Incident Key | WA_16D01_03122022_0001011_0 |
| State | Washington |
| Fire Department ID | 16D01 |
| Incident Date | 03/12/2022 |
| Incident Number | 0001011 |
| Exposure Number | 0 |
| NFIRS Version | 5.0 |
Fire Report
Cause
| General Cause | Equipment |
| Main Fire Cause | Other Equipment |
| Priority Cause | Special Equip |
Ignition
| Area of Origin | Conveyor |
| Heat Source | Undetermined |
| Item First Ignited | Dust, fiber, lint, including sawdust and excelsior |
| Cause of Ignition | Cause under investigation |
| Factor Contributing To Ignition | Undetermined |
On-Site Materials
| On-Site Material | Sawdust, wood chips |
Spread
| No Flame Spread/Same As First/Unknown | Yes |
| Item Contributing Most To Spread | Chips, including wood chips |
| Type Material Contributing Most To Spread | Wood chips, sawdust, shavings |
Structure
| Not Residential | Yes |
| Structure Type | Open structure |
| Structure Status | In normal use |
| Building Height: Stories Above Grade | 3 |
| Number of Sprinklers Operating | 1 |
Number of Stories With Damage
| Story of Fire Origin | 2 |
| Number of Stories with Damage: Minor | 1 |
| Number of Stories with Damage: Significant | 0 |
| Number of Stories with Damage: Heavy | 0 |
| Number of Stories with Damage: Extreme | 0 |
Acres
| Less Than One Acre | No |
Automatic Extinguishing System
| AES Presence | Partial system present |
| AES Type | Other sprinkler system |
| AES Operation | Operated and NOT Effective |
| AES Failure Reason | Fire not in area protected by the system |
Equipment
| Equipment Power | Electrical line voltage (>= 50 volts) |
| Equipment Portability | Stationary |
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