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Incident Report – 09/15/2022
101 Ackerman St, Hellertown, PA 18055

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Summary


On September 15, 2022, Dewey Fire Company 1 responded to a fire incident at 101 Ackerman St, Hellertown, PA 18055, a 1-or-2 family dwelling.

The alarm was received at 7:58 PM, 7 suppression and 1 other personnel arrived at 8:05 PM, the incident was controlled at 8:12 PM, and the last unit was cleared at 8:53 PM. The time to arrive was 7 minutes, the time to control the incident was 7 minutes, and the total incident time was 55 minutes.

The following actions were taken during the incident: extinguish and ventilate.

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Location


Type Street address
Address 101 Ackerman St, Hellertown, PA 18055
County Northampton County
State PA
City Hellertown
Zip Code 18055
Property Use 1 or 2 family dwelling
Detector Alerted Occupants Unknown
Hazardous Material Released None

Timeline


  • Alarm

    Alarm received at

  • Arrived

    Arrived at

    Alarm to arrival: 7 minutes

  • Incident Controlled

    Incident controlled at

    Alarm to incident controlled: 7 minutes

  • Last Unit Cleared

    Last unit cleared at

    Alarm to last unit cleared: 55 minutes

Response


Incident Type Building fires
Department Station 1
Mutual Aid Given/Received Automatic aid received
Resources Include Mutual Aid No

Personnel


Support Personnel 7
EMS Personnel 0
Other Personnel 1

Fire Department


Name Dewey Fire Company 1
Department Type Volunteer
Address 502 Durham St
Hellertown, PA 18055-1909
Phone (610) 838-0161
Website https://www.deweyfireco.org

Actions Taken


First Action Taken Extinguish
Second Action Taken Ventilate

Metadata


Incident Key PA_48013_09152022_315_0
State Pennsylvania
Fire Department ID 48013
Incident Date 09/15/2022
Incident Number 315
Exposure Number 0
NFIRS Version 5.0

Fire Report

Cause


General Cause Equipment
Main Fire Cause Cooking
Priority Cause Cooking

Ignition


Area of Origin Cooking area, kitchen
Heat Source Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment
Item First Ignited Undetermined
Confined To Origin Fire Spread was Confined to Object of Origin
Type of Material Undetermined
Cause of Ignition Unintentional
Factor Contributing To Ignition Equipment unattended

Spread


No Flame Spread/Same As First/Unknown Yes

Structure


Not Residential No
Number of Residential Units 2
Number of Buildings Involved 0
Structure Type Enclosed building
Structure Status In normal use
Building Height: Stories Above Grade 3
Building Height: Stories Below Grade 1
Total Square Feet 900 sqft

Number of Stories With Damage


Story of Fire Origin 1
Number of Stories with Damage: Minor 0
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 Yes

Human Factors Contributing to Ignition


Human Factor Possibly impaired by alcohol or drugs

Automatic Extinguishing System


AES Presence None Present

Detector


Detector Presence Detectors Present
Detector Type Smoke
Detector Power Battery Only
Detector Operation Operated
Detector Effectiveness Undetermined

Equipment


Equipment Power Electrical line voltage (>= 50 volts)
Equipment Portability Stationary
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