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Incident Report – 12/28/2022
1020 West Firetower Rd, Peletier, NC 28584

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Summary


On December 28, 2022, Western Carteret Fire & EMS Department, Inc. responded to a fire incident at 1020 West Firetower Rd, Peletier, NC 28584, an outbuilding/shed.

The alarm was received at 2:37 PM, 6 suppression and 1 EMS personnel arrived at 2:47 PM, and the last unit was cleared at 3:06 PM. The time to arrive was 10 minutes and the total incident time was 29 minutes.

The following actions were taken during the incident: salvage and overhaul, incident command, and investigate fire out on arrival.

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Location


Type Street address
Address 1020 West Firetower Rd, Peletier, NC 28584
County Carteret County
State NC
City Peletier
Zip Code 28584
Property Use Outbuilding or shed
Detector Alerted Occupants Unknown
Hazardous Material Released None

Timeline


  • Alarm

    Alarm received at

  • Arrived

    Arrived at

    Alarm to arrival: 10 minutes

  • Last Unit Cleared

    Last unit cleared at

    Alarm to last unit cleared: 29 minutes

Response


Incident Type Building fires
Department Station 12B
Mutual Aid Given/Received None
Resources Include Mutual Aid No

Personnel


Support Personnel 6
EMS Personnel 1
Other Personnel 0

Fire Department


Name Western Carteret Fire & EMS Department, Inc.
Department Type Mostly volunteer
Address 140 Sherwood Ave
Cedar Point, NC 28584
Phone (252) 393-8301

Actions Taken


First Action Taken Salvage & overhaul
Second Action Taken Incident command
Third Action Taken Investigate fire out on arrival

Metadata


Incident Key NC_01612_12282022_2029_0
State North Carolina
Fire Department ID 01612
Incident Date 12/28/2022
Incident Number 2029
Exposure Number 0
NFIRS Version 5.0

Fire Report

Cause


General Cause Flame, Heat
Main Fire Cause Open Flame
Priority Cause Ember, rekindle

Ignition


Area of Origin Other
Heat Source Hot ember or ash
Item First Ignited Box, carton, bag, basket, barrel
Type of Material Cardboard
Cause of Ignition Unintentional
Factor Contributing To Ignition Outside/open fire for debris or waste disposal

Spread


No Flame Spread/Same As First/Unknown Yes

Structure


Not Residential Yes
Number of Buildings Involved 1
Structure Type Enclosed building
Structure Status In normal use
Building Height: Stories Above Grade 1
Building Height: Stories Below Grade 0
Building Length 6 ft
Building Width 8 ft

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

Person


Age of Person 70
Sex of Person Male

Human Factors Contributing to Ignition


Human Factor Unattended or unsupervised person
Human Factor Age was a factor

Automatic Extinguishing System


AES Presence None Present

Detector


Detector Presence None Present
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