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Incident Report – 01/24/2020
1104 Beech St, Elizabeth, LA 70638

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Summary


On January 24, 2020, Elizabeth Volunteer Fire Department responded to a fire incident at 1104 Beech St, Elizabeth, LA 70638, a residential property.

The alarm was received on 01/24/2020 at 10:48 PM, 5 suppression and 1 other personnel arrived on 01/24/2020 at 10:52 PM, the incident was controlled on 01/24/2020 at 11:34 PM, and the last unit was cleared on 01/25/2020 at 12:59 AM. The time to arrive was 4 minutes, the time to control the incident was 42 minutes, and the total incident time was 11 minutes.

The following action was taken during the incident: extinguish.

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Location


Type Street address
Address 1104 Beech St, Elizabeth, LA 70638
County Allen Parish
State LA
City Elizabeth
Zip Code 70638
Property Use Residential, other
Detector Alerted Occupants Unknown
Hazardous Material Released None

Timeline


  • Alarm

    Alarm received at

  • Arrived

    Arrived at

    Alarm to arrival: 4 minutes

  • Incident Controlled

    Incident controlled at

    Alarm to incident controlled: 42 minutes

  • Last Unit Cleared

    Last unit cleared at

    Alarm to last unit cleared: 11 minutes

Response


Incident Type Building fires
Department Station 1
Mutual Aid Given/Received None
Resources Include Mutual Aid No

Personnel


Support Personnel 5
EMS Personnel 0
Other Personnel 1

Fire Department


Name Elizabeth Volunteer Fire Department
Department Type Volunteer
Address 206 E Main St
Elizabeth, LA 70638
Phone (318) 634-5234

Actions Taken


First Action Taken Extinguish

Metadata


Incident Key LA_02001_01242020_4_0
State Louisiana
Fire Department ID 02001
Incident Date 01/24/2020
Incident Number 4
Exposure Number 0
NFIRS Version 5.0

Fire Report

Cause


General Cause Electrical
Main Fire Cause Electrical Malfunction
Priority Cause Electrical Dist

Ignition


Area of Origin Closet
Heat Source Arcing
Item First Ignited Electrical wire, cable insulation
Cause of Ignition Failure of equipment or heat source
Factor Contributing To Ignition Short circuit arc from defective, worn insulation

Spread


No Flame Spread/Same As First/Unknown Yes

Structure


Not Residential No
Number of Residential Units 1
Number of Buildings Involved 1
Structure Type Fixed portable or mobile structure
Structure Status In normal use
Building Height: Stories Above Grade 1
Building Height: Stories Below Grade 0
Building Length 80 ft
Building Width 14 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

Automatic Extinguishing System


AES Presence None Present

Detector


Detector Presence Undetermined

Equipment


Equipment Year 1974
Equipment Power Electrical line voltage (>= 50 volts)
Equipment Portability Stationary
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