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Incident Report – 09/24/2019
1404 E 14th St, Big Spring, TX 79720

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Summary


On September 24, 2019, Big Spring Fire Department responded to a fire incident at 1404 E 14th St, Big Spring, TX 79720, a 1-or-2 family dwelling.

The alarm was received at 3:13 PM, 13 suppression, 4 EMS, and 5 other personnel arrived at 3:17 PM, the incident was controlled at 4:09 PM, and the last unit was cleared at 4:09 PM. The time to arrive was 4 minutes, the time to control the incident was 52 minutes, and the total incident time was 56 minutes.

The following actions were taken during the incident: extinguish, salvage and overhaul, and investigate.

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Location


Type Street address
Address 1404 E 14th St, Big Spring, TX 79720
County Howard County
State TX
City Big Spring
Zip Code 79720
Property Use 1 or 2 family dwelling

Timeline


  • Alarm

    Alarm received at

  • Arrived

    Arrived at

    Alarm to arrival: 4 minutes

  • Incident Controlled

    Incident controlled at

    Alarm to incident controlled: 52 minutes

  • Last Unit Cleared

    Last unit cleared at

    Alarm to last unit cleared: 56 minutes

Response


Incident Type Building fires
Department Station 003
Mutual Aid Given/Received None
Resources Include Mutual Aid No
District 003

Personnel


Support Personnel 13
EMS Personnel 4
Other Personnel 5

Fire Department


Name Big Spring Fire Department
Department Type Career
Address 1401 Apron Dr
Big Spring, TX 79720
Phone (432) 264-2304

Actions Taken


First Action Taken Extinguish
Second Action Taken Salvage & overhaul
Third Action Taken Investigate

Losses *


Property Loss $15,000
Contents Loss $10,000
Property Value $45,000
Contents Value $25,000
  • Losses are approximate and are considered less reliable than other data elements per NFIRS fire data analysis guidelines.

Metadata


Incident Key TX_KW601_09242019_0001744_0
State Texas
Fire Department ID KW601
Incident Date 09/24/2019
Incident Number 0001744
Exposure Number 0
NFIRS Version 5.0

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Cause


General Cause Firesetting
Main Fire Cause Playing with Heat Source

Ignition


Area of Origin Function area, other
Heat Source Cigarette lighter
Item First Ignited Furniture, utensils, other
Type of Material Fabric, textile, fur, other
Cause of Ignition Cause under investigation
Factor Contributing To Ignition Playing with heat source

Spread


No Flame Spread/Same As First/Unknown Yes
Item Contributing Most To Spread Furniture, utensils, other
Type Material Contributing Most To Spread Fabric, textile, fur, other

Structure


Not Residential No
Number of Residential Units 1
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 30 ft
Building Width 40 ft

Number of Stories With Damage


Story of Fire Origin 1
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 Yes

Person


Age of Person 3
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 Detectors Present
Detector Type Smoke
Detector Power Battery Only
Detector Operation Operated
Detector Effectiveness Alerted Occupants
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