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Incident Report – 12/19/2022
1408 Tech Farm Rd Apt A6, Ruston, LA 71270

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Summary

On December 19, 2022, Ruston Fire Department responded to a fire incident at 1408 Tech Farm Rd Apt A6, Ruston, LA 71270, a multifamily dwelling.

The alarm was received at 4:16 PM, 12 suppression and 1 EMS personnel arrived at 4:21 PM, and the last unit was cleared at 4:46 PM. The time to arrive was 5 minutes and the total incident time was 30 minutes.

The following actions were taken during the incident: incident command, investigate fire out on arrival, and provide first aid and check for injuries.

As a result of the incident, there was 1 other fire injury.

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Location

Type Street address
Address 1408 Tech Farm Rd Apt A6, Ruston, LA 71270
County Lincoln Parish
State LA
City Ruston
Zip Code 71270
Property Use Multifamily dwellings
Detector Alerted Occupants Detector alerted occupants

Timeline

  • Alarm

    Alarm received at

  • Arrived

    Arrived at

    Alarm to arrival: 5 minutes

  • Last Unit Cleared

    Last unit cleared at

    Alarm to last unit cleared: 30 minutes

Response

Incident Type Building fires
Department Station 002
Mutual Aid Given/Received None
Resources Include Mutual Aid No
Shift C
District 001

Personnel

Support Personnel 12
EMS Personnel 1
Other Personnel 0

Fire Department

Name Ruston Fire Department
Department Type Career
Address 920 E Georgia Ave
Ruston, LA 71270-3937
Phone (318) 251-8607
Website https://www.ruston.org/fire-department

Actions Taken

First Action Taken Incident command
Second Action Taken Investigate fire out on arrival
Third Action Taken Provide first aid & check for injuries

Injuries/Deaths

Fire Service Injuries 0
Other Fire Injuries 1
Fire Service Deaths 0
Other Fire Deaths 0

Metadata

Incident Key LA_31015_12192022_0005260_0
State Louisiana
Fire Department ID 31015
Incident Date 12/19/2022
Incident Number 0005260
Exposure Number 0
NFIRS Version 5.0

Fire Report

Cause

General Cause Equipment
Main Fire Cause Appliances
Priority Cause Appliances

Ignition

Area of Origin Cooking area, kitchen
Heat Source Heat from powered equipment, other
Item First Ignited Cooking materials, including edible materials
Confined To Origin Fire Spread was Confined to Object of Origin
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 8
Structure Type Enclosed building
Structure Status In normal use
Building Height: Stories Above Grade 2
Building Height: Stories Below Grade 0
Building Length 50 ft
Building Width 70 ft
Number of Sprinklers Operating 1

Number of Stories With Damage

Story of Fire Origin 2

Acres

Less Than One Acre No

Person

Age of Person 25

Human Factors Contributing to Ignition

Human Factor Unattended or unsupervised person

Automatic Extinguishing System

AES Presence Present
AES Type Dry chemical system
AES Operation Operated and NOT Effective
AES Failure Reason Not enough agent discharged to control the fire

Detector

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

Equipment

Equipment Power Electrical, other
Equipment Portability Stationary

Civilian Casualty Report

Injured Person

Gender Female
Age 26
Race Black

Injury Date and Time

Injury Date and Time 12/19/2022 4:16 PM

Severity

Severity Injury

Cause of Injury

Cause of Injury Exposed to fire products

Activity When Injured

Activity When Injured Fire control
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