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Incident Report – 04/02/2013
1732 175th, Gravity, IA 50848

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Summary


On April 2, 2013, Gravity Community Fire Department responded to a fire incident at 1732 175th, Gravity, IA 50848, an outbuilding/shed.

The alarm was received at 2:50 PM, 5 suppression personnel arrived at 2:58 PM, the incident was controlled at 4:21 PM, and the last unit was cleared at 4:21 PM. The time to arrive was 8 minutes, the time to control the incident was 1 hour, 23 minutes, and the total incident time was 1 hour, 31 minutes.

The following actions were taken during the incident: extinguish and control fire (wildland).

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Location


Type Street address
Address 1732 175th, Gravity, IA 50848
County Taylor County
State IA
City Gravity
Zip Code 50848
Property Use Outbuilding or shed

Timeline


  • Alarm

    Alarm received at

  • Arrived

    Arrived at

    Alarm to arrival: 8 minutes

  • Incident Controlled

    Incident controlled at

    Alarm to incident controlled: 1 hour, 23 minutes

  • Last Unit Cleared

    Last unit cleared at

    Alarm to last unit cleared: 1 hour, 31 minutes

Response


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

Personnel


Support Personnel 5
EMS Personnel 0
Other Personnel 0

Fire Department


Name Gravity Community Fire Department
Department Type Volunteer
Address 405 Main St
Gravity, IA 50848
Phone (000) 000-0000

Actions Taken


First Action Taken Extinguish
Second Action Taken Control fire (wildland)

Losses *


Property Loss $5,000
Contents Loss $1,000
  • Losses are approximate and are considered less reliable than other data elements per NFIRS fire data analysis guidelines.

Metadata


Incident Key IA_87006_04022013_3_0
State Iowa
Fire Department ID 87006
Incident Date 04/02/2013
Incident Number 3
Exposure Number 0
NFIRS Version 5.0

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Ignition


Area of Origin Open area - outside; included are farmland, field
Heat Source Flying brand, ember, spark
Item First Ignited Light vegetation - not crop, including grass
Cause of Ignition Unintentional
Factor Contributing To Ignition Heat source too close to combustibles

On-Site Materials


On-Site Material Agriculture, other

Spread


No Flame Spread/Same As First/Unknown Yes

Structure


Not Residential No
Structure Type Enclosed building
Structure Status Vacant and unsecured
Building Height: Stories Above Grade 1
Building Height: Stories Below Grade 0
Total Square Feet 4000 sqft

Number of Stories With Damage


Story of Fire Origin 1

Acres


Less Than One Acre No

Automatic Extinguishing System


AES Presence None Present

Detector


Detector Presence None Present
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