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Incident Report – 01/30/2016
1931 Sears St, Waterloo, IA 50702

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Summary

On January 30, 2016, Waterloo Fire Rescue responded to a fire incident at 1931 Sears St, Waterloo, IA 50702, a restaurant/cafeteria.

The alarm was received at 3:24 AM, 12 suppression, 2 EMS, and 3 other personnel arrived at 3:24 AM, the incident was controlled at 3:30 AM, and the last unit was cleared at 4:52 AM. The time to control the incident was 6 minutes and the total incident time was 1 hour, 28 minutes.

The following actions were taken during the incident: extinguish, information/investigation and enforcement/other, and restore fire alarm system.

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Location

Type Street address
Address 1931 Sears St, Waterloo, IA 50702
County Black Hawk County
State IA
City WATERLOO
Zip Code 50702
Property Use Restaurant or cafeteria
Census Tract 000900
Detector Alerted Occupants Detector alerted occupants
Hazardous Material Released None

Timeline

  • Alarm

    Alarm received at

  • Arrived

    Arrived at

  • Incident Controlled

    Incident controlled at

    Alarm to incident controlled: 6 minutes

  • Last Unit Cleared

    Last unit cleared at

    Alarm to last unit cleared: 1 hour, 28 minutes

Response

Incident Type Building fires
Department Station 2
Mutual Aid Given/Received None
Resources Include Mutual Aid No
Shift C
Alarms 1
District 2

Personnel

Support Personnel 12
EMS Personnel 2
Other Personnel 3

Fire Department

Name Waterloo Fire Rescue
Department Type Career
Address 425 E 3RD St
Waterloo, IA 50703-3511
Phone (319) 291-4460
Website https://www.cityofwaterlooiowa.com/wfr

Actions Taken

First Action Taken Extinguish
Second Action Taken Information, investigation & enforcement, other
Third Action Taken Restore fire alarm system

Losses *

Property Loss $75,000
Contents Loss $175,000
Property Value $3,000,000
Contents Value $1,500,000
  • Losses are approximate and are considered less reliable than other data elements per NFIRS fire data analysis guidelines.

Metadata

Incident Key IA_07009_01302016_0007913_0
State Iowa
Fire Department ID 07009
Incident Date 01/30/2016
Incident Number 0007913
Exposure Number 0
NFIRS Version 5.0

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Ignition

Area of Origin Cooking area, kitchen
Heat Source Hot or smoldering object, other
Item First Ignited Cooking materials, including edible materials
Type of Material Plastic
Cause of Ignition Unintentional
Factor Contributing To Ignition Improper container or storage

On-Site Materials

On-Site Material Foods, beverages, agriculture, other

Spread

No Flame Spread/Same As First/Unknown Yes
Item Contributing Most To Spread Cooking materials, including edible materials
Type Material Contributing Most To Spread Plastic

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
Total Square Feet 8000 sqft
Number of Sprinklers Operating 0

Number of Stories With Damage

Story of Fire Origin 1
Number of Stories with Damage: Minor 0
Number of Stories with Damage: Significant 1
Number of Stories with Damage: Heavy 0
Number of Stories with Damage: Extreme 0

Acres

Acres Burned 0
Less Than One Acre No

Automatic Extinguishing System

AES Presence Present
AES Type Wet pipe sprinkler
AES Operation Fire too small to Operate
AES Failure Reason Undetermined

Detector

Detector Presence Detectors Present
Detector Type Combination smoke - heat
Detector Power Hardwire with battery
Detector Operation Operated
Detector Effectiveness No occupants
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