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Incident Report – 10/19/2011
2 Derby St, Somerville, MA 02145

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Summary

On October 19, 2011, City of Somerville Fire Deparment responded to a fire incident at 2 Derby St, Somerville, MA 02145, a non-mixed use, multifamily dwelling.

The alarm was received at 7:00 PM, 18 suppression, 2 EMS, and 1 other personnel arrived at 7:02 PM, the incident was controlled at 7:30 PM, and the last unit was cleared at 8:58 PM. The time to control the incident was 28 minutes and the total incident time was 1 hour, 58 minutes.

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

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Location

Type Street address
Address 2 Derby St, Somerville, MA 02145
County Middlesex County
State MA
City SOMERVILLE
Zip Code 02145
Mixed Use Not mixed use
Property Use Multifamily dwellings
Census Tract 3501
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: 28 minutes

  • Last Unit Cleared

    Last unit cleared at

    Alarm to last unit cleared: 1 hour, 58 minutes

Response

Incident Type Building fires
Mutual Aid Given/Received None
Resources Include Mutual Aid No
Shift 3
Alarms 1
District C2

Personnel

Support Personnel 18
EMS Personnel 2
Other Personnel 1

Fire Department

Name City of Somerville Fire Deparment
Department Type Career
Address 266 Broadway
Somerville, MA 02145-2916
Phone (617) 623-1700

Actions Taken

First Action Taken Extinguish
Second Action Taken Salvage & overhaul

Losses *

Property Loss $20,000
Contents Loss $10,000
Property Value $50,000
Contents Value $20,000
  • Losses are approximate and are considered less reliable than other data elements per NFIRS fire data analysis guidelines.

Metadata

Incident Key MA_17274_10192011_0009816_0
State Massachusetts
Fire Department ID 17274
Incident Date 10/19/2011
Incident Number 0009816
Exposure Number 0
NFIRS Version 5.0

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Cause

General Cause Equipment
Main Fire Cause Cooking
Priority Cause Cooking

Ignition

Area of Origin Cooking area, kitchen
Heat Source Heat from other open flame or smoking materials
Item First Ignited Cooking materials, including edible materials
Type of Material Fat, grease, butter, margarine, lard
Cause of Ignition Unintentional
Factor Contributing To Ignition Equipment unattended

Spread

No Flame Spread/Same As First/Unknown No
Item Contributing Most To Spread Cabinetry (including built-in)
Type Material Contributing Most To Spread Plywood

Structure

Not Residential No
Number of Residential Units 3
Number of Buildings Involved 1
Structure Type Enclosed building
Structure Status In normal use
Building Height: Stories Above Grade 3
Building Height: Stories Below Grade 1
Building Length 50 ft
Building Width 25 ft
Number of Sprinklers Operating 0

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

Acres Burned 0
Less Than One Acre Yes

Automatic Extinguishing System

AES Presence None Present

Detector

Detector Presence Detectors Present
Detector Type Smoke
Detector Power Hardwire with battery
Detector Operation Operated
Detector Effectiveness Alerted Occupants

Mobile Property Involved

Mobile Property Year 0

Equipment

Equipment Year 0
Equipment Power Electrical line voltage (>= 50 volts)
Equipment Portability Stationary
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