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Incident Report – 12/18/1998
2100 Dorcheste, Dorchester Center, MA 02124

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Summary

On December 18, 1998, Boston Fire Department responded to a fire incident at 2100 Dorcheste, Dorchester Center, MA 02124, a medical use, warehouse.

The alarm was received at 5:03 PM and 41 suppression personnel arrived at 5:06 PM. The time to arrive was 3 minutes.

The following action was taken during the incident: extinguish.

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Location

Address 2100 Dorcheste, Dorchester Center, MA 02124
County Suffolk County
State MA
City Dorchester Center
Zip Code 02124
Mixed Use Medical use
Property Use Warehouse
Census Tract 100800
Detector Alerted Occupants Detector did not alert occupants

Timeline

  • Alarm

    Alarm received at

  • Arrived

    Arrived at

    Alarm to arrival: 3 minutes

Response

Incident Type Structure fire, other
Mutual Aid Given/Received None
Shift 4
Alarms 1
District D08

Personnel

Support Personnel 41
EMS Personnel Unknown
Other Personnel Unknown

Fire Department

Name Boston Fire Department
Department Type Career
Address 115 Southampton St
Boston, MA 02118-2713
Phone (617) 343-3710
Website https://www.cityofboston.gov/fire/

Actions Taken

First Action Taken Extinguish

Metadata

Incident Key MA_25035_121898_869347_00
State Massachusetts
Fire Department ID 25035
Incident Date 12/18/1998
Incident Number 869347
Exposure Number 00
NFIRS Version 4.1
Priority Cause Code Appliances

Legacy Fields

Estimated Dollar Loss 10,000
Day of Week Friday
Time In Service 00:00
Zip Code 02124
Method of Alarm Coded signal municipal fire alarm system
Type of Situation Found Structure fire
Type Action Taken Extinguishment
Number of Aerial Apparatus 3
Complex Medical care complex
Fixed Property Use Wearing apparel, garments, finished textile storage
Mobile Property type Mobile Property Type undetermined or not reported
Area of Fire Origin Product storage room or area, storage tank, storage bin
Level of Fire Origin Below ground level or water level
Number of Stories 5
Equipment Involved in Ignition Portable appliance designed not to produce heat (not classified above)
Form of Heat of Ignition Unspecified short circuit arc
Type of Material Ignited Polyurethane
Form of Material Ignited Appliance housing or casing
Ignition Factor Short circuit, ground fault
Construction Type Fire resistive
Extent of Flame Damage Confined to part of room or area of origin
Extent of Smoke Damage Confined to floor of origin
Form of Material Generating Most Smoke Appliance housing or casing
Detector Performance Detector(s) not in the room or space of fire origin, and they operated
Sprinkler Performance Equipment present but fire too small to require operation
Type of Material Generating Most Smoke Polyurethane
Avenue of Smoke Travel Corridor
Method of Extinguishment Method of Extinguishment, Control not classified above
Property Damage Classification 10,000-24,999 dollars
Occupancy Type Single or double occupancy
Occupancy Code STORAGE PROPERTY: UNCLASSIFIED

Fire Report

Ignition

Heat Source Arcing
Item First Ignited Appliance housing or casing
Type of Material Plastic
Cause of Ignition Failure of equipment or heat source
Factor Contributing To Ignition Unspecified short-circuit arc

Structure

Number of Sprinklers Operating 0

Number of Stories With Damage

Story of Fire Origin 41

Automatic Extinguishing System

AES Presence Present
AES Type Undetermined
AES Operation Fire too small to Operate

Detector

Detector Presence Detectors Present
Detector Operation Operated
Detector Effectiveness Undetermined

Mobile Property Involved

Mobile Property Type Boat: shorter than 65 ft. with power

Equipment

Equipment Power Electrical, other
Equipment Portability Portable
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