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Incident Report – 10/23/2022
225 Knight St, Woonsocket, RI 02895

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Summary


On October 23, 2022, Woonsocket Fire Department (Station 2) responded to a fire incident at 225 Knight St, Woonsocket, RI 02895, a multifamily dwelling.

The alarm was received at 2:08 PM, 12 suppression, 4 EMS, and 1 other personnel arrived at 2:13 PM, and the last unit was cleared at 3:09 PM. The time to arrive was 5 minutes and the total incident time was 1 hour, 1 minute.

The following actions were taken during the incident: fire/other and ventilate.

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Location


Type Street address
Address 225 Knight St, Woonsocket, RI 02895
County Providence County
State RI
City Woonsocket
Zip Code 02895
Property Use Multifamily dwellings
Detector Alerted Occupants Detector alerted occupants
Hazardous Material Released None

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: 1 hour, 1 minute

Response


Incident Type Building fires
Department Station 1
Mutual Aid Given/Received None
Resources Include Mutual Aid No

Personnel


Support Personnel 12
EMS Personnel 4
Other Personnel 1

Fire Department


Name Woonsocket Fire Department (Station 2)
Department Type Career
Address 5 Cumberland Hill Rd
Woonsocket, RI 02895-4819
Phone (401) 765-2500
Website https://www.woonsocketri.org/

Actions Taken


First Action Taken Fire, other
Second Action Taken Ventilate

Metadata


Incident Key RI_03900_10232022_9607_0
State Rhode Island
Fire Department ID 03900
Incident Date 10/23/2022
Incident Number 9607
Exposure Number 0
NFIRS Version 5.0

Fire Report

Cause


General Cause Firesetting
Main Fire Cause Playing with Heat Source

Ignition


Area of Origin Cooking area, kitchen
Heat Source Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment
Item First Ignited Box, carton, bag, basket, barrel
Confined To Origin Fire Spread was Confined to Object of Origin
Type of Material Cardboard
Cause of Ignition Unintentional
Factor Contributing To Ignition Playing with heat source

Spread


No Flame Spread/Same As First/Unknown Yes

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 20 ft
Building Width 40 ft

Number of Stories With Damage


Story of Fire Origin 2
Number of Stories with Damage: Minor 0
Number of Stories with Damage: Significant 0
Number of Stories with Damage: Heavy 0
Number of Stories with Damage: Extreme 0

Acres


Less Than One Acre Yes

Person


Age of Person 3
Sex of Person Female

Human Factors Contributing to Ignition


Human Factor Age was a factor

Automatic Extinguishing System


AES Presence None Present

Detector


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

Equipment


Equipment Power Natural gas or other lighter than air gas
Equipment Portability Stationary
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