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Incident Report – 08/05/2007
2280 Tara Dr, Elgin, IL 60123

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Summary

On August 5, 2007, Elgin Fire Department responded to a fire incident at 2280 Tara Dr, Elgin, IL 60123, a 1-or-2 family dwelling.

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

As a result of the incident, there was 1 fire service injury.

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Location

Type Street address
Address 2280 Tara Dr, Elgin, IL 60123
County Kane County
State IL
City ELGIN
Zip Code 60123
Property Use 1 or 2 family dwelling
Detector Alerted Occupants Unknown

Response

Incident Type Building fires
Department Station 3
Mutual Aid Given/Received None
Resources Include Mutual Aid No
Shift B
District 3

Personnel

Support Personnel 18
EMS Personnel 0
Other Personnel 0

Fire Department

Name Elgin Fire Department
Department Type Career
Address 550 Summit St
Elgin, IL 60120
Phone (847) 931-6175
Website https://www.cityofelgin.org/80/Fire

Actions Taken

First Action Taken Extinguish
Second Action Taken Salvage & overhaul
Third Action Taken Ventilate

Injuries/Deaths

Fire Service Injuries 1
Other Fire Injuries 0
Fire Service Deaths 0
Other Fire Deaths 0

Losses *

Property Loss $110,000
Contents Loss $55,000
Property Value $350,000
Contents Value $80,000
  • Losses are approximate and are considered less reliable than other data elements per NFIRS fire data analysis guidelines.

Metadata

Incident Key IL_KA191_8052007_0006662_0
State Illinois
Fire Department ID KA191
Incident Date 08/05/2007
Incident Number 0006662
Exposure Number 0
NFIRS Version 5.0

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Ignition

Area of Origin Laundry area, wash house (laundry)
Heat Source Arcing
Item First Ignited Storage supplies, other
Type of Material Multiple types of material
Cause of Ignition Cause undetermined after investigation
Factor Contributing To Ignition Heat source too close to combustibles

Spread

No Flame Spread/Same As First/Unknown No
Item Contributing Most To Spread Storage supplies, other
Type Material Contributing Most To Spread Multiple types of material

Structure

Not Residential No
Number of Residential Units 1
Number of Buildings Involved 0
Structure Type Enclosed building
Structure Status In normal use
Building Height: Stories Above Grade 2
Building Height: Stories Below Grade 1
Total Square Feet 1200 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 Yes

Automatic Extinguishing System

AES Presence None Present

Detector

Detector Presence Detectors Present
Detector Type Smoke
Detector Operation Undetermined

Mobile Property Involved

Mobile Property Year 0

Equipment

Equipment Year 0

Arson Juvenile Subject

Demographics

Firefighter Casualty Report

Injured Person

Gender Male
Age 52

Responses

Prior Responses During Past 24 Hours 0

Physical Condition

Physical Condition Rested

Severity

Severity Treated by physician, not a lost-time injury

Taken To

Taken To Not transported

Activity At Time Of Injury

Activity At Time of Injury Searching for victim

Injury

Primary Apparent Symptom Cut or laceration
Primary Area of Body Injured Hand and fingers
Factor Contributing to Injury Other factor contributed to injury
Object Involved In Injury Animal
Where Injury Occurred At scene, in structure
Story of Injury 0
Protective Equipment Contributed to Injury No
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