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Incident Report – 11/02/2022
300 4th St, Ambridge, PA 15003

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Summary


On November 2, 2022, Ambridge Fire Department responded to a fire incident at 300 4th St, Ambridge, PA 15003, a dormitory-type residence.

The alarm was received at 11:48 AM, 7 suppression and 3 other personnel arrived at 11:54 AM, the incident was controlled at 12:01 PM, and the last unit was cleared at 1:06 PM. The time to arrive was 6 minutes, the time to control the incident was 7 minutes, and the total incident time was 1 hour, 18 minutes.

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

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Location


Type Street address
Address 300 4th St, Ambridge, PA 15003
County Beaver County
State PA
City Ambridge
Zip Code 15003
Property Use Dormitory type residence, other
Detector Alerted Occupants Unknown
Hazardous Material Released None

Timeline


  • Alarm

    Alarm received at

  • Arrived

    Arrived at

    Alarm to arrival: 6 minutes

  • Incident Controlled

    Incident controlled at

    Alarm to incident controlled: 7 minutes

  • Last Unit Cleared

    Last unit cleared at

    Alarm to last unit cleared: 1 hour, 18 minutes

Response


Incident Type Building fires
Department Station 71
Mutual Aid Given/Received Automatic aid received
Resources Include Mutual Aid No

Personnel


Support Personnel 7
EMS Personnel 0
Other Personnel 3

Fire Department


Name Ambridge Fire Department
Department Type Mostly volunteer
Address 600 11TH St
Ambridge, PA 15003
Phone (724) 266-7926

Actions Taken


First Action Taken Fire, other
Second Action Taken Salvage & overhaul
Third Action Taken Ventilate

Losses *


Property Loss $10,000
Contents Loss $3,000
Property Value $600,000
Contents Value $10,000
  • Losses are approximate and are considered less reliable than other data elements per NFIRS fire data analysis guidelines.

Metadata


Incident Key PA_04071_11022022_393_0
State Pennsylvania
Fire Department ID 04071
Incident Date 11/02/2022
Incident Number 393
Exposure Number 0
NFIRS Version 5.0

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Cause


Priority Cause Unknown 1

Ignition


Area of Origin Cooking area, kitchen
Heat Source Undetermined
Item First Ignited Multiple items first ignited
Cause of Ignition Cause under investigation
Factor Contributing To Ignition Undetermined

Spread


No Flame Spread/Same As First/Unknown Yes

Structure


Not Residential No
Number of Residential Units 40
Number of Buildings Involved 1
Structure Type Enclosed building
Structure Status In normal use
Building Height: Stories Above Grade 5
Building Height: Stories Below Grade 0
Building Length 114 ft
Building Width 56 ft

Number of Stories With Damage


Story of Fire Origin 5
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

Human Factors Contributing to Ignition


Human Factor Unattended or unsupervised person

Automatic Extinguishing System


AES Presence None Present

Detector


Detector Presence Detectors Present
Detector Type Smoke
Detector Power Multiple detectors and power supplies
Detector Operation Undetermined
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