Incident Report – 07/30/2020 300 Upland Rd, Blacksburg, VA 24060
Download Full Report
- Download Full Report
- Price
- $4.99
- Feature
- Includes Owner Information
- Feature
- Formatted for Commercial, Legal, and other Professional Usage
- Feature
- Download as PDF
Money-back Guarantee.
Summary
On July 30, 2020, Blacksburg Fire Department responded to a fire incident at 300 Upland Rd, Blacksburg, VA 24060, a multifamily dwelling.
The alarm was received at 4:59 PM, 19 suppression personnel arrived at 5:04 PM, and the last unit was cleared at 7:18 PM. The time to arrive was 5 minutes and the total incident time was 19 minutes.
The following actions were taken during the incident: extinguish, salvage and overhaul, and investigate.
Sponsored
Location
| Type | Street address |
| Address | 300 Upland Rd, Blacksburg, VA 24060 |
| County | Montgomery County |
| State | VA |
| City | Blacksburg |
| Zip Code | 24060 |
| Property Use | Multifamily dwellings |
| Census Tract | 0207 |
| Detector Alerted Occupants | Detector alerted occupants |
Timeline
Alarm received at
Arrived at
Alarm to arrival: 5 minutes
Last unit cleared at
Alarm to last unit cleared: 19 minutes
Response
| Incident Type | Building fires |
| Department Station | 3 |
| Mutual Aid Given/Received | Automatic aid received |
| Resources Include Mutual Aid | No |
| Shift | A |
| Alarms | 0 |
| District | 2 |
Personnel
| Support Personnel | 19 |
| EMS Personnel | 0 |
| Other Personnel | 0 |
Fire Department
| Name | Blacksburg Fire Department |
| Department Type | Mostly volunteer |
| Address | 407 Hubbard St Blacksburg, VA 24060-5727 |
| Phone | (540) 961-1175 |
| Website | https://blacksburgfire.org/ |
Actions Taken
| First Action Taken | Extinguish |
| Second Action Taken | Salvage & overhaul |
| Third Action Taken | Investigate |
Losses *
| Property Loss | $15,000 |
| Contents Loss | $5,000 |
- Losses are approximate and are considered less reliable than other data elements per NFIRS fire data analysis guidelines.
Metadata
| Incident Key | VA_12102_07302020_0000601_0 |
| State | Virginia |
| Fire Department ID | 12102 |
| Incident Date | 07/30/2020 |
| Incident Number | 0000601 |
| Exposure Number | 0 |
| NFIRS Version | 5.0 |
News Articles
Search Google
Fire Report
Cause
| Main Fire Cause | Other Unintentional, Careless |
| Priority Cause | Heat Source or Product Misuse |
Ignition
| Area of Origin | Cooking area, kitchen |
| Heat Source | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment |
| Item First Ignited | Liquids, piping, filters, other |
| Type of Material | Cooking oil, transformer or lubricating oil |
| Cause of Ignition | Unintentional |
| Factor Contributing To Ignition | Abandoned or discarded materials or products |
Spread
| No Flame Spread/Same As First/Unknown | Yes |
Structure
| Not Residential | No |
| Number of Residential Units | 5 |
| Number of Buildings Involved | 1 |
| Structure Type | Enclosed building |
| Structure Status | In normal use |
| Building Height: Stories Above Grade | 2 |
| Building Height: Stories Below Grade | 1 |
| Total Square Feet | 2000 sqft |
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 | 1 |
| Number of Stories with Damage: Extreme | 0 |
Acres
| Acres Burned | 0 |
| Less Than One Acre | No |
Automatic Extinguishing System
| AES Presence | None Present |
Detector
| Detector Presence | Detectors Present |
| Detector Type | Smoke |
| Detector Power | Battery Only |
| Detector Operation | Operated |
| Detector Effectiveness | Alerted Occupants |
Sponsored
Share Emergency Report
