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Incident Report – 12/24/2022
323 Green Turtle, Vilas, NC 28692

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Summary

On December 24, 2022, Cove Creek Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. responded to a fire incident at 323 Green Turtle, Vilas, NC 28692, a residential property.

The alarm was received at 11:44 AM, 5 suppression and 5 other personnel arrived at 11:51 AM, the incident was controlled at 12:23 PM, and the last unit was cleared at 12:54 PM. The time to arrive was 7 minutes, the time to control the incident was 32 minutes, and the total incident time was 1 hour, 10 minutes.

The following action was taken during the incident: fire/other.

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Location

Type Street address
Address 323 Green Turtle, Vilas, NC 28692
County Watauga County
State NC
City Vilas
Zip Code 28692
Property Use Residential, other
Detector Alerted Occupants Unknown
Hazardous Material Released None

Timeline

  • Alarm

    Alarm received at

  • Arrived

    Arrived at

    Alarm to arrival: 7 minutes

  • Incident Controlled

    Incident controlled at

    Alarm to incident controlled: 32 minutes

  • Last Unit Cleared

    Last unit cleared at

    Alarm to last unit cleared: 1 hour, 10 minutes

Response

Incident Type Building fires
Department Station 22
Mutual Aid Given/Received Automatic aid received
Resources Include Mutual Aid No

Personnel

Support Personnel 5
EMS Personnel 0
Other Personnel 5

Fire Department

Name Cove Creek Volunteer Fire Department, Inc.
Department Type Volunteer
Address 193 Smith St
PO Box 251
Sugar Grove, NC 28679-0251
Phone (828) 297-1375

Actions Taken

First Action Taken Fire, other

Metadata

Incident Key NC_09504_12242022_444_0
State North Carolina
Fire Department ID 09504
Incident Date 12/24/2022
Incident Number 444
Exposure Number 0
NFIRS Version 5.0

Fire Report

Cause

General Cause Equipment
Main Fire Cause Equipment Misoperation, Failure
Priority Cause Equipment Failure, Malfunction

Ignition

Area of Origin Substructure area or space, crawl space
Heat Source Heat source: other
Item First Ignited Structural component or finish, other
Confined To Origin Fire Spread was Confined to Object of Origin
Type of Material Sawn wood, including all finished lumber
Cause of Ignition Failure of equipment or heat source
Factor Contributing To Ignition Construction deficiency

Spread

No Flame Spread/Same As First/Unknown Yes

Structure

Not Residential No
Number of Residential Units 2
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 0
Total Square Feet 3000 sqft

Number of Stories With Damage

Story of Fire Origin 1
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

Automatic Extinguishing System

AES Presence None Present

Detector

Detector Presence Detectors Present
Detector Type Smoke
Detector Power Battery Only
Detector Operation Fire too small to operate
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