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Incident Report – 10/05/2012
418 E Ave, West Point, IA 52656

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Summary


On October 5, 2012, West Point Fire and Rescue responded to a fire incident at 418 E Ave, West Point, IA 52656, a business and residential use, mercantile/business.

The alarm was received at 6:49 PM, 11 suppression and 8 EMS personnel arrived at 6:51 PM, the incident was controlled at 7:03 PM, and the last unit was cleared at 7:54 PM. The time to control the incident was 12 minutes and the total incident time was 1 hour, 5 minutes.

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

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Location


Type Street address
Address 418 E Ave, West Point, IA 52656
County Lee County
State IA
City West Point
Zip Code 52656
Mixed Use Business and residential use
Property Use Mercantile, business, other
Detector Alerted Occupants Unknown
Hazardous Material Released None

Timeline


  • Alarm

    Alarm received at

  • Arrived

    Arrived at

  • Incident Controlled

    Incident controlled at

    Alarm to incident controlled: 12 minutes

  • Last Unit Cleared

    Last unit cleared at

    Alarm to last unit cleared: 1 hour, 5 minutes

Response


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

Personnel


Support Personnel 11
EMS Personnel 8
Other Personnel 0

Fire Department


Name West Point Fire and Rescue
Department Type Volunteer
Address 610 Ave F
PO Box 239
West Point, IA 52656
Phone (319) 837-6178

Actions Taken


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

Losses *


Property Loss $5,000
Contents Loss $500
  • Losses are approximate and are considered less reliable than other data elements per NFIRS fire data analysis guidelines.

Metadata


Incident Key IA_56011_10052012_12-114_0
State Iowa
Fire Department ID 56011
Incident Date 10/05/2012
Incident Number 12-114
Exposure Number 0
NFIRS Version 5.0

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Cause


General Cause Equipment
Main Fire Cause Heating
Priority Cause Heating

Ignition


Area of Origin Heating room or area, water heater area
Heat Source Undetermined
Item First Ignited Undetermined
Cause of Ignition Failure of equipment or heat source
Factor Contributing To Ignition Mechanical failure, malfunction, other

On-Site Materials


On-Site Material Appliances

Spread


No Flame Spread/Same As First/Unknown Yes
Item Contributing Most To Spread Undetermined

Structure


Not Residential No
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

Acres


Less Than One Acre No

Automatic Extinguishing System


AES Presence None Present

Detector


Detector Presence None Present

Mobile Property Involved


Mobile Property State Iowa

Equipment


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