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Incident Report – 01/12/2015
498 Beech St, Monaca, PA 15061

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Summary


On January 12, 2015, Monaca #4 Station 57 responded to a fire incident at 498 Beech St, Monaca, PA 15061, a 1-or-2 family dwelling.

The alarm was received at 1:34 PM, 3 suppression personnel arrived at 1:44 PM, the incident was controlled at 1:52 PM, and the last unit was cleared at 4:07 PM. The time to arrive was 10 minutes, the time to control the incident was 8 minutes, and the total incident time was 33 minutes.

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

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Location


Type Street address
Address 498 Beech St, Monaca, PA 15061
County Beaver County
State PA
City Monaca
Zip Code 15061
Property Use 1 or 2 family dwelling
Detector Alerted Occupants Unknown
Hazardous Material Released None

Timeline


  • Alarm

    Alarm received at

  • Arrived

    Arrived at

    Alarm to arrival: 10 minutes

  • Incident Controlled

    Incident controlled at

    Alarm to incident controlled: 8 minutes

  • Last Unit Cleared

    Last unit cleared at

    Alarm to last unit cleared: 33 minutes

Response


Incident Type Building fires
Department Station 57
Mutual Aid Given/Received Automatic aid received
Resources Include Mutual Aid No

Personnel


Support Personnel 3
EMS Personnel 0
Other Personnel 0

Fire Department


Name Monaca #4 Station 57
Department Type Volunteer
Address 913 Taylor Ave
Monaca, PA 15061
Phone (724) 774-5361
Website http://monacafire.com/

Actions Taken


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

Metadata


Incident Key PA_04057_01122015_167_0
State Pennsylvania
Fire Department ID 04057
Incident Date 01/12/2015
Incident Number 167
Exposure Number 0
NFIRS Version 5.0

Fire Report

Ignition


Area of Origin Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room
Heat Source Arcing
Item First Ignited Electrical wire, cable insulation
Type of Material Plastic
Cause of Ignition Failure of equipment or heat source
Factor Contributing To Ignition Short circuit arc from defective, worn insulation

Spread


No Flame Spread/Same As First/Unknown Yes
Item Contributing Most To Spread Wearing apparel not on a person
Type Material Contributing Most To Spread Plastic

Structure


Not Residential No
Number of Residential Units 1
Number of Buildings Involved 1
Structure Type Enclosed building
Structure Status Under major renovation
Building Height: Stories Above Grade 2
Building Height: Stories Below Grade 1
Total Square Feet 1216 sqft

Number of Stories With Damage


Story of Fire Origin 1
Number of Stories with Damage: Minor 1
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 None Present

Equipment


Equipment Power Electrical line voltage (>= 50 volts)
Equipment Portability Portable
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