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Incident Report – 12/25/2022
500 New St, Scranton, PA 18501

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Summary

On December 25, 2022, City of Scranton Bureau of Fire responded to a fire incident at 500 New St, Scranton, PA 18501, a multifamily dwelling.

The alarm was received at 4:41 PM, 14 suppression and 4 other personnel arrived at 4:44 PM, the incident was controlled at 4:50 PM, and the last unit was cleared at 5:03 PM. The time to arrive was 3 minutes, the time to control the incident was 6 minutes, and the total incident time was 22 minutes.

The following actions were taken during the incident: incident command, forcible entry, and ventilate.

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Location

Type Street address
Address 500 New St, Scranton, PA 18501
County Lackawanna County
State PA
City Scranton
Zip Code 18501
Property Use Multifamily dwellings
Detector Alerted Occupants Unknown
Hazardous Material Released None

Timeline

  • Alarm

    Alarm received at

  • Arrived

    Arrived at

    Alarm to arrival: 3 minutes

  • Incident Controlled

    Incident controlled at

    Alarm to incident controlled: 6 minutes

  • Last Unit Cleared

    Last unit cleared at

    Alarm to last unit cleared: 22 minutes

Response

Incident Type Cooking fire, confined to container
Department Station HQ
Mutual Aid Given/Received None
Resources Include Mutual Aid No

Personnel

Support Personnel 14
EMS Personnel 0
Other Personnel 4

Fire Department

Name City of Scranton Bureau of Fire
Department Type Career
Address 518 Mulberry St
Scranton, PA 18503
Phone (570) 348-4132

Actions Taken

First Action Taken Incident command
Second Action Taken Forcible entry
Third Action Taken Ventilate

Metadata

Incident Key PA_35050_12252022_3634_0
State Pennsylvania
Fire Department ID 35050
Incident Date 12/25/2022
Incident Number 3634
Exposure Number 0
NFIRS Version 5.0

Fire Report

Cause

General Cause Equipment
Main Fire Cause Cooking
Priority Cause Cooking

Ignition

Area of Origin Cooking area, kitchen
Heat Source Heat from powered equipment, other
Item First Ignited Cooking materials, including edible materials
Confined To Origin Fire Spread was Confined to Object of Origin
Cause of Ignition Unintentional
Factor Contributing To Ignition Equipment unattended

Spread

No Flame Spread/Same As First/Unknown Yes

Structure

Not Residential No
Number of Residential Units 4
Number of Buildings Involved 1

Acres

Less Than One Acre Yes

Human Factors Contributing to Ignition

Human Factor Unattended or unsupervised person

Equipment

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