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Incident Report – 03/07/2022
601 E 16th St, Big Spring, TX 79720

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Summary


On March 7, 2022, Big Spring Fire Department responded to a fire incident at 601 E 16th St, Big Spring, TX 79720, a 1-or-2 family dwelling.

The alarm was received at 7:38 PM, 5 suppression, 2 EMS, and 4 other personnel arrived at 7:41 PM, the incident was controlled at 8:15 PM, and the last unit was cleared at 8:45 PM. The time to arrive was 3 minutes, the time to control the incident was 34 minutes, and the total incident time was 1 hour, 7 minutes.

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

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Location


Type Street address
Address 601 E 16th St, Big Spring, TX 79720
County Howard County
State TX
City Big Spring
Zip Code 79720
Property Use 1 or 2 family dwelling

Timeline


  • Alarm

    Alarm received at

  • Arrived

    Arrived at

    Alarm to arrival: 3 minutes

  • Incident Controlled

    Incident controlled at

    Alarm to incident controlled: 34 minutes

  • Last Unit Cleared

    Last unit cleared at

    Alarm to last unit cleared: 1 hour, 7 minutes

Response


Incident Type Building fires
Department Station 002
Mutual Aid Given/Received None
Resources Include Mutual Aid No
District 002

Personnel


Support Personnel 5
EMS Personnel 2
Other Personnel 4

Fire Department


Name Big Spring Fire Department
Department Type Career
Address 1401 Apron Dr
Big Spring, TX 79720
Phone (432) 264-2304

Actions Taken


First Action Taken Extinguish
Second Action Taken Salvage & overhaul

Losses *


Property Loss $5,000
Contents Loss $500
Property Value $60,000
  • Losses are approximate and are considered less reliable than other data elements per NFIRS fire data analysis guidelines.

Metadata


Incident Key TX_KW601_03072022_0000438_0
State Texas
Fire Department ID KW601
Incident Date 03/07/2022
Incident Number 0000438
Exposure Number 0
NFIRS Version 5.0

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Cause


General Cause Electrical
Main Fire Cause Electrical Malfunction
Priority Cause Unclassified elec malfunction

Ignition


Area of Origin Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola
Heat Source Undetermined
Item First Ignited Insulation within structural area
Type of Material Sawn wood, including all finished lumber
Cause of Ignition Unintentional
Factor Contributing To Ignition Unspecified short-circuit arc

Spread


No Flame Spread/Same As First/Unknown Yes

Structure


Not Residential No
Number of Residential Units 1
Number of Buildings Involved 1
Structure Type Enclosed building
Structure Status In normal use
Building Height: Stories Above Grade 1
Building Height: Stories Below Grade 0
Building Length 25 ft
Building Width 20 ft

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 Undetermined
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