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Incident Report – 12/18/2022
651 Princeton Ave E, Palmerton, PA 18071

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Summary


On December 18, 2022, a fire department near Palmerton, PA responded to a fire incident at 651 Princeton Ave E, Palmerton, PA 18071, a 1-or-2 family dwelling.

The alarm was received at 11:46 AM, 11 suppression and 5 other personnel arrived at 11:54 AM, the incident was controlled at 12:02 PM, and the last unit was cleared at 12:37 PM. The time to arrive was 8 minutes, the time to control the incident was 8 minutes, and the total incident time was 51 minutes.

The following actions were taken during the incident: investigate and ventilate.

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Location


Type Street address
Address 651 Princeton Ave E, Palmerton, PA 18071
County Carbon County
State PA
City Palmerton
Zip Code 18071
Property Use 1 or 2 family dwelling
Detector Alerted Occupants Detector alerted occupants
Hazardous Material Released None

Timeline


  • Alarm

    Alarm received at

  • Arrived

    Arrived at

    Alarm to arrival: 8 minutes

  • Incident Controlled

    Incident controlled at

    Alarm to incident controlled: 8 minutes

  • Last Unit Cleared

    Last unit cleared at

    Alarm to last unit cleared: 51 minutes

Response


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

Personnel


Support Personnel 11
EMS Personnel 0
Other Personnel 5

Actions Taken


First Action Taken Investigate
Second Action Taken Ventilate

Metadata


Incident Key PA_13007_12182022_121_0
State Pennsylvania
Fire Department ID 13007
Incident Date 12/18/2022
Incident Number 121
Exposure Number 0
NFIRS Version 5.0

Fire Report

Cause


Main Fire Cause Other Unintentional, Careless
Priority Cause Heat Source or Product Misuse

Ignition


Area of Origin Cooking area, kitchen
Heat Source Heat source: other
Item First Ignited Undetermined
Confined To Origin Fire Spread was Confined to Object of Origin
Type of Material Type of material first ignited, other
Cause of Ignition Unintentional
Factor Contributing To Ignition Abandoned or discarded materials or products

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 2
Building Height: Stories Below Grade 1
Total Square Feet 2932 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

Person


Age of Person 28
Sex of Person Female

Human Factors Contributing to Ignition


Human Factor Unattended or unsupervised person
Human Factor Age was a factor

Automatic Extinguishing System


AES Presence None Present

Detector


Detector Presence Detectors Present
Detector Type Smoke
Detector Power Hardwire with battery
Detector Operation Operated
Detector Effectiveness Alerted Occupants
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