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Incident Report – 03/28/2020
712 Turnpike Road, Ripplemead, VA 24150

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Summary


On March 28, 2020, Pearisburg Volunteer Fire Department responded to a fire incident at 712 Turnpike Road, Ripplemead, VA 24150, a residential/self storage unit.

The alarm was received at 12:55 AM, 11 suppression personnel arrived at 1:06 AM, the incident was controlled at 1:25 AM, and the last unit was cleared at 2:39 AM. The time to arrive was 11 minutes, the time to control the incident was 19 minutes, and the total incident time was 1 hour, 44 minutes.

The following action was taken during the incident: extinguish.

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Location


Type Street address
Address 712 Turnpike Road, Ripplemead, VA 24150
County Giles County
State VA
City Ripplemead
Zip Code 24150
Property Use Residential or self storage units

Timeline


  • Alarm

    Alarm received at

  • Arrived

    Arrived at

    Alarm to arrival: 11 minutes

  • Incident Controlled

    Incident controlled at

    Alarm to incident controlled: 19 minutes

  • Last Unit Cleared

    Last unit cleared at

    Alarm to last unit cleared: 1 hour, 44 minutes

Response


Incident Type Building fires
Mutual Aid Given/Received Mutual aid received
Resources Include Mutual Aid No

Personnel


Support Personnel 11
EMS Personnel 0
Other Personnel 0

Fire Department


Name Pearisburg Volunteer Fire Department
Department Type Volunteer
Address 720 Mountain Lake Ave
Pearisburg, VA 24134-1409
Phone (540) 921-1377

Actions Taken


First Action Taken Extinguish

Losses *


Property Loss $3,500
Contents Loss $2,000
  • Losses are approximate and are considered less reliable than other data elements per NFIRS fire data analysis guidelines.

Metadata


Incident Key VA_07150_03282020_0200033_0
State Virginia
Fire Department ID 07150
Incident Date 03/28/2020
Incident Number 0200033
Exposure Number 0
NFIRS Version 5.0

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Cause


Main Fire Cause Other Unintentional, Careless
Priority Cause Other Unintentional

Ignition


Area of Origin Storage area, other
Heat Source Undetermined
Item First Ignited Interior wall covering excluding drapes, etc
Type of Material Wood chips, sawdust, shavings
Cause of Ignition Unintentional
Factor Contributing To Ignition Undetermined

On-Site Materials


On-Site Material Lumber, sawn wood

Spread


No Flame Spread/Same As First/Unknown Yes

Structure


Not Residential No
Structure Type Enclosed building
Structure Status In normal use
Building Height: Stories Above Grade 1
Building Height: Stories Below Grade 0
Total Square Feet 300 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
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