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Incident Report – 03/12/2021
752 Long Point Rd, Dover, DE 19901

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Summary


On March 12, 2021, Little Creek Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. responded to a fire incident at 752 Long Point Rd, Dover, DE 19901, an industrial plant yard area.

The alarm was received at 4:00 PM, personnel arrived at 4:05 PM, the incident was controlled at 4:18 PM, and the last unit was cleared at 5:04 PM. The time to arrive was 5 minutes, the time to control the incident was 13 minutes, and the total incident time was 1 hour, 4 minutes.

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

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Location


Type Street address
Address 752 Long Point Rd, Dover, DE 19901
County Kent County
State DE
City DOVER
Zip Code 19901
Property Use Industrial plant yard - area

Timeline


  • Alarm

    Alarm received at

  • Arrived

    Arrived at

    Alarm to arrival: 5 minutes

  • Incident Controlled

    Incident controlled at

    Alarm to incident controlled: 13 minutes

  • Last Unit Cleared

    Last unit cleared at

    Alarm to last unit cleared: 1 hour, 4 minutes

Response


Incident Type Fires in structures other than in a building
Mutual Aid Given/Received Mutual aid received
Resources Include Mutual Aid No
Alarms 1
District 54A

Personnel


Support Personnel Unknown
EMS Personnel Unknown
Other Personnel Unknown

Fire Department


Name Little Creek Volunteer Fire Company, Inc.
Department Type Volunteer
Address 311 Main St
PO Box 327
Little Creek, DE 19961
Phone (302) 674-2149
Website https://www.state.de.us/lc54

Actions Taken


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

Losses *


Property Loss $1,500
Contents Loss $1,500
  • Losses are approximate and are considered less reliable than other data elements per NFIRS fire data analysis guidelines.

Metadata


Incident Key DE_30054_03122021_0540088_0
State Delaware
Fire Department ID 30054
Incident Date 03/12/2021
Incident Number 0540088
Exposure Number 0
NFIRS Version 5.0

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Cause


General Cause Flame, Heat
Main Fire Cause Open Flame
Priority Cause Torches

Ignition


Area of Origin Processing/manufacturing area, workroom
Heat Source Heat from direct flame, convection currents
Item First Ignited Conveyor belt, drive belt, V-belt
Confined To Origin Fire Spread was Confined to Object of Origin
Type of Material Rubber, excluding synthetic rubbers
Cause of Ignition Unintentional
Factor Contributing To Ignition Cutting, welding too close to combustible

On-Site Materials


On-Site Material Raw materials, other

Spread


No Flame Spread/Same As First/Unknown Yes

Structure


Not Residential Yes
Number of Buildings Involved 1
Structure Type Open structure
Structure Status In normal use
Building Height: Stories Above Grade 5
Building Length 50 ft
Building Width 50 ft

Number of Stories With Damage


Story of Fire Origin 4
Number of Stories with Damage: Minor 1

Acres


Less Than One Acre Yes

Automatic Extinguishing System


AES Presence None Present

Suppression Factors


Suppression Factor Size, height, or other building characteristic
Suppression Factor Building construction or design factors, other

Detector


Detector Presence None Present
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