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Incident Report – 01/01/2015
8 Bennington St, Newton, MA 02458

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Summary


On January 1, 2015, Newton Fire Department responded to a fire incident at 8 Bennington St, Newton, MA 02458, a residential board and care property.

The alarm was received at 8:14 PM, 20 suppression personnel arrived at 8:18 PM, and the last unit was cleared at 9:58 PM. The time to arrive was 4 minutes and the total incident time was 1 hour, 44 minutes.

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

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Location


Type Street address
Address 8 Bennington St, Newton, MA 02458
County Middlesex County
State MA
City NEWTON
Zip Code 02458
Property Use Residential board and care
Census Tract 3731
Detector Alerted Occupants Detector alerted occupants

Timeline


  • Alarm

    Alarm received at

  • Arrived

    Arrived at

    Alarm to arrival: 4 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 None
Resources Include Mutual Aid No
Shift 3
Alarms 1
District 1

Personnel


Support Personnel 20
EMS Personnel 0
Other Personnel 0

Fire Department


Name Newton Fire Department
Department Type Career
Address 1164 Centre St
Newton Centre
Newton, MA 02459-1539
Phone (617) 552-7272

Actions Taken


First Action Taken Incident command
Second Action Taken Extinguish
Third Action Taken Salvage & overhaul

Losses *


Property Loss $500
Contents Loss $100
  • Losses are approximate and are considered less reliable than other data elements per NFIRS fire data analysis guidelines.

Metadata


Incident Key MA_17207_01012015_0000024_0
State Massachusetts
Fire Department ID 17207
Incident Date 01/01/2015
Incident Number 0000024
Exposure Number 0
NFIRS Version 5.0

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Ignition


Area of Origin Bedroom - 5+ persons; including barrack/dormitory
Heat Source Undetermined
Item First Ignited Curtains, blinds, drapery, tapestry
Confined To Origin Fire Spread was Confined to Object of Origin
Type of Material Fabric, textile, fur, other
Cause of Ignition Cause undetermined after investigation

Spread


No Flame Spread/Same As First/Unknown No

Structure


Not Residential No
Number of Residential Units 3
Structure Type Enclosed building
Structure Status In normal use
Building Height: Stories Above Grade 3
Building Height: Stories Below Grade 1
Total Square Feet 2000 sqft

Number of Stories With Damage


Story of Fire Origin 1
Number of Stories with Damage: Minor 1
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 No

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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