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Incident Report – 08/28/2019
91 Whitcomb Dr, Lancaster, MA 01523

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Summary


On August 28, 2019, Lancaster Fire Department responded to a fire incident at 91 Whitcomb Dr, Lancaster, MA 01523, a non-mixed use, 1-or-2 family dwelling.

The alarm was received at 7:55 PM, 2 suppression, 1 EMS, and 1 other personnel arrived at 7:58 PM, the incident was controlled at 8:12 PM, and the last unit was cleared at 8:12 PM. The time to arrive was 3 minutes, the time to control the incident was 14 minutes, and the total incident time was 17 minutes.

The following action was taken during the incident: investigate.

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Location


Type Street address
Address 91 Whitcomb Dr, Lancaster, MA 01523
County Worcester County
State MA
City LANCASTER
Zip Code 01523
Mixed Use Not mixed use
Property Use 1 or 2 family dwelling
Detector Alerted Occupants Unknown

Timeline


  • Alarm

    Alarm received at

  • Arrived

    Arrived at

    Alarm to arrival: 3 minutes

  • Incident Controlled

    Incident controlled at

    Alarm to incident controlled: 14 minutes

  • Last Unit Cleared

    Last unit cleared at

    Alarm to last unit cleared: 17 minutes

Response


Incident Type Cooking fire, confined to container
Mutual Aid Given/Received None
Resources Include Mutual Aid No
Alarms 0
District LD1

Personnel


Support Personnel 2
EMS Personnel 1
Other Personnel 1

Fire Department


Name Lancaster Fire Department
Department Type Mostly volunteer
Address 1055 Main St
Lancaster, MA 01523
Phone (978) 365-3502

Actions Taken


First Action Taken Investigate

Metadata


Incident Key MA_27147_08282019_579_0
State Massachusetts
Fire Department ID 27147
Incident Date 08/28/2019
Incident Number 579
Exposure Number 0
NFIRS Version 5.0

Fire Report

Cause


General Cause Equipment
Main Fire Cause Cooking
Priority Cause Cooking

Ignition


Area of Origin Cooking area, kitchen
Heat Source Heat source: other
Item First Ignited Item First Ignited, Other
Type of Material Type of material first ignited, other
Cause of Ignition Unintentional

Spread


No Flame Spread/Same As First/Unknown No

Structure


Not Residential No
Number of Residential Units 1
Number of Buildings Involved 0
Structure Type Enclosed building
Structure Status In normal use
Building Height: Stories Above Grade 1
Building Height: Stories Below Grade 0
Building Length 40 ft
Building Width 20 ft

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


Acres Burned 0
Less Than One Acre No

Automatic Extinguishing System


AES Presence None Present

Detector


Detector Presence Detectors Present
Detector Type Smoke
Detector Operation Fire too small to operate
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