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Incident Report – 03/08/2020
Highway 12, Bowdle, SD 57428

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Summary

On March 8, 2020, Bowdle Fire Department responded to a fire incident at Highway 12, Bowdle, SD 57428, a grain elevator/silo.

The alarm was received on 03/08/2020 at 12:18 PM, 16 suppression, 2 EMS, and 2 other personnel arrived on 03/08/2020 at 12:21 PM, and the last unit was cleared on 03/11/2020 at 11:30 AM. The time to arrive was 3 minutes and the total incident time was 23 hours, 12 minutes.

The following action was taken during the incident: extinguish.

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Location

Type Adjacent to
Address Highway 12, Bowdle, SD 57428
County Edmunds County
State SD
City Bowdle
Zip Code 57428
Property Use Grain elevator, silo

Timeline

  • Alarm

    Alarm received at

  • Arrived

    Arrived at

    Alarm to arrival: 3 minutes

  • Last Unit Cleared

    Last unit cleared at

    Alarm to last unit cleared: 23 hours, 12 minutes

Response

Incident Type Fires in structures other than in a building
Mutual Aid Given/Received Mutual aid received
Resources Include Mutual Aid No

Personnel

Support Personnel 16
EMS Personnel 2
Other Personnel 2

Fire Department

Name Bowdle Fire Department
Department Type Volunteer
Address 2046 Main St
Bowdle, SD 57428
Phone (605) 285-6330

Actions Taken

First Action Taken Extinguish

Metadata

Incident Key SD_26002_03082020_0090660_0
State South Dakota
Fire Department ID 26002
Incident Date 03/08/2020
Incident Number 0090660
Exposure Number 0
NFIRS Version 5.0

Fire Report

Cause

General Cause Equipment
Main Fire Cause Equipment Misoperation, Failure
Priority Cause Equipment Failure, Malfunction

Ignition

Area of Origin Storage area, other
Heat Source Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment
Item First Ignited Agricultural crop, including fruits and vegetables
Cause of Ignition Failure of equipment or heat source
Factor Contributing To Ignition Mechanical failure, malfunction, other

On-Site Materials

On-Site Material Feed, grain, seed

Spread

No Flame Spread/Same As First/Unknown Yes

Structure

Not Residential Yes
Number of Buildings Involved 1
Structure Type Structure type, other
Structure Status Other
Building Height: Stories Above Grade 1
Building Height: Stories Below Grade 0
Total Square Feet 10000 sqft

Number of Stories With Damage

Story of Fire Origin 1

Acres

Acres Burned 0
Less Than One Acre No

Automatic Extinguishing System

AES Presence None Present

Detector

Detector Presence None Present
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