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Incident Report – 09/25/2017
River Rd, Northfield, MA 01360

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Summary

On September 25, 2017, Northfield Fire Department responded to a fire incident at River Rd, Northfield, MA 01360, a railroad right-of-way.

The alarm was received at 6:37 PM, personnel arrived at 6:50 PM, the incident was controlled at 7:15 PM, and the last unit was cleared at 8:45 PM. The time to arrive was 13 minutes, the time to control the incident was 25 minutes, and the total incident time was 8 minutes.

The following action was taken during the incident: extinguish.

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Location

Type Street address
Address River Rd, Northfield, MA 01360
County Franklin County
State MA
City Northfield
Zip Code 01360
Property Use Railroad right of way

Timeline

  • Alarm

    Alarm received at

  • Arrived

    Arrived at

    Alarm to arrival: 13 minutes

  • Incident Controlled

    Incident controlled at

    Alarm to incident controlled: 25 minutes

  • Last Unit Cleared

    Last unit cleared at

    Alarm to last unit cleared: 8 minutes

Response

Incident Type Rail vehicle fire
Department Station 61
Mutual Aid Given/Received Mutual aid received
Resources Include Mutual Aid No
Alarms 0

Fire Department

Name Northfield Fire Department
Department Type Volunteer
Address 93 Main St
Northfield, MA 01360
Phone (413) 498-5100
Website https://www.northfieldmafire.com/

Actions Taken

First Action Taken Extinguish

Losses *

Property Loss $500
Contents Loss $0
  • Losses are approximate and are considered less reliable than other data elements per NFIRS fire data analysis guidelines.

Metadata

Incident Key MA_11217_09252017_0925001_0
State Massachusetts
Fire Department ID 11217
Incident Date 09/25/2017
Incident Number 0925001
Exposure Number 0
NFIRS Version 5.0

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Ignition

Area of Origin Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles
Heat Source Hot ember or ash
Item First Ignited Railroad ties
Cause of Ignition Failure of equipment or heat source
Factor Contributing To Ignition Arc, spark from operating equipment

On-Site Materials

On-Site Material Rail equipment
On-Site Material Trains, light rail, rapid transit cars

Structure

Not Residential Yes
Number of Buildings Involved 0

Acres

Acres Burned 0
Less Than One Acre No

Mobile Property Involved

Mobile Property Involved Involved in ignition, but did not itself burn
Mobile Property Type Container or piggyback car - rail
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