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Incident Report – 04/09/2018
Union Pacific Rail, Marfa, TX 79843

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Summary

On April 9, 2018, Marfa Volunteer Fire Department Inc. responded to a fire incident at Union Pacific Rail, Marfa, TX 79843, a railroad right-of-way.

The alarm was received at 2:30 PM, 7 suppression personnel arrived at 2:40 PM, the incident was controlled at 2:40 PM, and the last unit was cleared at 3:30 PM. The time to arrive was 10 minutes and the total incident time was 1 hour.

The following action was taken during the incident: extinguish.

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Location

Type Street address
Address Union Pacific Rail, Marfa, TX 79843
County Presidio County
State TX
City Marfa
Zip Code 79843
Property Use Railroad right of way

Timeline

  • Alarm

    Alarm received at

  • Arrived

    Arrived at

    Alarm to arrival: 10 minutes

  • Incident Controlled

    Incident controlled at

  • Last Unit Cleared

    Last unit cleared at

    Alarm to last unit cleared: 1 hour

Response

Incident Type Outside equipment fire
Mutual Aid Given/Received None
Resources Include Mutual Aid No

Personnel

Support Personnel 7
EMS Personnel 0
Other Personnel 0

Fire Department

Name Marfa Volunteer Fire Department Inc.
Department Type Volunteer
Address 110 E Lincoln
Marfa, TX 79843-0846
Phone (432) 729-4838

Actions Taken

First Action Taken Extinguish

Metadata

Incident Key TX_TD401_04092018_0192018_0
State Texas
Fire Department ID TD401
Incident Date 04/09/2018
Incident Number 0192018
Exposure Number 0
NFIRS Version 5.0

Fire Report

Ignition

Area of Origin Railroad right of way: on or near
Heat Source Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment
Item First Ignited Railroad ties
Cause of Ignition Unintentional
Factor Contributing To Ignition Arc, spark from operating equipment

Structure

Not Residential Yes
Number of Buildings Involved 0

Acres

Less Than One Acre Yes
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