Structure Fire
662 Lincoln Avenue NW, Grand Rapids · West Grand
Timeline
- Structure fire reported at 600 block of Lincoln Avenue NW; GRFD dispatching Battalion 6, Car 97, Engine 3, Engine 5, Engine 8, Truck 3, Rescue 1, and Rescue 2
- Rescue 2 asking dispatch whether this is a full assignment or a smaller response
- Dispatch says caller is not on scene; appears to be a restart of an earlier fire today, so sending a full assignment again
- Dispatch notes this is apparently a rekindle of an earlier fire today; caller not on scene; earlier issue may have been a furnace problem
- Engine 3 on scene at a two-story, two-flat residential structure; nothing showing from outside. Engine 3 establishing command, investigating.
- Battalion calling Lincoln Command
- Light haze on the second floor, same as earlier in the day; heater is off. Crews investigating with equipment.
- Command reports light haze on second floor; requesting a couple of crews
- Truck 3 directed into the second floor
- Lieutenant 677 assuming command at the scene
- Engine 3 assigned as Division 2 along with Truck 3
- Division 2 reports Engine 8 and another crew with them
- Division 2 says no one else can be in there right now
- Command directs Rescue 2 to check the basement
- Basement search complete; basement is clear and neither furnace is running
- Command contacting Division 2 on scene
- Truck 3 removing a light fixture from the second floor that was added to the apartment; only heat signature on that floor, crews checking if it's the fire source
- Landlord confirms prior issues with the fixture, which is why it was replaced; crews focusing on that
- Engine 10 reports on ceiling lights
- Rescue 1 in quarters