Burnt Food in Microwave
1961 Prospect Avenue SE, Grand Rapids · Garfield Park
Timeline
- Structure fire reported at 1900 block of Prospect Avenue SE; Battalion 5, Car 97, four engines and two trucks dispatched
- Car 5 on scene at a wood-frame building, nothing showing, person outside; Car 5 taking command and investigating
- Dispatch confirms two-story wood frame, nothing showing, person outside; Car 5 is Prospect Command
- Engine 2 on scene
- Command reports no fire; truck needed for ventilation; recommends clearing the balance, leaving the truck and Engine 10
- No fire found; smoke condition in the residence being handled with ventilation, no extension to the building; Engine 10 and truck company can handle
- Cause confirmed as burnt food in the microwave; assignment reduced to Truck 4 and Engine 10, all other units clearing
- Prospect Command repeats burnt food in the microwave; all others clear except Engine 10 and Truck 4
- Life EMS ambulance en route for a child at the scene
- Location of that individual not known at this time
- Life Med 3 to continue in; approach from the north
- Life on scene; earlier message can be disregarded; command to meet them face-to-face
- Engine 2 clear of the scene, returning to quarters
- Truck 4 released; Engine 10 to remain a short time
- Truck 4 clear, back to Channel 1
- Engine 10 clear, back on Channel 1