INCIDENT DESCRIPTION
At 11:32 am on February 13, 2025, the Seattle Fire Department responded to a structure fire at 98 Union Street, a condo complex in downtown Seattle, WA, for a report of a rooftop fire. Engine 5, with a fresh new rig put in service two weeks earlier, was first due, and reported nothing visible. Ladder 1 was the first ladder unit, and firefighters reached the roof. Ladder 1 found a small fire caused by an electrical fire that had burned itself out and the response was reduced to a few units. The incident lasted 50 minutes and was turned over to building staff.
Sources: Scanner audio, SFD https://x.com/SeattleFire/status/1890123834147368999
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VIDEO TIMELINE
0:00 – SFD briefing
1:08 – SDOT takes notice, on scene footage of E5
1:47 – E2 responding, arriving (E10 in bottom left corner)
2:29 – E5 working on establishing stand pipe supply
3:35 – Pan back to the scene, now with E10, L1, A10 on scene
3:37 – R1 arriving, B5, command units on scene
3:50 – L4 arriving
4:05 – E10 works on water supply
5:45 – Response reduced
9:10 – E2 clearing
9:30 – L4 clearing
9:45 – Bonus footage (from later)
9:50 – Close-up of E10, L1
10:15 – SDOT pans the scene
10:35 – SPD on traffic control (Pike Place Market)
11:03 – E10 picking up hose
11:20 – L1 clearing
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AUDIO
This is real audio from SFD Channel 1 (structure fire ops) from the incident. This audio actually IS synced with footage! I lined up audio using openmhz’s timestamps and some quick mental math. Audio should be lined up pretty accurately.
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UNITS
Units dispatched were: A10, A14**, AIR26, B2, B5, B7*, DEP1*, E10, E13, E17**, E2, E22*, E25*, E36, E5, E6, E8*, L1, L10*, L4, M17*, M44*, MAR5*, R1, REHAB1*, SAFT2, & STAF10.

Units seen in this video were: A10, B5, E10, E2, E5, L1, L4, R1, & 2 of 3 command units (DEP1, SAFT2, STAF10)

*Cancelled before arrival
**Cancelled immediately after dispatch

SFD A Shift
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MY NOTES
Got some good footage out of this one! Pleased with how easy it was to sync up the scanner audio to match the footage, usually it’s a pain. I’ll be working on a video for the S Walker St derelict building fire with smoke column visible incident as well. I was trying to make a video with the live audio, multi-cam strategy, but it ended up with many minutes of footage with nothing happening. I’ll probably just make a video of all the trucks and a bit of smoke footage. I might make a second, unlisted video with full scanner audio for those who enjoy that style.
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This channel and its content is inspired HEAVILY by LucasFirebuffing’s channel, “SeattleTrafficCams.” I highly recommend you check him out, his videos are very well made: @/SeattleTrafficCams

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Video edited by me using ClipChamp by Microsoft

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