INCIDENT DESCRIPTION
At 8:51 am on October 29, 2024, Battalion 4, Engine 17, Engine 9, and Ladder 9 of the Seattle Fire Department responded to an upgraded rubbish fire response at the Seattle Public Utility’s North Transfer Station (waste collection). After the fire was knocked down, units on scene requested MVU 1, the mobile ventilation unit, to blow out the smoke in the warehouse-like building. MVU 1 is stationed at Station 25 in Capitol Hill and is staffed by the firefighters of Engine 25, Aid 25, and Ladder 10. They also staff Energy 1. MVU 1 is not used often (only 115 responses since 2008) but it is a useful tool to get smoke out of large buildings.
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VIDEO TIMELINE
Parenthesis represent number of angles in the video (first, second view, etc.)
0:00 – MVU 1 responding (1)
0:13 – MVU 1 responding (2)
0:22 – MVU 1 responding (3)
0:34 – MVU 1 responding (4)
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AUDIO
This is real audio from SFD Channel 2 from the incident. It is important to know that the audio is NOT synced with the video.
0;00 – L9: I just spoke to Station 25, we’re gonna add the MVU (mobile ventilation unit) to this response. Problem is we got a whole transfer station full of smoke, the workers down here won’t run a machine to spread the pile out until some of the smoke is clear and we’re just not able to make a difference with our small fans.
0;20 – Dispatch: Okay Ladder 9, add MVU to the response.
0;25 – L10: Dispatch, Ladder 10. MVU 1 is responding, 1350 North 34th Street, would you tap Ladder 10 out (of service)?
0;33 – L9: Ladder 10 from Ladder 9.
0;35 – L10: Ladder 10.
0;36 – L9: When you guys get here there’s a big roll-up door on the east side of the main transfer station building, figure that’s where we’ll have you set up the MVU.
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UNITS
Units dispatched were: B4, E17, E9, L10, L9, MVU1
Units seen in this video were: L10, MVU1
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MY NOTES
When I saw this response, I knew I had to search the archives for MVU 1! There were two routes it could have taken, and fortunately it took the one with more cameras.
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