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August 2001

8/1/2001- 0702
Youngstown: Trash Fire. St. Louis Ave., near Rosedale. Cos: Eng 2.

- 0802
Youngstown: *Working Fire*. 297 Upland. Cos: Eng 7, 6, 12, Squad 33, Lad 22, BN 1, 2. Crosses are Ohio and Fifth. House is 2-story SFD.

Additional: Quick containment, if any serious fire was found. BN 1 was on scene with nothing showing, but requested FIU 14, the arson unit. Not sure the size of fire.

8/2/2001- 1708
Youngstown: Kitten Rescue. 2007 East Midlothian. Cos: Eng 9. Crosses are Irma and Loveless. Dispatch reports 2 kittens are stuck in a wall.

8/3/2001- 0041
Youngstown: Fire Alarm Activation. 500 Gypsy Lane @ North Side Hospital. Cos: Eng 7, Squad 33. Crosses are Goleta and Belmont.

- 1022
Youngstown: Fire Alarm Activation. 500 Gypsy Lane @ North Side Hospital. Cos: Eng 7, Squad 33. Crosses are Goleta and Belmont.

- 1045                                                                                                                               Youngstown: Fire Alarm Activation. 120 E. Woodland. United Refrigeration. Cos: Eng 2, 7. (GR)

Additional: Eng 7 on scene, clear Eng 2.

- 1231                                                                                                                        Youngstown: Car Fire. 1044 Belmont Ave. Outside of St. Elizabeth's Hospital. Cos: Eng 7. Crosses are Caroline and Parmelee. (GR)

- 1443
Youngstown: Fire Alarm Activation. 500 Gypsy Lane @ North Side Hospital. Cos: Eng 7, Squad 33. Crosses are Goleta and Belmont. 33 clear, 7 continue in.

- 1445
Youngstown: Wires Down. Gregory Ave. and Kirk Rd. Cos: Eng 15.

- 1659
Youngstown: Check for Smoke in the Area. Halls Heights and Mahoning Ave. Cos: Eng 3.

8/4/2001- 0000
Youngstown: W/F 220 East Boston. Cos: Eng 2, 9, 15, Lad 24, Squad 33, BN 1, 2. Eng 2 reports smoke showing from 2nd floor of 2 sty SFD. FPO/256/D323 ©

- 1207
Youngstown: Residential Smoke Alarm Activation. 724 East Indianola. Cos: Eng 9.

Additional: Eng 9 on scene, false alarm.

- 1343                                                                                                                            Youngstown: Open Burning. 1104 Andrews Ave. Cos: Eng 7. Crosses are Logan and Sycamore. (GR)

- 1939
Youngstown: Open Burning. Corner of Elm St. and Dennick Ave.(2222 Elm St.) Cos: Eng 7.

Additional: Eng 7 on scene. Reports false alarm.

(Note: This address is so well known to Engine 7 that dispatch simply reported the call as being open burning at the corner of Elm and Dennick. Eng 7 knew it would be 2222 Elm as they have been there at least three times in under a month. Every time it has been a false alarm, usually a BBQ.)

- 2141                                                                                                                        Youngstown: *Working Fire*. Kincaid At Cabot. Cos: Eng 3, 15, 7, Squad 33, Lad 22, BN 1, 2. BN 2 on scene of a working fire 1st floor. [IPNOHI043]

- 2249
Youngstown: Poss. Structure Fire. Across From 8 North Glenellen. Cos: Eng 3, 15, 7, Squad 33, Lad 22, BN 1, 2. Crosses are Oakwood and Mahoning.

- 2252
Youngstown: *Working Fire* 2340 Ridgelawn. Cos: Eng 7, 6, 9, Lad 24. Crosses are Eileen and Monterey. Dispatch reports fire to be in car with attached garage. BN 1 on scene, declares working fire in 2-sty SFD.

Additional: Eng 7 is already enroute/on-scene at Glenellen, so it will not be responding. Eng 2 responding.

Additional: All clear at Glenellen, Eng 2, 6, 9, Lad 24 clear enroute to Ridgelawn. Eng 7, 3, 15, Lad 22, Squad 33, BN 1, 2 on scene at Ridgelawn. The problem was Ridgelawn and Glenellen all have the same box assignment because they are about 1/2 mile from each other on the West Side.

8/5/2001- 0156
Youngstown: MVA/PIN, Wires Down, Assist YPD. Jacobs Rd. and McGuffey. Cos: Eng 12, Squad 33.

Additional: S/C Ohio Edison, no entrapment, 33 clear.

- 0903
Youngstown: Car Fire. Behind 136 Kenmore. Cos: Eng 2. Crosses are Oak Hill and Hillman.

8/6/2001- 0339
Youngstown: *Working Fire* 724 East Boston. Cos: Eng 9, 2, 6, Lad 24, squad 33, BN 1, 2. BN 2 reports smoke from 2nd floor of 2.5 sty SFD. All occupants out of structure. FPO/D323 ©

- 1016                                                                                                                Youngstown: Tractor Trailer Fire. Martin Luther King Blvd. at Division St. Cos: Eng 3.

- 1725
Youngstown: Wires Down. 800 Bl. of Canfield Rd. Cos: Eng 2. Crosses are Reel and Billingsgate.

Additional: Eng 2 on scene, requesting Youngstown Street Department and Ohio Edison.

- 1801
Youngstown: Residential Fire Alarm Activation. 206 Hilton. Cos: Eng 9. Crosses are Erie and Rush.

- 2340
Youngstown: Poss. Arson In Progress/Assist YPD. 908 Parkview. Cos: Eng 2. Crosses are Volney and Colfax.

Additional: Eng 2 on scene, YPD is not. Apparently they are backed up and unit will be enroute shortly.

8/7/2001- 0652
Youngstown: *Working Fire* Next to 1348 Burford. Cos: Eng 12, 6, 7, Lad 22, Squad 33, BN 1, 2. Eng 12 reports a well involved SFD. BN 2 requesting utilities be S/C'd. FPO/258/D323 ©

- 1808
Youngstown: Residential Fire Alarm Activation. 43 Illinois. Cos: Eng 7, 12. Crosses are Wick and Bryson.

Additional: Eng 7 on scene. False alarm. Eng 12 clear, 7 will get report.

8/8/2001- 1504
Youngstown: MVA/PIN Belmont & WB Service Rd. Eng 7, Squad 33 responding. Squad 33 extricating a victim. FPO/D323 ©

- 2318
Youngstown: Poss. Trash Fire. Behind old steel mill, near Salt Springs and I-680. Cos: Eng 3.

- 2328
Youngstown: Poss. Structure Fire. 324 Marmion. Cos: Eng 2, 9, 15, Squad 33, Lad 24, BN 1, 2. Crosses are South Ave. and Rush Blvd.

Additional: Eng 2, BN 2, on scene. False alarm, all clear per BN 2.

8/9/2001- 0247
Youngstown: *Working Fire* Kensington, near Thornton. Cos: Eng 7, 12, 6, Squad 33, Lad 22, BN 1, 2.

Additional: Eng 6 has the hydrant. According to dispatch, this house may have a weak interior stairway.

- 1636
Youngstown: Assist Medics. 1400 Springdale. Cos: Eng 12. Crosses are Berkeley and Commonwealth.

- 1805                                                                                                                               Youngstown: Open Burning. Martin Luther King Blvd and Funston. Cos: Eng 3. (GR)

- 1825                                                                                                                        Youngstown: Commercial Fire Alarm Activation. 800 East Indianola @ Lincoln Place. Cos: Eng 2, 9. Crosses are Homestead and Zedaker. (GR)

- 1838
Youngstown: Wires Down. Bears Den and Hermosa. Cos: Eng 15.

Additional: S/C Ohio Edison.

- 1839
Youngstown: Transformer Fire. 333 Elberen. Cos: Eng 3. Crosses are Salt Springs and Waverly.

8/10/2001- 1855
Youngstown: Fire Alarm Activation. 500 Gypsy Lane @ North Side Hospital. Cos: Eng 7, Squad 33. Crosses are Goleta and Belmont. Both are on scene. Alarm activation is in Emergency Room.

Additional: Both clear, false alarm. As soon as they declare all clear, the alarm goes off again. they are still clear. NS Hospital will handle, lock out or reset problem sensor.

- 2208
Youngstown: Car Fire. Wirt and Crandall. Cos: Eng 7.

- 2209
Youngstown: Trash Fire. Behind 1719 Mahoning Ave. Cos: Eng 3. Crosses are Lakeview and Portland.

8/11/2001- approx. 0630
Youngstown: Fire Alarm Activation. 500 Gypsy Lane @ North Side Hospital. Cos: Eng 7, 12, 3, Squad 33, Lad 22, BN 1, 2. Crosses are Goleta and Belmont.

- 2043
Youngstown: Open Burning. Area of 3614 Wyandott. Cos: Eng 9. Crosses are Buckeye and Windsor.

8/12/2001- 1811
Youngstown: Wires Down. 1128 Donation. Cos: Eng 7. Crosses are McGuffey Rd. and Albert St.

Additional: Wires is a phone wire, already coiled out of the road. Eng 7 clear and in service.

- 2255
Youngstown: W/F 538 Fithian. Cos: Eng 9, 2, 6, Lad 24, Squad 33, BN 1, 2. BN 2 reports 2 sty SFD fully involved. FPO/256/D323 ©

8/14/2001- 1441
Youngstown: Car Fire. 504 East Midlothian @ Fast Check Food Mart. Cos: Eng 9. Crosses are South and Zedaker.

- 1831
Youngstown: Poss. Structure Fire. 1137 Kendis Circle. Cos: Eng 6, 12, 7, Squad 33, Lad 22, BN 1, 2. Crosses are Keystone and Darnell. Multistory govrn't housing project.

Additional: Eng 12 has the hydrant. Eng 6 on scene investigating. Report of smoke in the building with multiple alarms going off.

Additional: All clear, must have been food on stove.

- 1953
Youngstown: *Working Fire* 942 Bonnie Brae. Cos: Eng 2, 15, 3, Squad 33, Lad 24, BN 1, 2. Crosses are Rogers and Billingsgate.

Additional: Second-in engine to get hydrant on either Rogers or Billingsgate. There is no hydrant on Bonnie Brae. S/C Red Cross for 2 children and mother who were put out. S/C board-up company for 2 windows and front door.

8/15/2001- 0805
Youngstown: Fire Alarm Activation. 500 Gypsy Lane @ North Side Hospital. Cos: Eng 7, Squad 33. Crosses are Goleta and Belmont.

- 2024
Youngstown: Brush Fire. McGuffey Rd, near Hubbard-Liberty. Cos: Eng 12. Dispatch reports heavy smoke visible.

- 2206
Youngstown: Poss. Structure Fire. 1404 Belleview. Cos: Eng 2, 9, 6, Squad 33, Lad 24, BN 1, 2. Crosses are Chalmers and Marion.

Additional: BN 2 on scene. Nothing showing. All clear except Eng 2. Dispatch reports that call came from cell phone which had, just 2 minutes earlier, phoned in a false shooting report to the YPD.

- 2246
Youngstown: Poss. Structure Fire. 854 Lansdowne Blvd. Cos: Eng 12, 6, 7, Squad 33, Lad 22, BN 1, 2. Crosses are Stewart and Armstrong.

Additional: Eng 12 and 6 on scene investigating. All clear except Eng 12.

8/16/2001- 1856
Youngstown: Fire Alarm Activation. 345 Oak Hill @ Renaissance Place. Cos: Eng 2, 7. Crosses are High and Francis.

Additional: All clear, false alarm.

- 1953
Youngstown: Poss. Structure Fire. 246 North Heights. Cos: Eng 7, 12, 3, Squad 33, Lad 22, BN 1, 2. Crosses are Fifth and Ohio Aves.

Additional: Eng 7 on scene investigating. Reports indicate a possible car bomb or fire, unclear. BN 1 and Eng 7 on scene, all other clear. YPD on scene as well. Squad 33 S/C'ed back to the scene.

8/17/2001- 0113
Youngstown: Poss. Structure Fire. 918 Elm St., Apt. #1. Cos: Eng 7, 12, 6, Squad 33, Lad 22, BN 1, 2. Crosses are Baldwin and Park.

Additional: Eng 7 on scene, all companies clear. Call came from a pay phone on Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.

- 1620
Youngstown: Heavy Smoke in the Area. 800 Bl. of E. Florida. Cos: Eng 9. Crosses are Homestead and Zedaker.

- 1644
Youngstown: Antifreeze Spill from MVA. Oak St. and Albert St. Cos: Eng 6.

8/18/2001- 1345
Youngstown: Wires Down. 407 Lora. Cos: Eng 7. Crosses are Ford and Juanita.

- 1348
Youngstown: *Working Fire* Madison EB, off of Belmont. Cos: Eng 3, 12, 2, Squad 33, Lad 22, BN 1, 2. Crosses are Foster and North. Eng 7 called this in while responding to Lora.

Additional: Eng 2 clear, Eng 7 responding. All clear except Eng 3, Lad 22, BN 1. They will let it burn. It is a vacant structure with no exposures.

- 1502
Youngstown: Poss. Structure Fire. Next To 1441 Wilson Ave. Cos: Eng 9, 7, 12, Squad 33, Lad 24, BN 1, 2. Crosses are Ayers and Car.

- 1506
Eng 2 toned to 1441 Wilson Ave. Eng 6, normally first-due, was out of service. All units clear, false alarm.

- 1521
Youngstown: Wires Down. 702 High Street. Cos: Eng 2. Crosses are School St. and West.

Additional: S/C Ohio Edison.

- 2200
Youngstown: Rekindle. 563 Madison. Cos: Eng 7. Crosses are Foster and North.

- 2038
Youngstown: Brush Fire. Area of 705 Cassius. Cos: Eng 12. Cross is McGuffey.

Additional: Eng 12 on scene, no fire. Caller reports she was mistaken. Eng 12 clear.

8/19/2001- 1048
Youngstown: Poss. Structure Fire. 338 Bessemer. Cos: Eng 3, 15, 7, Lad 22, BN 1, 2. Crosses are Salt Springs and Waverly.

Additional: Eng 3 on scene, investigating. Dispatch reports smoke in the basement. Eng 3 has light smoke condition in basement. All clear except 3, who will handle.

8/20/2001- 0038
Youngstown: Trash Fire. Indianola and Reel. Cos: Eng 2.

- 0918
Youngstown: Fire Alarm Activation. Lyden House, on Madison, near 7's. Cos: Eng 7, 12. According to dispatch, crosses are Elm and Bryson. The crosses really should be Elm and Ohio.

Additional: Eng 7 on scene, all clear.

- 1002
Youngstown: *Working Fire* 1637 East Indianola. Cos: Eng 9, 2, 6, Lad 24, Squad 33, BN 1, 2. Eng 9 reports smoke showing from 2.5 sty SFD. FPO/D323 ©

- 1209
Youngstown: Fire Alarm Activation. 500 Gypsy Lane @ North Side Hospital. Cos: Eng 7, Squad 33. Crosses are Goleta and Belmont.

Additional: All clear, 33 to quarters, 7 to continue in for report.

- 1211
Youngstown: Open Burning. 259 Bouquet. Cos: Eng 15. Cross street is Junction.

Additional: Eng 15 is Out of Service at Station 1. It will not be responding

- 1212
Youngstown: Open Burning. 259 Bouquet. Cos: Eng 3. Cross street is Junction.

- 1735
Youngstown: Residential Gas Leak. 25 South Evanston. Cos: Eng 3. Crosses are Mahoning and Mayfield.

8/21/2001- 0923
Youngstown: Gas Leak. 715 North Mahoning @ Grace Exterminators. Cos: Eng 3. Cross street is Vestal.

Additional: Eng 3 on scene, reports a gas main rupture due to a construction zone at the location. S/C Ohio Edison, have them run emergency to location as well as YPD to close part of Meridian if necessary. OE ETA is 30 minutes.

- 1332
Youngstown: Fire Alarm Activation. 1004 Belmont Ave. @ St. Elizabeth Hospital, Extension 1-North. Cos: Eng 7, Squad 33. Crosses are Caroline and Parmelee.

Additional: Dispatch reports that St. E's has an actual fire and is going to call a Box 5. St. E's rescinds that and now has a false alarm, all units clear.

- 2154
Youngstown: Residential Gas Leak. 25 South Evanston. Cos: Eng 3. Crosses are Mahoning and Mayfield.

8/23/2001- 2001                                                                                                                Youngstown: Fire Alarm Activation. 785 Fairmont. Cos: Eng 7. Crosses are Griffith and Wirt. (GR)

- 2007                                                                                                                            Youngstown: Car Fire. Oneta and Salt Springs. Cos: Eng 3. (GR)

- 2121                                                                                                                                Youngstown: Open Burning. Myrtle and Oak Hill. Cos: Eng 2. (GR)

- 2308
Youngstown: Poss. Structure Fire. 254 Dupont. Cos: Eng 3, 7, 6, Squad 33, Lad 22, BN 1, 2. Crosses are Elmont and Robinwood.

Additional: Many companies on scene. Clear all except Eng 3 and Lad 22.

8/24/2001- 1826
Youngstown: MVA/Chemical Spill. Indianola and Homewood. Cos: Eng 9.

8/25/2001- 1459                                                                                                                Youngstown: *Working Fire*. 2526 Hunter. Cos: Unsure, but most likely: Eng 2, 9, 6, Squad 33, Lad 24, BN 1, 2. Crosses are Campbell and Indianola.

Additional: Command O/S reporting a 2-story wood structure smoke showing, next truck in hit a hydrant [IPNOHI043]

8/27/2001- 0028
Youngstown: Poss. Structure Fire. NE Corner of New York and Kensington. Cos: Eng 7, 12, 6, Squad 22, Lad 22, BN 1, 2.

Additional: Dispatch reports house is vacant.

Additional: All companies except BN 1 and Eng 7 clear and in service.

- 1713
Youngstown: *Working Fire*. 357 Gypsy Lane. Cos: Eng 7, 3, 12, Lad 22, Squad 33, BN 1, 2. Eng 3 on the hydrant. FPO/D323 ©

- 1727
Youngstown: *Working Fire*. 357 Gypsy Lane. Fire K/D. Holding Eng 7, Squad 33, Lad 22, BN 1, 2. FPO/D323 ©

- 1834
Youngstown: CO2 Alarm Activation. 1128 Ford Ave. Cos: Eng 7. Crosses are Caroline and Lexington.

- 2036
Youngstown: Assist Dog Warden. 368 E. Boston. Cos: Eng 2. Crosses are Rush and South.

- 2108                                                                                                                                           Youngstown: Check for Smoke. Erie, between Lowell and Wychwood. Cos: Eng 9. (GR)

- 2256
Youngstown: Open Burning. 385 Broadview. Cos: Eng 3. Crosses are Salt Springs and Waverly.

8/28/2001- 0823
Youngstown: MVA/PIN Fifth & Fairgreen. Eng 7, Squad 33 on scene. Car is overturned. Unknown number of occupants. All hands working. FPO/D323 ©

- 1412
Youngstown: Wires Down. SR-422, East of Division St. Cos: Eng 3.

Additional: S/C Ohio Edison and YPD. Eng 3 on scene with a live wire across the road. 422 to be closed both ways. Ohio Edison ETA is 30 minutes.

8/29/2001. 21:21. South and Risher. Live wires down. E2.

8/31/2001. 14:45. 1908 South Ave (?). E9, 2, 6, S33, L24, B1, 2.

UPD: 14:57, E2 cleared all companies.