Martinsburg - nursing home fire

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Clover Nursing home, structure fire. Last patient count of 60. EMS and FD support coming from Frederick Co. VA. Buses coming in off Trimble to bus patients to North Middle. Red Cross enroute for support.
 

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One ambulance from each Jefferson Co fire station has been dispatched and requested to respond in to assist moving patients to either City Hospital if patient is on O2, or to North Middle School, if not on O2.
 
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Sounds like they dispatched all Jefferson County fire stations to the scene, but returned the fire apparatus and kept the medical units coming in.
 

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Traffic on TAC1 and TAC2.

Not sure or unit, station and company numbers but this is what I know of is there:

Jefferson Co.
Berkeley Co.
Martinsburg City
Washington Co., MD
Frederick Co., VA
Morgan Co.
 
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The medical evac is taking priority and seems to have the most radio traffic, but any update or what's happening as far as the fire?
 

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In addition to the public safety EMS response, I'm hearing there are some private ambulance companies there as well providing transport.
 

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Mutual aid also from Frederick Co and it sounds like Morgan Co and Clarke Co has 3 companies covering stations. Now Loudoun Co covering Jefferson Co Sta. 5.
 

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Sounds like some units can't get on the air due to system busy.
 

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Sounds like some units can't get on the air due to system busy.

They are even moving some traffic to TAC3. Sounds like they need more TAC channels. Also sounds like they are in need of some more radios.

I think I might head up there to get some video and pictures.

EDIT: As I was walking out, it sounded like all patients are transported or almost loaded to transport.
 
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Original call was fire alarm. First arriving unit had heavy smoke from basement & from electrical outlets. He called a working fire. There is no key to locked basement door, so they needed to make forcable entry. When they made access, they reported heavy fire.


About 8pm I heard the fire was in the electrical substation in the basement. The building is unfit for occupation until the smoke damage is cleaned up. I never heard how long it took to get a knock on the fire. About an hour in, Alleghany Power was not yet on the scene. Fire command asked the dispatcher to tell the power company "we would like someone here today".

There was confusion at the onset where to get buses for transport, where to send them, and how many needed to go to hospitals. At one point, they were told the gym was being used at North MS. So someone said, "we wlll commandeer it". In the end, they used the cafeteria. Red Cross brought in cots.

The final count was about 110, but that. number is _nursing home_ patients. Only non-ambulatory & oxygen dependent patients went to hospitals at first. I'm not sure what that number was. However about 10pm, about 40 more were to be moved to hospitals in the region, simply because they had more needs then the shelter setting could offer.

Berkeley activated it's EMS Disaster Plan, and there was a general EMS alarm for both Berkely & Jefferson counties.

NBC25 & Tv3Winchester both sent camera crews to the scene.

Steve
 
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