HIGH RISE FIRE
On Monday, May 15, Battalion 14 was dispatched to a Major Emergency Fire in a High Rise office building located at 21700 Oxnard St. in the Warner Center area of Woodland Hills (Battalion 17).
Upon arrival Battalion 14 was assigned to Division 18 for supervision and coordination of operations on the floor above the fire. Fire Attack companies located and confined the fire to an electrical room on the 17th floor. Smoke from the fire was present on several floors above the fire including the 18th however their was no extension of the fire above the 17th.
Firefighters from Battalion 17 did an excellent job in not only knocking down the fire but also in locating and rescuing a building occupant who was trapped inside an elevator car during the fire. When elevator repair personnel who had been called to the scene were unable to raise or lower the elevators LAFD members located the trapped women in the High Rise Elevator Bank on approximately the 4th floor level.
Because there was no access to the High Rise Elevator Bank below the 12th floor, rescue of the trapped occupant was accomplished by breaching a wall of the elevator shaft, locating the elevator car, opening the car doors and evacuating the occupant through the wall. The members of Task Force 72 took the lead in the operation.
A total of twenty-four Companies of Los Angeles Firefighters, three LAFD Rescue Ambulances, one Heavy Rescue, one Arson Unit, one Urban Search and Rescue Unit, one Hazardous Materials Squad, one LAFD Helicopter, one Airborne Task Force, two EMS Battalion Captains, six Battalion Chief Officer Command Teams and one Division Chief Officer Command Team were assigned to the incident.
Upon arrival Battalion 14 was assigned to Division 18 for supervision and coordination of operations on the floor above the fire. Fire Attack companies located and confined the fire to an electrical room on the 17th floor. Smoke from the fire was present on several floors above the fire including the 18th however their was no extension of the fire above the 17th.
Firefighters from Battalion 17 did an excellent job in not only knocking down the fire but also in locating and rescuing a building occupant who was trapped inside an elevator car during the fire. When elevator repair personnel who had been called to the scene were unable to raise or lower the elevators LAFD members located the trapped women in the High Rise Elevator Bank on approximately the 4th floor level.
Because there was no access to the High Rise Elevator Bank below the 12th floor, rescue of the trapped occupant was accomplished by breaching a wall of the elevator shaft, locating the elevator car, opening the car doors and evacuating the occupant through the wall. The members of Task Force 72 took the lead in the operation.
A total of twenty-four Companies of Los Angeles Firefighters, three LAFD Rescue Ambulances, one Heavy Rescue, one Arson Unit, one Urban Search and Rescue Unit, one Hazardous Materials Squad, one LAFD Helicopter, one Airborne Task Force, two EMS Battalion Captains, six Battalion Chief Officer Command Teams and one Division Chief Officer Command Team were assigned to the incident.
