WA Radio Scanner Users' Group

Crews of Rockingham 1st, 2nd and hope valley attended a 2nd alarm structure fire this morning at 0600 in an old/disused/storage, shed/factory in hurrell way rockingham. Building internally gutted.

$50,000 damage - long long drive for nothing

you didnt come down for that did you. Was all over after 10 min and would have been gone before you arrived. Not much of a building

I thought I heard it as a 3rd alarm - sounded like it was gonna be decent - then had troubles in the car picking up fesa on the new scanner so didnt here much all the way. 45 minutes later I arrive to nothing...

May have been classified as a 3rd alarm as the three stations turned up although 1 pump and 4 in ba all that was required.

Somethings up in Midland near the Swan Leisure Centre and the old Ace cinemas (off Morrison Rd).. FESA seemed to have a red command centre truck (never seen it before?) and several tankers there.. WAPOL have blocked the road between the two. Heard something to the effect the fires not yet under control.

Anyone know anything by any chance?

I got a message around 6pm that there was a 3rd alarm structure fire at the old ACE cinema there.

celestial_insight wrote:I got a message around 6pm that there was a 3rd alarm structure fire at the old ACE cinema there.

Thanks! I wonder if its really still out of control, or if i just heard the report from another fire. Hmm.

Dunno, have been watching tv..

Didn't that used to be a bowling alley there years and years ago?

[quote="xli"]Somethings up in Midland near the Swan Leisure Centre and the old Ace cinemas (off Morrison Rd).. FESA seemed to have a red command centre truck (never seen it before?) and several tankers there.. WAPOL have blocked the road between the two. Heard something to the effect the fires not yet under control.

Anyone know anything by any chance?[/quote]

Red bus would be the FRS ICV, which is automatic turnout for 3rd alarm and above. Over the past few months since ace moved to their new complex at the Midland gate shopping centre there has been numerous fires in this now vacant complex.

Wouldn't mind seeing a pic of the FRS ICV if anyone has one?

is anyone able to explain what the different 'alarm' fires are...?

i dont know much about the firies but would like to know more.!

cheers

1st Alarm - Initial arriving crews can handle the job, usually from 1 unit, i.e. Midland
2nd Alarm - Initial arriving crew plus another crew, i.e. Midland and Bassendean at a major TA
3rd Alarm - A few more crews generally bush fires, i.e. Midland, Darlington, Bassendean, Guildford

4th and 5th alarms are huge, I think 4th alarms are as many spare metro units available and 5th alarm starts looking at state assets, i.e. port hedland tankers for fires down south etc.

Tom or Wes or someone else with the actual details should be able to fill in the gaps and provide more details where required, but that gives you the basics.