10/25/14: *Major Emergency Commercial Structure Fire*, 658 Venice Blvd (Venice) at the Extra Space Storage. Two-story 80,874 square foot self storage facility with a well involved 2nd floor. Companies initially had smoke in the area but were unable to locate the source. Eventually, they found smoke on the second floor in an approximately 100' x 100' portion of the structure. Firefighters assumed an offensive postures attacking the fire with 1 1/2 and 1 3/4 handlines on the 2nd floor for approximately 2 hours. Crews rotated through the attack assignment returning outside to change bottles and rehab. Several companies returned into the structure atleast 3 separate times during this period. A defensive posture using master streams was then assumed until conditions improved and allowed for entry.

The building's corrugated metal deck roof made vertical ventilation difficult and ineffective. In lieu of vertical ventilation, firefighters utilized rotary saws to remove portions of the exterior stucco walls on the rear "C" side of the building. Extensive effort was also made to perform a trench cut between the involved portion and the uninvolved 2/3rds of the building. See: http://t.co/pKSCxIxzXB Eight firefighters sustained non-life threatening injuries.

Time of alarm: 1937hrs. The fire was contained within 6 hours with a knockdown called 14 hours after the time of alarm.

Dispatched Units: E63 RA63 E67 E62 RA62 E269 T69 E292 T92 EM9 BC4 BC9 E59 T63 E263 E263 T63 RA62 EM9 T69 E269 E67 BC4 E59 RA59 T5 E205 DC1 BC18 E226 T26 E66 EM11 E5 UR5 RA5 T88 E288 UR88 BC5 RA909 RT83 RA43 EM14 EA1 E261 T61 E94 E43 E237 T37 AR2 E88 E95 E58 E19 E295 T95 E294 T94 E215 T15 E211 T11 BC11 BC13 HU59 RA59 BC6 E203 T3 E15 E93 RA66 E260 T60 RA69 E68 E21 T98 E298 BC1 BC14 RA909 DT1 T87 E287 E83 E26 T12 E212 DT2 E43 T66 E266 T1 E201 RA61 RA246 E28 E65 E25 E48 SU2 CP2 E10 T27 E227 UR27 RA867 EM1 T29 E229 T33 E233 E17 E4 T73 E273 T89 E289 E85 E72 FT100 BC12 E100 BC13 AR34 AR15 AR23 E28 HU59 AR10 HL1 HL3 E11 E15 T15 E215 E37 T37 E237 RA5 E60 AR9