Smoke condition at Empire State Plaza caused by motor, Albany NY
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a smoke condition at the Empire State Plaza's Corning Tower. The cause was an overheated motor which has been shut down. The fire alarm was downgraded with limited units remaining on scene to monitor the situation. No fire was found, only smoke from the motor.
Audio|Source: Albany City Fire
03:29
Transcript:
00:00
Attention.
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Engine 5, truck 1, battalion 1, engine 1,
00:05
rescue 1, engine 9, truck 4, the rescue squad.
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An alarm of fire is being transmitted.
00:12
Empire State Plaza,
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one corning tower.
00:17
Cross of Eagle Street, Madison Avenue,
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enter on the Madison Avenue side, meet State Fire on the plaza,
00:25
near Corning Tower for a smoke condition in the area.
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Attention,
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engine 5, truck 1, battalion 1, engine 1, rescue 1,
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engine 9, truck 4, the rescue squad.
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The alarm of fire is being transmitted.
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Empire State Plaza, 1 Corning Tower,
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across the Eagle Street, Madison Avenue.
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Enter the Madison Avenue side, mean state fire on the Plaza near Corning Tower for a smoke condition in the area.
00:55
Time 1302.
01:01
Stay fired a battalion one.
01:05
Battalion one's on.
01:07
It appears to be an overheated motor.
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The motor has been shut down.
01:12
Power secured, too. We do still have a smoke condition.
01:16
If you want to have an engine and or a truck, enter by the bus turn, that's going to be the closest access.
01:22
If you want to be all over-safed, you can still have a unit go to the plaza by one of the sandpipe connections. But right now, we believe we have it isolated.
01:31
Receive, dispatch, did you copy that? Let's downgrade this through one truck, one engine to the bus turn around.
01:41
Receive. Please.
01:54
Attention all companies on the box were downgrading.
01:58
Just going to send engine 5 and truck 1 to the bus turn around for an overheated motor smoking your attention all companies.
02:10
Downgrading cancel except for engine 5 and truck 1.
02:14
Good to the bus turn around with a safe fire for a smoke condition from a motor.
02:19
Time 1304.
02:22
Engine 1 dispatcher at the bus turn around cars. You can put us on it, but keep engine 5 going upstairs to the plaza.
02:27
I do believe state player set to put a unit up there too.
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Southampton Road.
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Southampton, 13.
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Southman 13.
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On the forest.
02:43
It's fine, 13.
02:49
South End's arrived.
02:51
Nothing to show long on the ground level.
02:53
We'll be investing any 105 electric demand.
02:55
Pacey said Taze 75.
03:01
The truck 4, are you on the air?
03:07
204 on, Chief.
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204 if you go to 3.
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Receive.
03:20
Engine 1, engine 5. You want us to go to the plaza level?
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2.04 and 3.
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Location mentioned:
Near S Mall Arterial, Albany, NY 12210
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