Smoke from cooking incident triggers fire alarm, Charlottesville VA
Fire & ArsonSmoke was reported on the fifth floor of a building at 529 5th St SW. A person was injured and unable to evacuate. The smoke was traced to a cooking incident in unit 518. No significant fire or heat was found, the sprinkler system did not activate, and the situation was controlled with ventilation requested for the unit.
Audio|Source: Albemarle County Fire and Rescue
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Transcript:
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Command from engine 83 Bravo.
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I have one occupant in 529 unable to evacuate injury.
00:14
If you guys can just stay in place for now with that patient 529, we're trying to find the source of the smoke at this time on the fifth floor.
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Command for media, Rob.
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Do you have a light seat on the fifth floor?
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Okay, confirming a light A's on the fifth floor.
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Just let me know what other resources you need up there.
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Chief, I'll let you know.
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As soon as I have one.
00:48
Saman from 83 Echo.
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The line is attached to the stand pipe and ready.
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Okay, just stand by for now. Understood, standing by.
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384, I'll see you.
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284 on seat.
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Excuse 84 as you take.
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Command to 83 Barbara.
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Go ahead, see.
01:17
Who are you standing?
01:23
We have a hood line down on the fifth floor, uncharged.
01:27
We're currently clearing apartments on the fifth floor.
01:31
Can we check to see if the sprinkler system has activated anywhere?
01:34
Okay, stand by.
01:43
GCC, Blom Street Command.
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Blom Street Command, O'A.
01:48
Do you have not received any notifications of water flow from the alarm company? We did receive a second floor pole station alarm activation.
02:02
Okay, thank you. 83 Broadway, you direct on that.
02:08
I'm direct.
02:09
We have that one citizen reporting that Unit 518 was cooking.
02:16
Okay.
02:20
Confirming room 518 cooking operations.
02:24
All right, let's go ahead and verify that. I'm going to get out on engine 151 to come up and meet with you and start clearing rooms.
02:31
Command, Engine 151.
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Command, go ahead.
02:35
Would you like the engine to stay here in case we need to supply the tower?
02:40
Yeah, that's fine right now.
02:43
Command from chief gate for no water flow, no evidence of the sprinkler pump activated also the generator transfer switch and everything else here appears normal.
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Okay, thank you. Okay, thank you. 88, Bravo.
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We've been access to room 518 do not have any significant haze in that room.
03:09
Okay, so that's negative for cooking operations in that room?
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Stand by one minute, two.
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I understood.
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121, grab your crew and check out the 4th floor below.
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Just clear that for me, please.
03:41
121, I understand 4th floor.
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Command from the media, Robert.
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Okay.
03:52
The police 518 actually might be the room.
03:54
We have a deck door open.
03:56
They might have ventilated it before we got up here.
03:58
Can we get ventilation before we please?
04:01
Okay. Did you confirm that?
04:08
We've got one pot on the stove at 518.
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It doesn't appear as a significant heat and no extension.
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Okay, I'm stood.
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Command of Tower 88.
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Go ahead.
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Grab one of your team members and take a fan up the 518, please.
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It'll be a second. We're coming off the roof right now.
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Okay.
04:39
You see Volumstery command.
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Bonsry command glade.
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Ten minute par.
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You can stand down on the PARs right now, not neither.
04:55
Okay.
04:58
Okay.
05:01
Command, uh, 121, Brava.
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Go ahead.
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Just let me know that you give me the all clear on the fourth floor.
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I understand.
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We're attending the stairs now.
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Man, if you paid a four year location.
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Disregard.
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That's one twenty-one.
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The command go.
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Our hallway is clear.
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Okay, thank you.
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Location mentioned:
Near 5th St SW, Charlottesville, VA 22903
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