Fire alarm triggered by rooftop heating unit odor, Chelsea MA
Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to Shurtleff School after a fire alarm was triggered by a duct detector. A strong odor was noticed near a rooftop heating unit, but no smoke or fire was found. Maintenance staff were working on the unit, and power and gas supplies were shut off as a precaution.
Audio|Source: Chelsea Fire Dispatch
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Transcript:
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Okay, why don't you throw the stick up there and see what you can find?
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Stay in this,
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Ella.
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Byline?
00:17
In this town here who's going to bring you guys up to the roof you want to get up there, but have them throw the bucket up also.
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Great.
00:25
It definitely smells like a heat in order in the building.
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No smoke condition.
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No one town 100. Did you receive that?
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Yep, setting up the bucket.
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If you want to come down here with this maintenance guide, we're going to have to go up to a different entrance.
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We're going to have command of file.
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Let me answer.
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I'm going to hold all companies to be investigating the roof area.
01:05
Holding all companies, you'll be investigating the roof area.
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104.
01:18
Are you up in the sector floor in that unit?
01:23
Negative, we investigated, there was nothing activated up there.
01:26
It was a strong odor in first floor lobby.
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We're going to walk over to the DMGH.
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Okay, let me know. And that's how we're up to the group.
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One hundred so one.
01:45
No one.
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I'm on the roof,
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there's no one up there. There's a couple of tools, but there's no one up there.
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Okay, we're coming up.
01:57
Okay.
02:00
Tide row for 99, Hawthorne is computer tower.
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No.
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That is a duct detector. It is activated.
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Unit 16.
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Please.
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Commander of the Tower.
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Cap you up on the roof yet?
02:24
I'm at the unit, it's an older unit, looks like they replaced a fan motor.
02:28
It's not getting any heat off and it's not running right now.
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Okay, able to locate the contractors.
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Maintenance is working on it right now. The tools are up there that they're on it.
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Okay, we see.
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Let's see if this will reset, duct detector.
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And report to command.
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Go ahead in your report.
03:02
Here at 16c, we have activations on the sailing panels.
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Looks like duck activated.
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No smoke condition.
03:14
Okay, yeah, that's what we're getting on the panel here.
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All right, Commit.
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Go ahead, Tower One.
03:27
There's definitely this unit that we're looking at. The power's already been shut off. Do you want me to kill the gas too or wait for the contractor?
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Yeah, shut the bow and the gas off.
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The system's reset.
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We just have them notify the contract where you're doing.
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Okay.
03:48
I see.
03:49
Everett have command of file up.
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Three.
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Okay.
04:01
It could be working on the heating system up on the roof. I'm going to hold engine four in the tower.
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All over the block.
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And engine four in the towers will be working on the roof, 921.
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The tower.
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Yeah,
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that's our detector is holding.
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Receive, we're going to head down.
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That three off for the commandment.
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That's three.
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That box is wound and on set.
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That's all.
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Change of four.
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4.
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You can make up with that.
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Location mentioned:
Shurtleff School, 99 Hawthorne St, Chelsea, MA 02150
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