Fire alarm causes smoke in school classroom, students safe, Los Angeles County CA


A fire alarm triggered in a classroom at a school on Sierra Madre Blvd. Light smoke was detected inside the classroom. Students were safely evacuated, and firefighters ventilated the area. The smoke was believed to be from an AC belt issue. No injuries were reported.
Audio|Source: Verdugo Fire Red 1-8
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Transcript:
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Truck 32, engine 34.
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Let's go for track 32.
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Thank you for 81-8109 on Central Street.
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From this in Part 32,
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we've made our way into the affected unit. I'm ready now. ...unit 215.
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We do have a smoke.
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It is light, it's just kidding.
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Truck 31 from Truck 32.
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I'm going to sign you to the roof.
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Track 85 units.
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Correct very long copy group.
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I need the searcher and go to the panel.
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Tell me what it is.
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Scottie, go to the panel.
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Also, you locate with a building engineer.
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You can connect if you located at Thorndale and LaGrey.
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Battalion 3 is on scene. Battalion 3 is Madre, IC Command Post, Thorndale, and Madre.
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How are that, man?
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No situation? For sure.
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Yeah, just here's remember, do we actually have an evacuation progress? Looks like we do have some students on the south side of campus.
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I see for investigation.
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All students have been evacuated.
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This portion of the school is independent study. They said that there were 40 students that have all been evacuated to the Charlie side of the structure.
02:07
Right, I see coverage.
02:17
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Investigation, engine 34.
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Ingen-114-1050th Avenue, 2nd Street to... We go ahead to the panel, it's just a single activation, smoke detector in room 250.
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Looks like somebody's silent set.
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Copy then, then.
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I'm going to be sending my guys back down to the truck if you get floored start ventilations.
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I'll be assessing.
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Copy that. I can serve my guys to assist them with that as well. I can stay here in the main lobby and by the panel.
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Copy that. If they're available, they can bring up some of the floor.
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Copy.
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We can handle.
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Engine 31, Agent 34.
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Just as up, we change our plans. I do have Sean at the Rican. On this need to be.
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Okay. Copy.
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Investigation.
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I see.
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Ocrumbsication.
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Do you need any digital resources to assist you with the investigation?
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After negative, I don't know if you're copying the traffic on track.
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N-34 is going to have his firefighters bring up a blower so we could start ventilating the structure. I'm just waiting for an update from Roof from Truck 31.
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We did check the electrical panel adjacent to the affected structure. We have no trip breakers.
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Nobody was in this classroom at the time.
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As I said, it is dissipating. So just waiting for the report on Roof, but if you want to start reducing the assignment, we can do that.
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Copy. And any further information on the smoke odor, smell like it's electrical,
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structural,
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or potentially a belt from the AC?
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Smells more like a belt.
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Okay. Okay.
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Go ahead, 3034.
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Hey, just a heads up, the truck 32 had one electric, Russ is on his way around the corner and out of truck 31 to go get another, so that may just be a little delayed, but they're working on it. Copy thanks, break,
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investigation for mention 34.
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In that the nation, I see, you just want to confirm it, there's just one classroom that's affected?
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That's affirmative, just 2.15.
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Okay.
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Okay.
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Station 41, modern IC, you guys can go ahead and click. Thank you.
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Gov investigations.
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Hey,
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just some info for you in the IC.
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I'm so quick. Somebody who's in the main office here looking for him.
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He's saying that they're going to call their yards and get the AC tech in route because it's most likely something AT-related.
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And he also comes from the building with accuracy.
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Sorry, thanks.
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Thank you. Thank you. Copy on time.
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closer to the Outwood Delta side of the structure.
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I copy. Uproar area is a number.
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Any available Burbank, R-AID?
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Do you R-A-13, we're clearing jobs. We can take a call on our city.
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Investigation from the custodian if you can take us to the main panel, I just wanted to confirm you located sub-panels and found that being trips. If that's the case, then I don't see any need to go to the main panel.
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Okay, June 13, R313, Percental, Tricon 7th, North Ontario Street, senior center.
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Nature Boulevard, Monterey Avenue, Redland. Copy, if we just made it to the main panel now, we'll just double check since we're here.
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IT from the investigation.
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Okay.
07:09
Just additional information, we've committed to the adjacent room 2, room 217, and the air conditioning seems to be working fine in that structure.
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We do have a blower in place, I'll give an update on the smoke conditions.
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Next to copy.
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No, JIT Vidigo.
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Bye.
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10 minutes on the contact timer.
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Copy, we'll keep it going for now.
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Copy.
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Copy. Okay.
07:51
Where are you going to do, Levin?
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I'm going to go on.
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Spot alarm is a false alarm workers doing maintenance.
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