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Elevator fire incident controlled at Richmond City HallRichmond VA

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Near E Broad St, Richmond, VA 23219

A fire-related rescue involving an elevator occurred at City Hall in Richmond. Firefighters successfully accessed the elevator and secured the power. The situation was declared under control without further incident.

Audio|Source: Richmond City Fire Dispatch
01:24
Transcript:
00:00
You guys in Truck 3, y'all go ahead and disregard.
00:02
I appreciate we got the car down to a level.
00:05
We can access.
00:06
Okay.
00:09
I got Rescue 2, Truck 3, back service.
00:16
Engine 1B from Engine 1.
00:18
Tell the elevator tech session. I move anything else.
00:23
Copy. Copy.
00:29
NG1 from NG1 Bravo.
00:31
Technician wants to know if you have access.
00:37
The car is in position for us to open. We're trying to open it now.
00:44
Copy. Do you want power secured?
00:50
Do you want the power secured?
00:56
It's been secured on standby.
01:03
Richmond from City Hall Command.
01:08
City Hall Command. The City Hall Command.
01:11
All right,
01:14
defense has been removed.
01:16
You can mark the incident under control.
01:19
Richmond Coppice occupies at the elevator.
01:22
The under control is 1659.

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Location mentioned:
Near E Broad St, Richmond, VA 23219
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Incident Timeline

  1. Final Checks and Incident Under Control
  2. Elevator Car Lowered; Incident De-escalates
  3. Elevator Technician Engaged; Rescue Operations Begin
  4. Units Arrive and Assess Situation
  5. Incident Dispatched: Elevator Emergency at City Hall

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