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Investigation of Smoke from Overheated Motor at School, Buffalo NY

Fire & Arson

Reported: 08/26/2025 08:51 PM (PDT)

Near High St, Buffalo, NY 14211

Firefighters are checking light smoke from an overheated motor on the second floor of a school. They are investigating to find the source and ensure safety.

Audio|Source: Buffalo Fire

05:38

Transcript:

00:00

Sedge 4-3[1], holding all companies investigating the second floor.

00:02

The only all companies investigate in the second floor.

00:05

432nd, 2nd, 2nd, 2nd.

00:09

43, tied 1.

00:10

2nd, 56. You might have a balance.

00:12

There's a cell of electrical.

00:14

That'll layover.

00:15

Try to find a torts.

00:16

I have an old company show now until you investigate further.

00:19

Yeah, we got a light phase.

00:20

And the storage room up, the music room,

00:23

down the middle hall.

00:24

Okay. I'll be 4-3[1], go ahead.

00:27

No luck with the key holder, I let the voicemail.

00:29

Copy, thank you.

00:30

Truck Sanks, any more resources up there?

00:32

4-3[1] truck sick and second force use a road

00:38

4-3[1] go

00:40

We've got light smoke coming out of that system.

00:42

We're trying to isolate it.

00:44

I don't know if there's a roof.

00:45

Where is it's coming from?

00:46

Alright, we got a PS.

00:48

Anything else you're going to hold? I'd say hold.

00:49

21 up here with a can, and I don't know,

00:52

my other two guys can get their way to the roof with the aerial and see if there's an air handler.

00:56

Copy, truck 6 alpha, copy that.

00:58

Truck 6[2] alpha, copy.

00:59

All right, well, make their way downstairs.

01:01

Okay, any of the tree, set the feed.

01:04

Don't charge anything. Copy that, Chief.

01:05

Dispatch, F-40.

01:06

F-40, your message.

01:07

Two-way companies.

01:12

Out-40, your message.

01:13

I'm picking up from the 190.

01:14

Let me answer that.

01:15

I'm going to head over there.

01:16

Roger at 40-47.

01:17

I. 4-3[1], your message.

01:18

I'm going to get a light smoke second floor trying to figure out what it's coming up

01:21

Roger good to get light smoke second four truck to know what's coming up

01:24

truck six 21 second four what's your little feet two five six there's a mid hallway you have a choice to go straight or left I can see the split to come down for a week

01:39

Thank you.

01:40

This man to letter choosing service.

01:42

Letter to it.

01:43

Four-three truck.

01:44

The area just past the theater.

01:49

I got a smaller extinguisher right now.

01:53

All right, I'm on O. Yeah. Disnatch, half-11, please.

01:56

Pass. There's no equipment to respond 487 high at the school between purging and timing.

02:01

SELFA F11[3]. There's no equipment to respond 487 high at the school between encouraging and timing.

02:09

This is now for F11[3].

02:10

Time out is 2357 hours about a little fire.

02:13

F11[3] in front quarter responding to high.

02:16

Copy F11[3]. You're in from Porter responding to hi.

02:19

4-3[1]-end to see a second plus.

02:24

I got you. I got it.

02:30

Just back, point three.

02:33

Only hit motor second floor.

02:35

Making sure it out now.

02:36

Copy B4-3[1], overheated motor, second floor.

02:39

I wasn't sure it's all.

Police codes explained

The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:

[1]

4-3: Incident commander/unit

[2]

Truck 6: Fire apparatus (truck 6)

[3]

F11: Fire response unit

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Overheated motor causes smoke at school

08/26/2025 08:56 PM (PDT)

Near High St, Buffalo, NY 14211

Four-three truck. The area just past the theater. I got a smaller extinguisher right now. All right, I'm on O. Yeah. Disnatch, half-11, please. Pass. There's no equipment to respond to 487 high at the school between purging and timing. SELFA F11[1]. There's no equipment to respond to 487 high at the school between encouraging and timing. This is now for F11. Time out is 2357 hours about a little fire. F11 in front quarter responding to high. Copy F11. You're in from Porter responding to high. 4-3[2]-end to see a second plus. I got you. I got it. Just back, point three. Only hit motor second floor. Making sure it out now. Copy B4-3, overheated motor, second floor. I wasn't sure it's all. Your message is 22, response to 100 bucks. The lobby is between Broadway and Stanislaw, as far as female difficulty breathing. The message is 22, 100 back in the lobby. Between Broadway and Stanislaw, that's as far as female difficulty breathing. Channel is two minutes, buffalo fire. Four at three, one driver. Twenty-one go. Chief, we have the engineer for a school out front. Would you like him upstairs? Engine one of that service with a full tank. Engine one out four things. Dispatch 4-3. B-4-3[3]. Room 256. Overheated blower motor for a furnace or air handler. Powered Vindensis connected. Evacuates a smoke. City engineers on steam. Holding all companies still. Happy B-4-3 update received. Overheated motor in room 256. You got the engineer on location holding our company. Engine 2 is in service for the full tank. Engine 2 in full tank. Engine 343. Go for engine 3. 3. Go for engine ready. Yeah, don't leave you. Copy that, too. 4-3-10-3-1-5. 4-3-1-5. 4-3 seconds, 4-2. Do you want to still hold up? I'm taking up the five in... If you can pick it up, don't leave yet. 4321, uh, engineers on his way up. Copy, thank you. F11-4-3. F-11 on location. F-11 on location. Half-11-43. Half-11, Gold-4-3. 256, electric motor runner, airy antler. It's really no damage. Your call if you want to figure her up.