Smoke detector triggered by food cooking at apartment, Charlottesville VA
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, a commercial fire alarm was triggered at Crescent Hall near 1st Street South. Smoke detector activation on the fourth floor was investigated. The cause was found to be food cooking on the stove, resulting in no fire.
Audio|Heard on: Albemarle VA Fire-Tac Group Calls
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Transcript:
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21, engine 5, engine 7, truck 9, you're responding to Crescent Hall near 1st Street South, cross street with Polk Street for the commercial fire alarm.
00:10
The company advising is going to be a smoke detector, 4th floor,
00:14
unit 416, 416, 1,000, closest items going to be in the outside of the building,
00:21
1410.
00:22
Page 17, ECCC, National Radio Port.
00:25
Yes, sir, go ahead.
00:27
We're having on the scene of a large eight-story apartment structure.
00:32
We have nothing to show us the exterior.
00:34
We do have her own water office and strategy going to sign off to investigate.
00:38
Hold this problem in no other needs.
00:40
If you just have a problem, we'll have 5'1stall first street command.
00:43
Under 7, 7, showing you on the large 8-story apartment complex, no case showing.
00:47
Gabriel and water, you'll be entering the alpha side of investigating offensively.
00:52
Send a rubble in command, 1411.
00:55
ECCC, 916, and service, fission, refusal, am I may?
00:59
916,
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14,
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12, 88, 83, go ahead.
01:04
Right there.
01:05
I just said you ready.
01:06
1412.
01:07
South First Street, Command.
01:08
You should see your D.
01:09
South First Street, command.
01:11
Three species complete, no change by IEP.
01:14
Accountal vision we have side.
01:16
Alford into 7.
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Still offence strategy.
01:21
According to a public 416,
01:24
pooled on the stove,
01:25
40 a 7 in the December, Bravo,
01:28
and Charlie going to investigate.
01:29
correction of the apartment number is to see.
01:32
There's 410-1-410.
01:35
It's the command.
01:36
I copy 410, apartment 410.
01:39
1450.
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Day 1,0. 21,000.
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1450. Force your command, you can see.
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Up there. Goodbye.
01:47
Normal cookers operations, food on the stove,
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you can hold engine 7, place all the companies and service in the rent.
01:53
Understatement, confirm cooking operations, holding engine 7, all of the units in service when ready, 1416.
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Location mentioned:
Crescent Hall, Charlottesville, VA 22902
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