Food on stove causes alarm near Melms Drive, Decatur GA
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire units responded to a reported structure fire near Melms Drive in Decatur. Upon arrival, they determined the situation involved food left on a stove, not an active fire. Units cleared the scene after confirming there was no further hazard.
Audio|Heard on: DeKalb County Fire Rescue
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04:43
Transcript:
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Advanced Medical 63, Engine 42, Battalion Chief 2, Battalion Chief 5, Hazmat 19, Fire Attack 5, Squad 19, Fire Investigator 509, Battalion Chief 1, Truck 1, Basic 22, Engine 8, Engine 9, Engine 1.
00:18
Structure fire near Melms Drive.
00:21
Melms Drive, Advanced Medical 63, Engine 42, Battalion Chief 2, Battalion Chief 5, Hazmat 19, Fire Attack 5, Squad 19, Fire Investigator 509, Battalion Chief 1, Truck 1, Basic 22, Engine 8, Engine 9, Engine 1.
00:41
Structure fire.
00:42
Near Melms Drive.
00:53
What's going on, channel one?
00:59
I don't know.
01:01
Rescue twenty-two.
01:04
Sorry, what?
01:07
Squad 19, clear and responding.
01:11
Is it a?
01:14
Kansas.
01:18
That's not right.
01:21
Tagging five.
01:33
Six in the AM, four two.
01:39
All units are clear responding.
01:40
All units clear responding.
01:47
Six in the AM, two.
01:53
Forty-two, do you have traffic?
01:57
Service.
02:02
Forty-two radio, we have traffic.
02:09
And of course.
02:14
All right, radio.
02:21
Five nine.
02:23
Five nine, you can show it's canceled.
02:26
This subject has had questions about having all.
02:34
I'm clear.
02:39
Ten radio.
02:44
Ten.
02:46
Man, show us in the area attempting to locate.
02:57
Two eight, dispatch.
03:00
Twenty-eight.
03:06
Roger that on two eighty-three back to service canceled by fire.
03:20
Digit twenty-two is not safe.
03:22
We're going to be by the hydrant.
03:37
It's all incoming units.
03:38
Engine 8 and the first truck can handle.
03:40
We just got food on the stove.
03:46
You can go ahead and.
03:52
We searched the area, unable to locate.
03:55
We'll be back in service.
04:04
Sorry, one engine eight, you advise still unit can't handle?
04:11
Engine four, engine eight can't handle.
04:15
Engine four clear.
04:21
This is Battalion One.
04:24
Battalion One, go ahead.
04:28
Engine Eight is going to be on scene.
04:32
Advise they can handle with Engine Eight and the first arriving truck unit on scene.
04:39
All other units can go in service.
04:42
Out planning traffic.
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Location mentioned:
Nelms Dr, Decatur, GA 30033
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