Smoke smell reported at residential unit with no fire found, Des Moines IA
Fire & ArsonEmergency responders were called to a residential unit on Meredith Drive for a reported unknown problem involving a 27-year-old female. A strong language barrier made communication difficult. On arrival, responders detected smoke smells on floors 4-2 and 4-4 but found no active fire, alarms, or hazards after investigation. The situation involved possible smoke or a burning smell with no confirmed fire.
Audio|Source: Des Moines Fire/EMS
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Transcript:
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Happy Station 9, you're making 5504 Meredith Drive, Unit 24, an unknown problem.
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PD is assisting you.
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You got a call, looks like, with a strong language barrier, male said they needed an ambulance for a 27-year-old female.
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Did you hear her yelling in the background, just unknown what's going on?
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Marks Sticks arrived will be staging
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Copy, Trixford Tricford
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Tudu's out, please
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Copy
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DCFURRT.
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Copy
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Did my house, Rob? Topic.
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Command from Vision 1.
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Yeah, this time, 4-2 is cleared.
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We're going to move to 4-4.
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Smoke of the resident on the way in.
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They said they smoke smoke on 4-4 and 4-2.
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Copy four and two.
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Do we, uh, do there any alarms going off? The alarm panel show anything?
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Negative, no alarm going off this time.
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This time.
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Copy in there. Just such a command.
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Okay, we're 10 minutes in.
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I'm going to go ahead and keep the timer rolling.
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Copy, yeah, 10 minutes and we're still doing the rest station.
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We can see sides of A, C,
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and B. I'm able to see B at this time that we show off and make sure that station want to do the investigation all you're speaking.
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Such is a medic man.
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Go ahead for medic man.
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Hey, if you haven't already made contact with the patient, PD said CNA safe.
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Nice obvious.
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We're with patients.
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Man from Engine 1.
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4-4 is clear also.
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Not finding signs of fire, those smoke, no smells.
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I had this time with just keep Engine 1, Truck 1, Medic 1.
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Everybody else can go back.
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Stop everybody standby for a second.
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Dispatch from command?
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Do we just get the one call on this and so, can you call her back?
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Yeah, it was just the one.
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Where do you want me to have a meet you guys?
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They can meet Engine One on the inside of the structure if we can identify who they are and where they're at.
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Copy that, standby.
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Specialman. Go ahead.
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RP says she's going to be walking back towards the building near the entrance.
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Copy. She identified herself.
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What is she wearing? Are you still talking to her?
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I didn't. She said she had already spoken to...
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Well.
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Yeah, it doesn't look like that information was taken.
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She said she had already spoken to a fireman there and given her keys to someone, so she was familiar with someone there.
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Ninja 1 from Command.
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Did you speak with anybody and get their keys on the land?
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Committee on the Ranger 1, that's correct.
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We did. Bobby, want you come back down to 4-1 meet with her,
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take her inside to the building with me to see what she's talking about.
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Can we repeat that traffic?
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Why don't you come down to the first floor meet with her at the lobby?
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see if she can identify to you what she's, what she thinks is smoke or what she thinks is on fire.
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Any one copy.
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I'm talking to her now.
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Location mentioned:
Near Meredith Dr, Des Moines, IA 50310
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