Crews check food odor at Forest Hills complex, Forest Hills PA
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews investigated a possible fire alarm at an apartment complex near US‑30 and Ardmore Blvd in Forest Hills. They reported the smell of food and confirmed no active fire after checking multiple apartments. Units were advised to proceed non‑emergency once the scene was declared clear.
Audio|Heard on: Allegheny County Fire - East
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05:36
Transcript:
00:00
Hang on a second, interior.
00:02
Uh, (name withheld), you want to hold them where we are right now? We're investigating a possible food-related issue.
00:07
Go ahead, interior.
00:16
Interior from command or interior from county.
00:20
Command is asking you to go to your transmission.
00:25
Sorry, (name withheld), it smells like food.
00:26
We're just trying to find which apartment cleared out a little bit.
00:28
Can you silence the alarm, please?
00:32
Yeah, will do.
00:39
Engine 122 en route.
00:43
Copy.
00:49
Command 113, expect me in the driveway off of Fillmore.
01:07
Centralian Command 113 to.
01:11
Go ahead and you too.
01:14
Okay, they want that truck coming off of Fillmore?
01:18
I think you're gonna have to come up from below off of Ardmore.
01:25
Copy.
01:35
County, you can put three or three engine on scene.
01:38
All the units beside 113 can go non-emergency.
01:48
All units assigned to the Forest Hills detail per command.
01:53
All units with the exception of 113 proceed non-emergent.
02:05
302, Engine 16.
02:21
County 113, this is (name withheld) on the scene.
02:25
Copy, Engine 2.
02:34
Turn to your command.
02:37
Go ahead.
02:41
What are you looking like up there?
02:46
If no one's owning up to it, there are still two apartments we'd like to check, but we can't get in.
02:50
So I'm just working on that.
02:57
Copy.
03:06
Crew 150 to rescue, non-emergency.
03:20
Rescue 153, for command.
03:22
You can go ahead in the upper lot with 113.
03:30
10-4[1].
03:35
Engine 122 on approach.
03:42
122, go ahead and drop the water.
03:44
113 and 150 rescue there.
03:49
Copy that. Engine 122 on scene.
03:54
Copy that.
04:03
Command, we got two engines.
04:05
We're on 30. Where would you like us?
04:10
Just come out and stand by in the lot with the rest of the crew.
04:18
Received. Be there in a minute.
04:27
County 192, spot on scene.
04:30
195 coming up that barrier.
04:32
They went into the upper lot.
04:44
Yeah.
04:51
190 can go to the upper lot.
05:01
192 squad, I copied you.
05:10
Six, good, good, good.
05:11
You said it's on.
05:21
Yeah, it did.
05:22
What did you find up there?
05:26
Nothing. All is clear now.
05:28
Nobody's owning up to it, but it was burnt too.
05:32
Coffee, let me see what else could have.
05:36
Roger.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment or affirmation that a message has been received and understood.
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Location mentioned:
US-30 & Ardmore Blvd, Forest Hills, PA 15221
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