Smoke investigation near Columbia Rd, Howard County MD
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to reports of smoke inside a building near Columbia Road in Maryland. Upon investigation, responders determined the smoke was caused by a barbecue grill near the property. No active fire was found, and units were gradually released from the scene.
Audio|Heard on: Howard MD Fire-Tac Group Calls
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04:42
Transcript:
00:00
Command, I copy.
00:03
Howard command.
00:05
Howard to command.
00:09
It's the Battalion Two, Howard.
00:10
Stand by. I'm pulling up now.
00:13
Truck Two has arrived.
00:14
Second truck.
00:17
(number withheld).
00:20
Is there a unit calling command?
00:24
That's right, Howard.
00:26
Battalion Two is on the scene.
00:27
Battalion Two to command.
00:28
I got UN71 on the interior with 141 backing you up.
00:32
You got smoke in the hallway.
00:34
I'll take command. Meet up with your company.
00:37
All right, side Charlie is showing nothing.
00:40
And I do have smoke in the hallway.
00:41
We're checking doors now.
00:46
Battalion two's okay.
00:48
Battalion two to Howard.
00:51
Battalion two.
00:56
Yeah, I'll have the Columbia Road command go ahead with your message.
01:00
Confirming, did you want the working fire?
01:04
That's negative. And everything else not on the scene can level one.
01:10
Battalion, correction.
01:11
Command, I copy.
01:12
Negative on the working fire.
01:14
All units not on scene.
01:15
Level one stage at (number withheld).
01:18
Two two on scene, right?
01:21
(number withheld) is 22, right on the alpha side.
01:27
Truck seven to truck seven operator.
01:31
Go ahead for the operator.
01:34
Hey, get a visual on the roof.
01:37
See if you can see any chimneys.
01:39
With smoking them and let me know what quarter, what side of the building they're on.
01:46
I'm direct.
01:47
I got the stick thrown. I'll be out.
01:50
Commander Howard, I need county police to shut down traffic coming into the complex.
01:55
Command, I copy.
01:58
Battalion one's around.
02:02
One at (number withheld).
02:04
Two on the scene, level one.
02:07
Truck two to truck seven.
02:10
Truck ten, go ahead.
02:14
Are you still on the 4th? Seventy-one is.
02:20
Let me go face to face with you on the 1st floor.
02:25
Seven F.
02:28
Tower 10 to command, we're staging off Columbia Road, 3rd truck.
02:33
Command has Tower 10, 3rd truck level one.
02:38
(number withheld)'s arrived.
02:40
Fourth engine, we got the hydrant in front of (number withheld) Columbia Road.
02:46
Command's got (number withheld) 4th engine, 2nd water.
02:50
Truck 7 to command.
02:53
Go ahead, truck 7.
02:56
There's a barbecue grill in the wooded area on side Charlie about 15 feet away from the property that's putting off the smoke.
03:07
We're thinking that's going to be it.
03:10
Okay, once you give me a confirmation on that we'll scale it back.
03:13
I'll wait for your update.
03:14
Return.
03:16
Truck seven, drive over to truck seven.
03:20
Go for truck seven.
03:23
There's a set of shimmies on each quadrant.
03:26
There's nothing showing from any of them.
03:27
No heat signatures on the tick either.
03:31
Copy that.
03:33
Seven truck to command, I think we're okay.
03:36
We can hold it to two and one.
03:42
And we may use a fan to clear the smoke out here.
03:47
Command's okay.
03:48
Command to Howard.
03:50
Command?
03:52
We're going to hold Truck 7, Engine 71 and Engine 141.
03:57
We're going to retain Bravo for a few minutes and you can release the rest, but Battalion 2 will also be remaining on scene.
04:05
Command, I copy.
04:06
Going to be holding with Truck 7, Engine 71, Engine 141, and yourself.
04:12
All other units can return.
04:13
Going to be keeping Bravo 1 at (number withheld).
04:18
Go ahead, Truck 7.
04:21
You see they are listening for property management.
04:26
We're going to probably have to take a door to get the alarm panel to shut the bells off.
04:32
Command's okay. Come in, Howard.
04:33
Copy that on Bravo.
04:36
Are you able to advise the name of the apartment?
04:40
Yeah, the tan one's gonna let you know in a 2nd.
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Location mentioned:
Columbia Rd, Maryland
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