Smoke reported in apartment hallway on Fox Ridge Drive, Kalamazoo MI
Fire crews responded to smoke reported in the hallway of a two-story apartment building near Fox Ridge Drive. Residents on the first floor smelled burning, activated the fire alarm, and began evacuating. Heavy smoke was observed in a middle apartment on the first floor. Firefighters staged units around the building to address the situation.
Audio|Source: Kalamazoo City, Township and County Fire Dispatch
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Transcript:
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Engine 5, engine 3, truck 4, and squat 6.
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I need you to start for a partial structure fire.
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Near Fox Ridge Drive, a known apartment number.
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A resident calling out smoke in the hallway on the first floor.
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They can smell burning.
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They are pulling the fire alarm and evacuating.
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We got life and round.
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All right. All right.
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Good. Good.
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This past life, 903, responding to Foxridge from Bronson.
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993 from Bronson.
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3030, I'm 26.
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30, I'm 26.
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The two-story, multi-residential structure,
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sounds are,
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excuse me, the alarms are activated.
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I'm being told it's from a middle apartment on the first floor.
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I'm going to be making contact now.
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Okay, middle apartment, first floor.
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30 for an update.
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I do have heavy smoke in one of the apartments on the first floor towards the middle.
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First couple PSOs if they can start dressing.
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Engine 5, if you want to pull to the north side of the building,
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and then truck 4 you can stage on Foxwood Drive.
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The 30 on fire, I held off on moving up.
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Engine 7. You want to go ahead and move them up.
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30, I'm sorry.
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I heard something about Engine 7, move up.
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Yeah, I held off for now.
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Did you want me to go ahead and get them to the start?
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No,
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that's okay.
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Location mentioned:
Fox Ridge Dr, Kalamazoo, MI 49006
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