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Firefighters respond to possible elevator entrapment, Los Angeles CA

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audio iconRescue / Technical Rescue
Gentry Ave, North Hollywood, CA 91606

As discussed during the dispatch call, firefighters from Engine 86 and Light Force 20 responded to a potential elevator entrapment near Gentry Avenue in North Hollywood. Crews worked to verify whether anyone was trapped and prepared to force open the elevator car if necessary. The situation appeared to be under control with no confirmed trapped occupants.

Audio|Heard on: Los Angeles City Fire
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02:7
Transcript:
00:00
86, Light Force 20, we just pulled up.
00:04
All right, this is all you, one bank of elevators.
00:14
Or fall (number withheld), can you do that?
00:22
Eighty-six, my boy is 20.
00:31
Your member is six.
00:33
Can you confirm there's no one in the elevator?
00:38
On South Santiago Street.
00:46
Hydrant member, engine six.
00:49
Did you confirm there's no one in the elevator?
01:00
Engine six, Light Force 20.
01:07
That's near Gentry Ave.
01:13
Eighty four for scrap.
01:19
Hydrant member, engine six.
01:21
Did you confirm there's no one in the elevator?
01:36
Nine, we've added you to this incident.
01:43
Go ahead.
01:57
86 with (number withheld), we copy that last message.
02:01
We're sending members up to force open the elevator car.
02:06
Copy.

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Location mentioned:
Gentry Ave, North Hollywood, CA 91606

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