Smoke from roof prompts fire department investigation


Emergency crews responded to reported smoke coming from a building's roof. They checked multiple air conditioning units and found a burnt belt on one, but no ongoing fire. After ensuring safety, they ventilated the building and allowed occupants to return.
Audio|Source: Mesa Fire, Gilbert Fire, Queen Creek Fire
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Transcript:
Remember? (name withheld). 2.5 additional acinists on the roof have been cleared since it's no other. Copy. We've checked all the ASE. You hit the only one. Only one with a burnt belt that's marked. I don't see any additional need for you to be up there unless you have anything for me. If not, you go ahead and come on down. Let me know when you make it down. Copy that. We're just securing one panel on the last ACN and we'll pull it down. Manager. All the additional AC units are checked out as soon as the ladder comes down, you can go ahead and release everyone back into the building. Copy that once the ladder gets down and we can release everybody back into the building. You zoom out a little bit on that roof and let me see that additional spot where those other air conditioning units are at. Okay, just over the other side right there of that elevated pitch, you've got nine additional air conditioning units. Copy that. We'll go access that side and that's a big one. Trial 31315 North Shell Drive District 20417, 2841 Channel. Okay, are you able to spot-check those units and see if they're all functioning with the fan going and if their temperatures are all similar? Copy. Great command roof. As you're working on making access over there, drone is going to go ahead and spot check each of those AC units. I don't see a roof access to that side. I'm sure there is one. But if you need it, it looks like over here where we're located, which is going to be on the east side of the building. It might be your best access if you've got to go by ground ladder. There's a roof access going to be on this side. Just inside the door, it looks like. I can see the hatch. It's going to be inside the door and to the left. Demand, go, drone. We throw them up all those eight units at the roof. They all, but normal temperature is all operation. Okay, I got to that. Demand roof. residual on the interior. Unless you just want to get up there and check those, I think we're good. And interior. If you walk the interior of that building, it is all of that dissipated at this point? Correct. There's real smoke. There's just a snow in one room on that front rubber. Okay, let's work with truck 253, I'm sorry, truck 251. Can maybe run that fan just to clear that out just for a second? Okay, with Torque 251 for a metalization to the turn. One row command, one. One row command. We've been able to utilize drone 251 to check those additional AC units for any heat signatures with the thermal imaging, and they all are running and producing it. Similar temperatures. So at this point, I'm pretty confident we found our source. We're going to just work on ventilating the building here for folks who work in there. We're going to go meet with our crews, and we're going to go ahead and discontinued command. Units will go available as they assemble here, and we can release the tactical channel. Appreciate your help. Alarm, Kavis, you use the drone 251. All AC units appear to be running at similar temperatures. You found the source. You're going to go invent the building there. You've met me with crews. We're going to discontinue command. All units are gone available as they assemble. Fire Channel B3 will be clear at 1626. I'm not, but I can switch over. 10-4[2]. Just reference to 4-11 Sam[1]. Use it for me. 10-4, thank you.
Police codes explained
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4-11 Sam: Fire (Structure or Smoke Investigation)
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10-4: Acknowledgement
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Mesa, AZ
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