Smoke detector activated with electrical odor in building, Overlea MD
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a smoke detector alert at a building near Van Dyke Rd in Overlea. They found smoke or haze on the delta side near HVAC units and a recently installed water heater on the second floor. No fire or heat was found during primary searches of the first and second floors. However, an electrical odor was detected in the basement. Crews are investigating the source while ensuring safety.
Audio|Source: Baltimore County Fire and EMS - Digital
09:27
Transcript:
00:00
Have you clear? 1327. Ambrose 55. Stamberts detector activation four bikes court off Van Dyke Road. Ender 307. Command. Recommend for a special slider of the roof. Investigates, otherwise unit tapping stage. 12. First spot for Amber 485 on the road for the floor. Okay. Command 3rd, 24 Shryorwood Coral. Okay. Okay. Okay. He's the first shot for slash.
00:28
Truck 17 should be first in. Okay. Three or seven, do they have access on that Delta side or they did you get us on side alpha? That's right. I do you would do. Okay, truck 17 direct, ladder the rear side delta.
00:57
At 17, I have you arrived? 13 to 8. Grishsever from the command. Do you have anything showing out there for inside? Just another command, nothing much for investigating once you know. Okay. Has anybody been inside through the front yet to investigate? No, I recommend it's been 17 that way.
01:26
2-9. I have you, you're actually... Okay. This match from command. Engine 17, Division[2] I, 307 is going to have the Delta 5th. Okay, Premier 7 is Delta 7 Delta 7, 1017 Division 1. It's clear, and it does have a second story.
01:55
In the building that had the smoking, it's only the delta side. Okay, you say a second story on the delta side? Yeah, the delta side is going to have the second story. I'm not sure about the main building, but where the smoke is, or the haze is, and where the HVAC[1] units are. The flight is clear. Okay, direct.
02:21
We'll take the Delta and head up to a second floor. Agent Ten arrived. Taking Delta heading to the second. Trucking from your scene. Engine seven, safety, one. Right there is the maintenance that had the key.
02:44
Uh, 129, are you just leaving... The manson, thank you Juan. The report to have a water heater installed on the second floor. I'm not sure if that's going to be a water heater or not. Okay, I'm just on the first floor. You said a water heater on the second floor. I'm just revising you that they just told me that they had a water heater installed this morning on the second floor. On the second floor, I'm not sure that's the cause of this. This is for a situational awareness.
03:12
You got to take safety as I could. 17 ride side delta. 17 to right side delta. Okay, 18 and quarter. 17. Where is establishing division two? Okay, engine 10, I copy your division ship. Emash 5 from this side, be much fired. You just message direct engine 10, assuming division 2.
03:40
Okay, MS5, we're you direct on your call. And command to dispatch next arriving engine will be the risk. Okay, let's drive. It's T.S. 17-0-195. Okay, commanding the next arriving engine on the 1-7 assume writ 4801 for having them. Yes, that is correct.
03:56
Next one-o-one, thank you.
03:58
4-0-0-7-5.
03:59
The MS7 is a ride.
04:00
14-0.
04:01
3 and I want to ride, however we are, short crew.
04:03
Okay, I'm direct.
04:04
391. You're a ride, uh, short crew.
04:07
And driver from Division[2] 2.
04:13
You boxed out for 14.
04:15
Entrera 424-engine Wolfson Brits.
04:18
Okay, engine two arrives with Writz, time 1402.
04:23
The engine defendant driver paid a jury from Division[2] 2.
04:26
Can you repeat that?
04:30
Yeah, grab an attic ladder, come up those steps, firefighter can lock you and make sure.
04:35
Got me.
04:36
Engine 55 arrives, fifth due, stages on York route.
04:40
Okay, engine 55 arrived, fit to staging on York Road, 14-0.
04:44
Command 307, first four primary is negative.
04:48
No sign of any, heat, fire, fire.
04:51
Okay, Division[2] I primary is negative, no heat, no fire on the first floor.
04:58
Demand some safety.
04:59
Go ahead. I believe the engine out of 39 was our writ.
05:02
I believe that they are a short crew.
05:04
I don't know if we need to marry up engine 55 with them to get a full crew.
05:08
Command engine two is a syndrome.
05:09
Got it, they're here.
05:10
All right, my mistake.
05:11
Engine 2 is right. Command from 10 driver.
05:12
Go ahead, 10 driver.
05:13
In the rear, there is a basement with electrical odor coming out from the back.
05:20
Engine 10's crews operating on Division[2] 2, high and below them.
05:23
Okay. Do you want another crew over there to check that out?
05:27
Yes, sir. Okay, I'm going to send you engine 55 and engine 391.
05:31
And 1055 is okay.
05:32
Heading over now, do you?
05:33
Yeah, you should be getting two from engine 391 as well.
05:39
55, 56.
05:40
Command for Division[2] 2, clear of all occupants were investigating where they did some 8-pack work up above the drop ceiling on the secondary bathrooms.
05:49
Okay, command's okay.
05:51
Do you have any smoke conditions up there? No order, no sweat.
05:56
Okay.
05:57
Okay. About a 54, respond 9524, Shirewood Court off a Millfield Road, the 12-17 box, and engine 12.
06:07
All right, dispatcher can imagine the status update.
06:09
Everything on the first and second floor is clear.
06:11
Report from Division[2] 1 is looking like it's going to be that area down there that venture just a lot checking out on that base in on that Delta side where our issue is going to be.
06:23
Okay, command, I'll work on that.
06:24
Okay, sounds like you're on a 17 box.
06:26
Truck 8 Drive, okay, we're going to go Alpha Bravo, if you're good with it?
06:29
Yep, that's perfect.
06:30
Truck 8, a ride Alpha Bravo side kind of is pushing us.
06:34
6. Command from Division[2] 2 is the building maintenance land with you see, but we'll hear with us and he disappeared.
06:39
I do not see him, but we'll see if we can find them in any unit in the higher as the building maintenance.
06:44
We can get away with the Delta.
06:47
Respond for the 6 subject, Oklahoma Conner 6.
06:49
64 major of West Chasworth Avenue, Village Center, Rare.
06:51
That's Kenneth 51.
06:52
I got it. Respond on West 14 or 7.
06:55
Okay. If you found the maintenance guy, I had him come back up to Division[2] 2.
06:58
He pointed this in an area where he thinks they did some more, but I need a little more specific.
07:02
Oh, right, local bar.
07:03
Is that you know now? Is that you know now? ...the giant VE 665 Philadelphia Road up a rock.
07:10
Engine 55 is in three side, Charlie, three from ancient 55, two from 39.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
HVAC: Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning unit referenced
[2]
Division: Fireground operational area assignment
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Location mentioned:
Van Dyke Rd, Overlea, MD 21206
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