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Firefighters handle smoke incident near Broad StProvidence RI

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Broad St, Providence, RI 02903

As discussed during the dispatch call, firefighters responded to a smoke alarm at a mixed-use building near Broad Street in Providence. Crews investigated a smoke condition and found that an electric pot had melted on the stove, which caused the alarm. The incident was designated as a Code Yellow for the responding units, including Engine 3, Ladder 1, and Battalion 2.

Audio|Heard on: Providence RI Fire-Tac Group Calls
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01:58
Transcript:
00:00
Fire alarm to Engine Seven.
00:03
Engine Two responding from Mount Pleasant.
00:07
Roger Battalion Two.
00:10
Fire alarm to Battalion Two.
00:15
Engine 3 on scene, five-story mixed-use building.
00:19
Nothing showing from the exterior, investigating.
00:23
Roger Engine 3, eleven twenty-three.
00:27
How loud it was, let's see.
00:30
Roger, Ladder One, eleven twenty-four.
00:33
Smoke detector, second floor hall near room 15, investigating.
00:38
Received, Battalion Two received.
00:42
Battalion Two received.
00:49
That room this morning, smoke from electricity.
00:56
Tens on the wall.
00:58
Engine 10 on the water, 1126.
01:03
Battalion 2 to Engine 3B, was that a haze or a smoke condition?
01:12
Towel out of water.
01:14
Battalion 2, we have an electric pot melted on the stove top.
01:22
Battalion 2 received on scene.
01:25
Roger, eleven twenty-seven.
01:30
Ladder One to battalion chief, making a Code Yellow.
01:34
Engine Three, Ladder One and yourself.
01:39
Battalion Two received.
01:40
Fire alarm, let me go with that requisition.
01:43
Received.
01:46
Companies operating near Broad Street to Code Yellow for Engine 3, Ladder 1, Battalion 2.
01:52
Time of the Code Yellow eleven twenty-eight.
01:56
Battalion 2 to Ladder 1, ready for a reset.

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Broad St, Providence, RI 02903

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