Commercial smoke at Terre Haute South High School is steam, Terre Haute IN
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, a commercial fire was initially reported at Terre Haute South Vigo High School near South 7th Street. Upon investigation, the smoke was determined to be steam coming from the school's chiller unit. All other responding units were cleared except for necessary standby.
Audio|Heard on: Terre Haute Public Safety and Vigo County Fire
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06:48
Transcript:
00:00
Battalion two, car 51, engine two, engine six, engine nine, ladder five, medic nine, support five.
00:10
Respond on fire ground near South 7th Street at Terre Haute South Vigo High School commercial fire.
00:20
Battalion two, call.
00:21
Car 51, Engine 2, Engine 6, Engine 9, Ladder 5, Medic 9, Support 5, respond on fire ground 1.
00:33
Near South 7th Street at Terre Haute South Vigo High School, commercial fire.
00:44
Dispatch 712, driver's license information request.
00:51
Central engine one's en route.
00:56
Clear, engine one.
00:58
Seven twelve, go ahead.
01:02
Forty-seven is the twenty-eight that I put in the narrative correct? Edward X-ray (number withheld).
01:10
Doesn't sound right.
01:12
I'm out of my car, so I can't advise.
01:16
See 450 south and 400 east.
01:19
Silver Ford F-150, (number withheld) Lincoln,
01:24
WAMH Henry.
01:28
Okay, I didn't think it sounded right either.
01:29
I'll try to re-listen,
01:31
find new traffic.
01:33
Clear semi.
01:34
Lead of service Frank Boyd was, I don't remember.
01:39
Turn four.
01:43
Eighty-four forty-four is officer beginning duty or shift.
01:46
Seven twelve, return and ready.
01:49
Ten four.
01:54
Comes back on a 2008, gray Ford F 150 registered to (name withheld),
02:02
expiring (number withheld).
02:04
Signal lady.
02:06
Clear.
02:11
Forty-seven to forty-three, somehow that twenty-eight is correct.
02:14
Just really weird.
02:16
Ten four, thanks sir.
02:18
Mac nine's on scene of a school appears to be exhaust fumes coming from a generator.
02:26
Investigation.
02:28
Maybe 400 and forty-one, officer beginning duty or shift.
02:31
Forty-one.
02:34
Last hand, 1st central, can you repeat?
02:38
Central, engine one's in the area.
02:39
Attention, locate.
02:42
Say again, July.
02:47
Just for my forty-three, are you in 315 with light watch tonight?
02:54
I am light watch.
02:56
I guess 315 is going on.
02:58
I don't know.
03:01
Dispatch. This is 712.
03:05
712.
03:07
Driver’s license information request.
03:09
Go ahead.
03:17
Medic Five, 600 West Honey Creek Drive at Vigo County Jail.
03:24
Diabetic problem.
03:25
Medic Five, 600 West Honey Creek Drive at Vigo County J.
03:32
Diabetic problem.
03:35
Dispatch Engine Nine.
03:38
Three Indiana, last name (name withheld), I-N-G-L-E.
03:41
First name (name withheld), K-E-L-L-L Y.
03:43
Middle initial G George.
03:44
Date of birth (number withheld).
03:48
Is Kelly male or female?
03:51
Last name, go ahead.
03:53
Twenty seven, eight male.
03:54
Those two yet?
03:57
Last name, Go ahead.
03:58
Ten four, thank you.
03:59
Seven hundred and twelve return.
04:01
Go ahead.
04:03
Kelly is a valid operator, signal lady.
04:07
Engine nine, this is coming from the chiller for the school.
04:12
You can have the other two engines, the support trucks disregard.
04:18
Have ladder five continue.
04:21
Clear all units with the exception of ladder five, condition heard.
04:28
Dispatch 712, go ahead.
04:35
I advise Kelly was a valid operator, signal lady.
04:44
Battalion 2 is on scene, establishing 7th Street command.
04:48
Ladder 5, you can continue in non-emergent.
04:52
19, signal 27, 41 and 8th one.
04:57
Clear, did that twenty-eight come back?
05:01
Five copies.
05:03
Forty-one in the door.
05:05
God we trust David Nora William 259, black Chrysler 300.
05:13
Affirmative.
05:14
I don't know if my traffic's going through.
05:16
It came back to that Kelly subject and a (name withheld) out of Elberfield.
05:22
It came back to a 2008 Ford F-150, gray in color, expiring (number withheld).
05:28
Signal 80.
05:35
Central 3920.
05:42
This is 101.
05:59
Central Engine One, we do have a lot of smoke mixing with fog in the area.
06:07
It's kind of hard to tell where anything is.
06:11
Try to do another lap just to kind of see where we might be.
06:18
You can't even see the road.
06:21
Central, clear this advice.
06:25
Dispatch Battalion Two.
06:33
Okay. This will just be steam off the chiller.
06:36
All units are going to be complete.
06:38
They're heading south 7th Street command.
06:46
Central's clear on steam on the chiller.
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Location mentioned:
S 7th St, Terre Haute, IN 47802
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