Smoke reported in Poplar St building elevator room, Terre Haute IN
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a building near Poplar Street in Terre Haute for a possible smoke condition involving an elevator malfunction. Units found smoke in the elevator pump room and suspected that a pump may have overheated. The situation was managed safely, and maintenance was advised to inspect and repair the equipment. Some unrelated radio traffic also referenced an earlier animal complaint nearby.
Audio|Heard on: Terre Haute Public Safety and Vigo County Fire
Listen to dispatch call
04:17
Transcript:
00:00
Can you call maintenance back for this facility and tell them that the elevator in the back is not functioning? It's stuck in firefighter mode, and we don't have a key to unlock.
00:11
Copy.
00:18
Can you check on an animal complaint for me near North 9th St? That's going to be the RP's house.
00:26
Advising of a loose gray Great Dane belongs directly across the street from the RP.
00:33
Apparently it just chased the RP's relative and is being aggressive.
00:38
RP is near North 9th St.
00:40
Clear, I'll be there in a minute.
00:42
It's fine.
00:47
Dispatch, 10th Street command's terminated.
00:50
Our units are completing.
00:52
I'm done with the fire ground.
01:00
All right, we've been in.
01:01
Engine two, copy.
01:07
Moderate engine two.
01:13
Cover engine two.
01:19
Yeah, there's smoke in the elevator pump room.
01:23
I think it's burned the pump up.
01:26
Copy.
01:27
You got the key to the door, so you're gonna have to let us in.
01:32
Which door are you at?
01:34
The front door.
01:48
Car Fifty-One Battalion Two, I'm en route non-emergency to Poplar Street.
02:07
We advise we did find smoke in the elevator room.
02:10
It appears that the pumps for the elevators aren't cut.
02:17
Advise maintenance.
04:08
I think we're going to have maintenance come out and fix the elevator.
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Location mentioned:
Poplar St, Terre Haute, IN
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