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Strange odor investigated at west point apartments, Urbandale IA
Fire department responded to a report of a strange odor, like paint, near Canterbury Road unit 184 at West Point Apartments. The three-story building showed no signs of fire or evacuation was needed. The fire crew investigated with a non-emergency response.
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Transcript:
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Urbandale fire department.
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Engine 321.
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Strange odor near Canterbury Road, unit 184, West Point Apartments.
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Urbandale Fire Department, engine 321.
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Strange odor near Canterbury Road, unit 184, West Point Apartments.
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Cross streets are Camden Lane and Camelot Drive.
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On arrival use TAC 5, timeout, 18.
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27
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1021 car 429 and you're responding to a strange odor near Canterbury Road unit 184 showing a non-emergent response callers if there's a smell of paint coming from the heating unit.
00:52
20 like now I'll just run around.
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1830
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This comment, 321.
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321 is asking we've got a three-story apartment building,
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no evacuation, nothing showing, 321 will be out to investigate.
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321 on the A side, and we're going to attack 5.
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Copy engine 321RR's 3 story apartment building no evacuation nothing showing out to investigate on the A alpha site on SAC 5 at 1833.
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Location mentioned:
Canterbury Rd, Urbandale, IA 50322
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