Fire crews request fans to clear smoke in Polk County


Radio communication during a building fire response in Polk County. Crews report heavy smoke and say one fan is not working, so they request another fan to remove smoke. Some firefighters are going to rehab for rest and other crews are relieving them and coordinating resources.
Audio|Source: Polk County Fire Rescue, Fire and EMS
07:43
Transcript:
Hi, copy. Made access with ladder patient exiting. Dispatch to 2-422, letter 421, 552, all units, copy. You can self-safety 502 complete. All right, follow one more plate. Ladder 421 complete one. C14 can copy. Copy unit complete 843. Sir, (name withheld), you go ahead. Do you see where you could have went one over, one street over to the east that had been Powell and you could have came in on the back side of this fire. Engine 18, cardiac arrest, 202 Avenue O, northeast, Tech 7, 844. (name withheld) cardiac arrest, 202 Avenue O, northeast, for in 321 B, Bravo, 83-year-old male. Dispatch I putt is on the control. I don't know if we work. (name withheld), of course you want to command? Tendiport form, go ahead. Okay, so 39's fan is not working to me. Another vet stand over here. He said 39's exhaust fan stands in and out of service? Yes, sir. Okay, copy. Let me see if I can get another one back here. They got an electric fan or guess? We're going to find a line. We'll tell the car for us. We have no. You can't tell you. Yeah, we're going to need another exhaust fan and your other fan is inoperable. So we need to get another fan for the Delta set. We're going out of command. Coming out for recycle. Okay. Agent 35, command. Agent 35 to command. Agent 35, go ahead. Yes, sir, we got it cleared out on the felt exposure. I believe somebody passed it along. You're having an issue with this exhaust fan. We'll need another one before we clear out any smoke. It's starting to clear up naturally at this time, but we're going to come out for a re-scaled. I'm coming out for re-signal. Hopefully there's another fan coming your way. Okay. Town building command. The county building, go ahead. Heavy Nine has exited. They're heading to rehab. Are you okay with sending engine five crew and relieve them? Absolutely. Understood. Off all units, the air truck is going to be just to the north of us.
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Location mentioned:
Near Ave O NE, Winter Haven, FL 33881
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