False report of fire near healthcare facility under construction, Asheville NC
Fire & ArsonFire department responded to a report of smoke near a health care facility on Timber Trail. It was believed a homeless person might have started a fire near construction equipment. After investigation, no fire was found.
Audio|Source: Asheville Fire
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Transcript:
00:00
We'll go to that structure fire if you'll add us to that.
00:02
Govice, which fire is there?
00:03
East 212 in route.
00:04
Copy, Chief.
00:05
Copy, Chief. Battalion 1.
00:06
Squad, 21 are out.
00:08
Copy 21, copy squad 21.
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Copy 21. Thank you for 421.
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Thank you for you found it.
00:14
Copy it.
00:15
Copy it.
00:16
Communication center 40, I have open mic on the channel.
00:19
Speedcast adventure forward through fire this back.
00:21
You have a welcome like on channel.
00:22
Okay.
00:23
Communications to Andrew Ford on fire dispatch.
00:26
You have open mic on fire 3.
00:28
I'm sure point five on fire dispatch.
00:30
Go ahead, point five.
00:31
Please clear to clarion.
00:33
If you dropped a somat, call 15, scound a S.
00:36
Copy 4.5.
00:37
Switch 5-3.
00:38
Communications to Station 17 unit and route to 209-1, Timber Trail.
00:45
Did you copy tones? Communications Engine 4.
00:47
Go ahead, engine four.
00:48
Honstein of a medium, multi-story, health care facility, nothing from the outside.
00:52
Engine four will be investing in an offensive strategy, holding assignment.
00:54
Engine 4 has...
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...in command. ...change 4 out of the median, multi-story,
01:00
healthcare facility, nothing shown from the exterior, not to investigate any offensive strategy.
01:05
We'll hold your assignment, Yolson, command.
01:06
It's lighter for a little warm.
01:07
Geoff your water for.
01:08
Communications from command.
01:09
Go ahead, command.
01:10
There's no active fire alarm in this building.
01:12
Was this report more the building itself or for the outside?
01:16
For our call notes, it appears that a homeless subject may have been starting a fire near the scene, and that the complaining could smell smoke and see flames, or could smell and see smoke alone, actually,
01:28
and it be near the construction equipment on site.
01:31
We're going to take a look around.
01:32
We don't have anything so far you can still everybody else down the routine.
01:35
Copy command.
01:36
I'll respond to units to 15 Skyland and drive.
01:39
You can slow to per command.
01:41
X17 on time.
01:42
Copy to X17.
01:43
X17. You can clear.
01:48
We're going to need EMS to continue in.
01:50
Okay, so you're good copy.
01:51
Downscop is direct.
01:52
We're saying, service tag 17.
01:53
John 4-2 and 4-1.
01:55
Go ahead.
01:56
You see anything around you or a parking lot next to the building where there's construction equipment? We don't have anything.
02:03
We don't have anything. Negative and lighter four went around the Archandect detect too.
02:06
They haven't seen anything yet, I don't guess.
02:10
Copy. Communications from commands.
02:11
Zero command.
02:12
Nothing located, you can cancel the assignment.
02:14
Copy. Nothing located.
02:15
All units can return to service.
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Location mentioned:
Timber Trail, Asheville, NC 28804
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