Smoke and fire alarm at apartment near 43rd Avenue, Hyattsville MD
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire units responded to an activated fire alarm and smoke odor near 43rd Avenue. Upon investigation in apartment three, they found burnt food causing the smoke and alarm activation. No fire was evident and no injuries were reported.
Audio|Heard on: Prince George's MD Fire-Tac Group Calls
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Transcript:
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Near forty-third avenue, cross street of Buchanan Street and Longfellow Street.
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Investigation the odor of smoke from the 2nd floor apartment building,
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box area 101.
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Engine 801, paramedic engine 800 and fifty-five, truck 809, truck 812, tank chief eighty-four have been alerted to respond on talk group heat alpha eleven.
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Communication between chief eighty-four, two engines, two trucks with staffings in the call.
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Battalion chief eighty-four.
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Okay,
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engine one, he lives at a hydrant.
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Copy, engine eight zero one utilizing your own iron zero.
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Paramedic engineering 55.
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Copy.
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Engine eight to all communications.
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Go ahead.
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Three-story ordinary construction apartment building on a ditch roof.
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Nothing evident from the alpha,
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delta, and charlie side.
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Exposure on the bravo.
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Fire alarm is activated.
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Airway is clear.
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We're calling party investigating food.
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Hi Gabby, Engine 801, three-story ordinary apartment, pitch roof, nothing given out to Charlie Delta.
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Exposure stripe Bravo.
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You do have an alarm sounding, investigating her food.
01:09
And you have the tax command? Tax command correct.
01:11
Just verifying, do you have tax command correct?
01:14
Yes sir.
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Tax command two.
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This is I-4.
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55 on scene, standing by the hydrant at 43rd and Madison.
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Copy.
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Roger, go ahead, man.
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Time for it.
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24 minutes.
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Calling party is reporting that the smoke detector has been going off in apartment number three for the last 5 min.
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We got an odor of food.
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Investigating in apartment number three.
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Okay.
01:42
Right now myself in the 1st seat truck.
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Hi, copy that, command.
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Truck 812 staged on LeVelle Street.
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Truck 812, tackle command, do you get a side Charlie or 360?
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Truck 812, yeah, give us a side Bravo report.
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From Listeen Street, three stories, nothing evident.
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Similar attached to the rear.
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Copy.
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We're getting no evidence of anything else.
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Copy truck Pete's here on that.
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Engine 801, come in.
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Engine 801, you have tactical command.
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Tanker 54 is not on scene yet.
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All right, tactical command to incoming units.
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Food and apartment number three,
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hold myself.
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I'm dropping down to ventilate.
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Copy. Do you want to remain on the scanner or switch over to alpha one? Switch over to alpha one, thanks.
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Copy. Units responding 5713 43rd Avenue.
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It's going to be food and apartments free.
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Continue hold.
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Engine 801, truck 809 on alpha one.
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Remaining units can pass available return service.
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Channel clear. Command terminated 1559.
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Location mentioned:
43rd Ave, Hyattsville, MD 20781
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