Smoke and electrical odor reported from HVAC at Veterans Dr, Louisville KY
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a building near Veterans Dr after smoke and an electrical odor were reported from an HVAC unit and a transformer. They investigated the rooftop and interior, identified a malfunction in the HVAC system, saw slight smoke and strong electrical smell, then shut off the HVAC unit and started ventilation and safety operations to address the issue.
Audio|Source: Louisville MetroSafe Suburban Fire 5 - 8, Okolona Tac 80
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Transcript:
00:00
Quint 49's on C near Veterans Dr staging
00:07
Quint 49 on scene 1148
00:11
149 49 49 are not back
00:19
Quint 66 in service
00:22
Quint 66 in service 1148
00:26
Craig 49 is okay, remaining on deck.
00:35
47 W to 46W.
00:40
Relax, 4227.
00:44
Can you send a member of maintenance down to the lobby to ask right up to the wrist, please?
00:52
Forty-200-2-0-10 minutes.
00:58
Command, uh,
01:00
47W.
01:04
47W, go ahead.
01:07
You sell in the lobby?
01:10
Negative, we've managed to the rooftop.
01:13
Checking the HVAC system now.
01:16
Command's okay.
01:20
Close 52, 20.
01:22
20. 2032, go ahead.
01:26
Do you have a crew on the second floor?
01:31
That's negative.
01:34
Tully2 is over the second floor.
01:36
We got a four-house upgrade the second.
01:41
Land's okay. My safety's moving to the second floor.
01:45
Command engine 46W, AML is set out and the 40s out underneath you.
01:56
47W command.
01:59
Thank you.
02:02
Well, with maintenance on the roof.
02:05
It appears to be as an AAC malfunction.
02:08
Open up the side of the HVAC,
02:10
slight smoke came out, or slight smoke,
02:15
and strong smell like electrical.
02:17
They're going to shut off the HVAC unit.
02:21
Command's okay.
02:24
Command's a 46thia.
02:27
Strat, the service is up.
02:30
You need ventilation up there.
02:38
Forty-six.
02:39
The point of 46 W. Do you need ventilation up there?
02:49
Yes, we are going to need a ventilation in 309.
02:53
We have to come out with a plan.
02:55
Not as these windows are open.
02:58
Okay, I'm going to send Flint 49 up with everybody's fans.
03:03
See if we can't set something up.
03:10
Command to Flint 49, move up,
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collect ventilation fans from the on-scene apparatus. That's first floor.
03:23
2049 is okay.
03:25
Gavin fans hit at third floor.
03:30
46 is that I mean.
03:33
Go ahead.
03:36
I understand 47-pound A-track unit at a loose.
03:40
We are also investigating a transformer inside this unit that's used the whole floor.
03:48
Command's okay.
03:54
Command, it's units inside. We're attempting to silence the panel.
04:05
47W to Quinn 46W.
04:10
Go ahead for 46,000.
04:15
Maintenance personnel that we're with on the rooftop advises there's a large transformer in the closet to the right of the break room. Have you investigated that?
04:25
The electrical smell we have is coming below the ATAC system,
04:28
so he said to check the transformer in the back of 309.
04:34
Yeah, there's a transformer we are investigating. They are going to have to come out here.
04:39
They're going to start.
04:43
The 37 is okay.
04:50
Quote 52 command.
04:53
Command, go ahead.
04:56
Second floor is clear, we're moving to the fourth floor.
05:00
Command's okay, second floor, clear, moving to the fourth floor.
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Near Veterans Dr, Louisville, KY 40291
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