Fire crews investigating smoke and electrical smell from rooftop air-conditioning units, Unit 18 and Unit 21, near Alpha Delta corner. Power shut down and inspection of roof and electrical panels conducted., Miami Dade County FL
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, fire crews investigating smoke and electrical smell from rooftop air-conditioning units, Unit 18 and Unit 21, near Alpha Delta corner. Power shut down and inspection of roof and electrical panels conducted.
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08:5
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 3, arrival staging.
00:04
2.3, arrival staging.
00:06
7255 County.
00:13
Command engine 3, find the hydrant there on the...
00:17
It's going to be, I think, the Alpha Delta corner.
00:21
I just staged there and check it.
00:25
Engine 3, Hydron Alpha Delta's corner, it's top of you.
00:32
Charlie, Ladder 29.
00:38
Did you find the AC in the northwest corner?
00:46
Yeah,
00:48
I would just concentrate on that far northwest corner.
00:55
Rescue 48 to Ladder 29.
00:58
There's some numbers down here, I don't know if they correlate to the units upstairs.
01:03
Do those units have numbers?
01:11
All right, it's going to be in the area, in the vicinity of the one number to 18.
01:22
2.40, staging.
01:29
N240 or I-1 staging.
01:32
Take out of your command, 20 minutes in time, command.
01:35
Still standing on investigation.
01:38
We seem to have gone on the roof, we're locating Unit 18 and checking for a burnt belt or something.
01:44
No further needs.
01:48
To investigating, investigating unit 18.
01:50
Look for a new page 17 to DAA County.
01:59
Good.
02:06
Copy Charlie, the command, I have 48 kills of power to 18.
02:12
Copy that.
02:14
Can you have a 29 check if there's a breaker up top? Sometimes they do install one up there as well.
02:22
29, you got that.
02:30
Commandor Rescue 48 or Engine 17, can you see that? Can you guys reach the breaker on that unit, the AC unit?
02:40
Negative T, those are going to be up at the roof level.
02:43
Real quick, can you also have them check to see if there's another unit,
02:48
and that would be about maybe 30 feet towards the front-toe, towards the alpha side?
02:58
Charlie caught me?
03:02
Charlie, 29.
03:04
Also check the unit 30 feet here south.
03:12
Copy 18's been shut down.
03:14
You're gonna open it up.
03:16
Yeah, it's open.
03:17
We opened it up.
03:18
We shut it down.
03:19
The noise stopped.
03:20
There's no smoke in the handler.
03:23
So nothing obvious up here, but it was making a weird notice.
03:27
All right, copy.
03:28
Check the unit just to yourself.
03:31
About 30 feet to yourself.
03:35
Copy, there's about three to my...
03:38
Does it have a number?
03:41
Charlie, the 48, do you have a number?
03:45
Stand by, let me see if I can look above the drop ceiling here.
03:53
Command of the county, any other units in route?
03:58
Command, you have Latter-A3.
04:01
You can cancel A-3.
04:05
Latter, 83,
04:10
copy.
04:13
We have a good hydrant on the Alpha-Delta.
04:18
Copy, good hydrant.
04:25
Charlie to 48, you still have any small coming out of that area.
04:32
48 affirmative.
04:34
It's still coming up but it's light and like I said intermittent.
04:42
Got me.
05:00
Rescue 48 to Charlie Division.
05:04
Go ahead, Rescue 48.
05:07
We located a roof hatch from the inside.
05:11
I'm going to go up and see if I can meet up with 29 and give them a better idea of where that's going to be.
05:17
Copy.
05:25
Command Agent 17.
05:30
Number 17.
05:32
Have you guys been able to look at the electrical panels and identify the AC units from there as well?
05:42
We're making our way now to an electrical room panel.
05:53
Copy that, if they're identified,
05:57
kill the power on 18 and we'll see the number of the one south of that one.
06:05
Ladder 29 to Charlie.
06:08
Good 29. Good 29.
06:12
We shut down 21 as well, strong electrical smell.
06:16
No smoke, but strong electrical smell coming from the unit.
06:21
It had shut off on itself.
06:25
Copy 17 when you get through the electrical panel, see if 21 is tripped.
06:31
Copy, see if 21 is tripped.
06:35
29, go ahead and open it up.
06:43
Go up for 29.
06:46
Go ahead, open up 21, the one that you have the electrical smell from.
06:50
We've got to identify where the smoke is coming from.
06:54
Copy jeep.
06:55
It tripped. There's a bunch of red lights on.
06:57
It tripped by itself.
06:58
There's no smoke here.
07:02
You opened it up.
07:07
Rescue. Rescue.
07:08
Keep it Charlie.
07:12
48 good.
07:15
Hey Chief, it didn't look like the smoke was pushing out of the vents.
07:19
It could have just been what was residual in the vents, it's kind of just kind of whispering out.
07:25
All right, we've got to look at these ACs on the inside until the bicycle goes away.
07:36
48 to Charlie.
07:37
I'm up here with 29.
07:39
This unit definitely has smoke in it.
07:43
Which one was that 21?
07:47
That is affirmative.
07:52
Copy Charlie, the command of you read all that.
07:55
Yeah, I copy.
07:57
Command of 17, locate 21 on the electrical panel, shut it down as well.
08:01
And 17, if you're still in the structure, the smoke improving there, in that area?
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