Fire alarm at commercial building with sprinkler activation, National City CA
Fire & ArsonFire alarm at a multi-story commercial building near Manchester Street prompted evacuation. Firefighters investigated reports of smoke and sprinkler activation on the third and fourth floors. No fire was found, but water was flowing from a fused sprinkler. Efforts focused on locating the water shut off and managing water damage.
Audio|Source: San Diego City and Poway Fire
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Transcript:
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Engine 32, ringing alarm, 6 Echo, 6 Foxtrot, near Manchester Street, Unit 102, Cross Street, East Possible Boulevard, and Eleanor Place, Engine 32,
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6 Echo, 6 Box Trot.
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Metro, engine 45 is that scene,
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multi-story commercial building.
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Nothing's showing.
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People are evacuated.
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This engine 45 will establish Camino, IC[1].
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Truck 45, I'm saying.
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Truck 45, do you want to take my firefighters at the best case?
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Copy that.
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My truck, copy that scene, multi-story commercial building.
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Nothing showing.
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People are evacuated.
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Engine 45 will be establishing Camino, IC[1].
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IC[1], Engine 18, I see.
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Copy Engine 18.
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I'm going to make you fire attack coordinate with truck 45, and you can take my firefighters.
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Copy fire attack with truck 45 and there's a hydrant right on in front, we're on it.
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Copy. Camino, I see, 314's pull up.
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What do you need?
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314, just staged for now.
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People can get some more information.
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We got nothing showing the ports of smoke on the 3rd 4.
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Tier 14, copy, staged.
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Engine 201,
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Medical,
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7 Echo, 7 Fox Strunt, near 9th Avenue, San Diego Square, Unit 705, Cross Streets, Broadway, and C Street, Engine 201,
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7 Echo, 7 Fox Strunt.
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I see into 17 stage, stage,
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after copy, I see engine 14 stage.
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Engine 5, Medical,
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7 Echo, 7 Fox Stunt, near 4th Avenue, Balbo and Irving and Rehab, SNF, Unit 425A, Cross Streets, Walnut Avenue, Walmart Avenue, and Brooks Avenue, Engine 5,
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7 Echo, 7 Fox Stunt.
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I see, engine 39, I see.
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Engine 1. Medical.
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7ECHO, 7 Fox Strutt, near 1F Street, Peachtree Inn, Unit 261, Cross Streets, 09th Avenue, and 10th Avenue.
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Engine 1,
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7 Echo, 7 Fox Strunt.
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Truck 14 from my seat.
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Chair 14, go ahead.
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Do you report the sprinklers going off? Could you try to secure the water?
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10-14 copies.
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Camino I-C, Metro.
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That's Ranger 40.
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Go ahead for Camino I-C.
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Camino I-C, be advised, 10-minute timer[2].
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Copy 10 minutes.
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I see sign and fours that seen.
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I'm not on the street, cross-street.
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Engine 40, go for Metro.
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Mr. 40's in the area attempting to locate.
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Do you have any additional callers or...
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Copy behind Forest Dean.
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All you are responding were just waiting to get update from fire attack.
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There was a force of smoke on the third floor and check what's going on.
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1040 much resonated.
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We have a single party caller and he calls from the freeway, no further details,
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other than white smoke by the bike path.
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Got you.
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Metro engine 40 Metro engine 30 Metro Engine 30
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Engine 30, stand by
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I'm talking
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I see from Firecalf, engine 40 go for Metro.
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Metro, engine 40 has traveled the area from Rancho Penisquito's Polvar to Black Mountain Road in both directions on the freeway.
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In no size of smoke or fire, engine 40 is going UTL.
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Enter 40, MetroC, traveled over freeway, engine 40 going UTL.
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Firetack, I think you switch to attack.
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Engine 30, go with traffic.
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Engine 30, go with traffic.
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I see you from Regina 4.
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You want to come back to MAPRAX? We're going to run from back here.
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IEC from fire attack.
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Good.
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Okay, we got, we're on the third floor, we have water flowing from the sprinkler, possibly, or a hot water line.
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We're investigating right now.
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Truck Forty Clives going on the fourth floor to see what's going on up there.
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Great.
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Third floor, we have an all-clear on our primary.
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If you copy, have you found the source of the smoke?
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Metro Engine 30 disregard.
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130 coffee.
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That's a negative.
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I got truckers going on the 4th floor, see if there's even anything going on up there.
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I'm not even sure if it's a sprinkler yet, we're just assuming possibly sprinkler or waterline in the ceiling.
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Higher traffic engine, fire powder.
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Traffic pricing.
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An IC[1] from fire attack.
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Go ahead, Bryce.
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As up here, we have a fused sprinkler outside the elevator lobby.
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No signs, but fire.
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We're trying to find the water shut off.
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We're trying to find water shut off.
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We're going to have, um...
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Heavy water on the second floor for sure.
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You want to set up salvage on that floor.
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And when we first walked in, I did see some water dripping down into the lobby.
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Okay.
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IC[1] copy, standby.
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Agent 18 firefighters from fire attack.
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Go ahead for engine 18 firefighters.
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Were we able to find a shut off?
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Break trust 45 from fire attack.
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Fire attack from truck 45.
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All clear on the 4th.
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We looked into one of the suites.
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We've got nothing showing.
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Looking at both stairwells, I didn't see a sprinkler shut off for the floor specifically only.
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Okay, coffee.
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I got my guys looking as well.
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Rick, if you want to come back down to the third floor, there are some doors right here.
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We have not opened yet.
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I just want to peek in there.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
IC: Incident Command or Commander established to manage and direct response at an incident scene.
[2]
10-minute timer: Incident time benchmark notification every 10 minutes
Disclaimer:
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Location mentioned:
Manchester St, National City, CA 91950
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