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Smoke reported in dorm hallway at Otterbein UniversityWesterville OH

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Near S Grove St, Westerville, OH 43081

Smoke was reported in the first-floor hallway of a two-story dorm at Otterbein University. The fire department arrived to investigate a possible fire in the laundry room and ventilated the building. No fire was confirmed at the time of the report.

Audio|Source: Westerville Police, Fire and EMS
05:50
Transcript:
00:00
Battalion 11, you're on the scene. There's two-story dorm, nothing showing.
00:03
Alarms and stroke are going off, and Otterbine police on the scene near S Grove St.
00:11
Which were from the Italian 11?
00:15
Battalion 11 go.
00:30
We do have smoke in the hallway here on the first floor. I'm going to establish Command. Ninja 113. If you're not responding, can you set it up?
00:40
Ninja 113. We'll pull it on the same.
00:50
608.
00:51
Oh,
00:53
yeah, 229 out of service.
00:58
2156.
01:02
607, same work.
01:06
607, 2156.
01:16
Command engine 1113, OPD seems to think it's coming from the laundry room on the first floor.
01:28
Okay, engine 1-11, I'm sorry I was on fire ground listening to the time 11. You're in service and you're also responding?
01:39
Hi, Cappy.
01:54
Engine 112 on the scene, 2157.
01:59
Engine 113-13 to Westerville, can you get a hold of Otterbine PD and have them move their vehicle out of our way?
02:13
I copy.
02:19
Hi y'all. It's an alarm file.
02:25
Ladder 111 calls you.
02:27
Ladder on the scene, 2159.
02:38
Ladder on the scene,
02:39
2159.
02:50
That's likely Ladder 11. Engine 113, can you verify? He needs a fan in there.
03:20
We're copied,
03:22
staging on Home Street.
03:29
Truck 441, I have you, speaking.
03:35
Ladder 11, is that you behind, Ninja 113?
03:45
That's a purpose.
03:48
Okay, you can open the door on the opposite side of the building. You can probably just place the fan right about where you go in, and that would be effective.
03:57
I haven't heard anything from Engine 113.
04:13
Show me in service. Car 27, patrol phone, 5,
04:18
rifle, 4,
04:20
shield, launcher, and I'll have 566 with me. We'll be a 229 for roll call.
04:27
My copy 2202.
04:45
Ladder 11, you were broken. I'm a monitor in direct C as well.
04:57
Ladder 1-11 operator.
04:58
Go ahead and get some fans ready. I'm going to get some doors chalked different for us.
05:11
Command the ladder 111, can we contain this to you in engine 113?
05:17
Yeah, that would be good.
05:20
Let's proceed. Watch for the situation contained type.
05:24
Engine 113, ladder 11 and battalion 11.
05:26
11.
05:38
Intentional companies responding to you're on the scene, 92 West Humb Street.
05:41
Italian has a situation in pain, tying up Inter 1113, lateral wall 11,
05:47
and battalion 11.
05:48
All our equipment and service at 2204.

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Near S Grove St, Westerville, OH 43081

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