Commercial fire determined to be thermostat issue, Charlottesville VA
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, a commercial building fire was reported at Unity of Charlottesville near Hydraulic Circle. Fire crews responded but found no smoke or fire. It was determined the issue was related to the HVAC system thermostat adjustment, not an actual fire.
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04:34
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 82. Reduce commercial structure fire.
00:04
Unity of Charlottesville.
00:06
Near Hydraulic Circle.
00:09
Respond on Alpha Tac 3.
00:11
Engine 82.
00:12
Reduce commercial structure fire.
00:14
Unity of Charlottesville.
00:16
Near Hydraulic Circle.
00:19
Respond on Alpha Tac 3.
00:22
ECCE brush 43.
00:24
11 is at the hospital.
00:26
ECC, Rush 43.
00:29
252 ECC.
00:31
Where's my next engine company in?
00:35
It appears engine 151 and engine 161 are within a minute of each other.
00:41
All right. In both stage in the parking lot, there'll be a hydrant, non-hydraulic road just before they get here.
00:50
They may have to hand jack to that if we need them.
00:54
Ingen 161, correct?
00:56
You might have a good team it wants to me.
01:00
TCCC-A2N.
01:03
DCC Brush 43,
01:05
2-1.
01:07
With 822, I click on top of your traffic.
01:11
I click on top of your traffic.
01:13
So with engine 802 on the end, we have an extra engine on this call?
01:18
I believe they marked up without being able to get airtime.
01:22
So that is, that would make four.
01:23
Yes,
01:24
sir.
01:26
Okay. Can we have the client 201?
01:29
You can go ahead and put one agent company in service such to respond me.
01:35
ECC recalling for a press 43.
01:37
Correct. I was calling you for a status check and was also going to let you know.
01:41
We received a call from the (name withheld).
01:45
There's cell phone information in your call notes.
01:48
He called in and advised he was going to do a large controlled burn at this location,
01:52
seeing it was 30 feet, really 12 feet high and possibly burning for 12 to 18 hours at that intersection of Free Union Road and Catterton Road.
02:02
43 direct. I think I've come on to my approving now.
02:06
Correct, thank you.
02:08
The next. See, both the president of the way of source.
02:12
E.C. Track 9, such direct.
02:16
Oh good, thank you.
02:17
1919.
02:18
Command from A3rdrockstron.
02:21
Command, go ahead.
02:23
No smoke conditions in the basement.
02:26
Power found for the basement kitchen.
02:30
I understand no smoke conditions in the basement.
02:35
Update me on that power information.
02:38
The main breaker is located in the basement kitchen.
02:41
All right, I understand.
02:44
No smoke conditions in the basement.
02:46
Breakers are in the basement kitchen as well.
02:50
As in 22, also.
02:51
As in twenty, nineteen, twenty, nineteen, twenty.
02:54
If you see engine 151 or engine 161, it appears that engine 161 is just slightly behind engine 151, so I'll show engine 161-161 in service.
03:05
AECC, the engine 161 is okay.
03:08
ACC,
03:09
you can also have Tower 121 stage in the parking mod as they arrive.
03:15
Park command of Tower 121 stage as well.
03:20
Tain-211-0-0-0-0-1921.
03:25
1921.
03:27
Tower 121 arrive, staging on Hydraulic Road.
03:31
E.C. direct.
03:37
A3Bowler Command with an update.
03:45
We currently investigated the main auditorium and both branches off of the auditorium to Bravo and Delta Sides of the structure.
03:53
We have no smells.
03:56
The caller reported that they turned up the thermostat from 65 to 70 degrees a lot an hour ago.
04:03
I believe that that could be the problem.
04:06
Engine 82's crew is on their way to the furnishing to investigate that now.
04:11
Okay. I've got tower and another engine coming in.
04:15
I'm just going to continue to stage them on location, if that's okay?
04:20
Correct.
04:22
2d2 ECCC,
04:25
cruise interior reporting,
04:28
no smells currently investigating HVAC.
04:32
EECC was direct with the traffic, 1922.
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Location mentioned:
Hydraulic Rd, Charlottesville, VA 22901
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