Smoke in hospital electrical room caused by steam, Columbia MD
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, fire department responded to smoke reported in the hospital building near Cedar Lane. Investigation found the smoke was steam from the electrical room on the fourth floor, which was shut off and dissipated. No fire was found and conditions cleared. Units remain staged and shelter in place procedures are in effect.
Audio|Heard on: Howard County Police, Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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Engine, 701, Engine 141, Engine I1, 22,
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51, truck, 7, truck two, tower 10, 75, 7, 7, 6, the tiny, 2,000, to respond to the hospital for smoke in the building, respond to operate, Bravo 1.
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101, I'm direct on your message.
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Davis 31, 445 department, says.
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31.
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101 to Howard, do you need us on the box?
00:23
That's negative.
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It's not pulling you.
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Trucks off the ride.
00:29
We're at the hospital.
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The truck's down on the issue command.
00:34
We're meeting with security here.
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Give you a better idea what's going on.
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Have all units of stage.
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I'm not an approach.
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You're going to reconfigure.
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It's not pulling you.
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It's going to be at the hospital.
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Fire department's around for smoking the ventilation.
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First came in as a firelight.
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and then they're advising that there's smoke and the vents.
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Do you try? Truck 7 on screen, has command meeting with security, all of the unit states.
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That's right.
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Someone's around, unable to status.
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1.5 is that hospital?
01:12
1.5 arrived at the hospital, 1458.
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7.5 in route, unable to status.
01:17
All right.
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Seventy-7-1-105-on-team
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10-1[1]-7-1-1-7-1-1 go ahead Chuck 7 to 7-1
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One of the workers taking us down to the office, you can get a better location in that second here.
01:55
Okay.
01:56
Do you with everybody's staging when they get here?
02:04
Yeah, I put that on the initial.
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Howard, can you reannounce?
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Everybody comes after us, just want to approach, please.
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Talkum, can you repeat your message?
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Have all units made.
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Out all incoming units.
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So you're command stage.
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713.
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Dr. Dr.
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Trucks have an operator command.
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Good.
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With Security,
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reading,
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Smoke in the Electrical Room, 4th floor pavilion.
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Command's okay.
03:00
We're relocating to the fourth floor.
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One-four-one's arrival, second arriving engine staging with engine 7-1.
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One-four-one, over.
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We've got a security guard taking us up to the fourth floor now.
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Command 1.41.
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Go ahead.
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Bring your deuce and a half bundles.
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We come up to the fourth.
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Engine 141 stress.
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Commander 141.
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Go ahead.
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There are a couple of extinguishers as well.
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One four one's direct on the extinguishers.
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The Titan 2 is on location.
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Retainty is that route? Two one draw.
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Take one down right.
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141 to 71.
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Go for 71.
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They bring the officer's bag with them.
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That's correct.
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And the one-four-one, when you come into the lobby,
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turn left,
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find stairwell C by the elevators.
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141, track down stairwell, please.
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Truck 2 is on the scene, second truck.
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He's changing on the south of the side.
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Trucks have an operator in command.
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So it's steam coming from the electrical room on top of the roof.
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It's starting to dissipate.
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They turn the steam off.
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So we're still investigating.
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2211-11 respond.
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9725 whiskey run for the fire alarm activation.
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Correction.
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The patient assist alpha-2.
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Okay.
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We're coming to you.
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I'm tying two to command.
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Go ahead, sir.
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I have yourself 71 and 141 using a stairwell C and the attack stairwell on the fourth floor.
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I can take down here.
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Okay.
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22 survived, third.
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Can you have arrived, third special, staging on Cedar Lane.
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Command, a truck two.
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Truck two.
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I'm getting a stick to the roof where we're at Truck 7 is working and get a roof report.
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If you could access the roof to the inside, that would work as well.
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Truck 2 is okay.
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We're on back in the position.
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When we get the word.
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1-11,
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your respond to 9725 whiskey run for 82-year-old female that fell is highest not injured.
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It's going to be at the vehicle and needs assistance getting up, working on a vehicle description.
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Truck 7 operator, a man with the roof report.
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Good.
06:36
So, who made access to the roof?
06:39
There's no smoke at the time.
06:41
It was steam.
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They have the steam shut off.
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That's what they were seeing on the fourth floor.
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So conditions are clear and dissipating up there after they shut the steam off.
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Okay, command copy.
06:55
Truck 2's direct.
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The standby are unit.
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Truck T's okay.
07:00
Major ones are out of stage.
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One to one to Howard.
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Trust that one coming out.
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Go ahead.
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Go ahead.
07:09
Can I get a Knoxbox code for box number 78 EID 3-950?
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We're advising these units as a shelter in place.
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You can relay that through Howard to secure.
07:26
That's right.
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Just confirming you need no additional resources inside.
07:32
That's right.
07:34
That's correct.
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Myself and 71 around the route.
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Okay.
07:41
Command, Howard.
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Come in.
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Crews are investigating a possible steam issue.
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Continue to hold the box for now.
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And any additional call you get, we're just sheltering in place for now.
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Cedar Ln, Columbia, MD 21044
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