Smoke from wood smoker in garage causes alarm, Dexter IA
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Emergency services responded to a report of a possible structure fire near Dallas Street. Heavy smoke was observed, but upon investigation, the smoke was found to be coming from a wood smoker operating inside a garage. No fire was present and all responding units were dismissed.
Audio|Heard on: Dallas County Sheriff, Fire and EMS, Perry Police
Listen to dispatch call
06:20
Transcript:
00:00
Go ahead. A possible structure fire, near Dallas Street, and across the road,
00:10
and they're seeing a lot of smoke and can smell a plastic and burning smell.
00:15
Excellent. I'll be around.
00:18
9%.
00:20
18, 3.
00:22
Top 18.
00:51
. . . . . .
00:53
Dallas County EMS, De Soto Fire, Adel Fire, and Van Meter Fire Departments.
00:59
Structure fire.
01:01
Dallas County EMS, De Soto Fire, Adel Fire, and Van Meter Fire.
01:06
Structure fire.
01:07
Cross streets are Dallas Street, Sycamore Street, and Spruce Street.
01:13
Incident operations on Mack 6.
01:15
Timeout 1942.
01:19
Attention,
01:21
Dallas County EMS, De Soto Fire Department,
01:26
Van Meter Fire Department, Adel Fire Department, viewer being sent for a structure fire near Dallas Street across from the mobile home with heavy smoke showing from the resident property is not sure if it's occupied or not.
01:38
Max 6 on arrival, Dallas County 1444.
01:42
Dallas 524.
01:44
944.
01:46
We'll be back in service in the county on A80, you're just en route to that it's church fire.
01:53
Hi, that's 34430.
01:55
Yeah, that's 430.
01:58
430.
02:00
I'll be around at this station, but can you just advise everybody that there's no hydrants in the loan court?
02:08
Copy.
02:11
No, 420 on scene.
02:14
Happy, 424.
02:19
Engineering is responding to the structure fire, De Soto Fire has advised us that there are no fire hydrants in the mobile home park.
02:26
There are no fire hydrants in the local park.
02:31
Now, I'll stay a meter 820 to be en route.
02:34
Have you, Tony.
02:39
677-0. 677-0.
02:47
I have a return phone call for you.
02:54
Health O2.
02:56
Perfect.
03:02
It's 821 dollars.
03:04
Sounds like there's a motorcycle garage and that's what the smoke's coming out.
03:07
One of the residents can go check it out.
03:10
Have it.
03:12
Day 20, Mel.
03:18
Go ahead for 820.
03:23
What about officer I'm seeing near Dallas street.
03:27
Sounds like there's a motorcycle in a garage that the smoke is coming from.
03:32
Copy.
03:48
8.35.
03:49
Go ahead and show in the route with you.
03:55
Can we have a situation update?
03:58
Correction three, showing the route with three.
04:04
I have an officer on scene.
04:05
There's a motorcycle in a garage that has smoke coming from it.
04:08
That can be near 8.2 on now.
04:14
I'll scroll to.
04:17
No, it's 4.30.
04:19
14.
04:20
430.
04:21
So there's no fire.
04:27
It does have a wood smoker in the garage running.
04:31
Everything's sent to. You can go ahead disregard Van Meter.
04:35
Jennifer, we'll let him know.
04:40
And a wood smoker running in the garage, we're going to disregard Van Meter for our house running.
04:46
Copy, can you disregard Adel as well?
04:50
Okay.
04:53
Dallas, 835.
04:54
Direct with disregard?
04:57
Copy. 820 retract.
05:01
820 direct. 820 direct.
05:04
10, 49.
05:06
Dallas, 402.
05:07
4.2.
05:13
Go ahead and disregard all the fire everything's sent to.
05:17
Coming.
05:22
Yeah, what's 594 is clear on the disregard? Meginsurice.
05:28
Okay. Okay.
05:34
430, we acknowledge.
05:36
We need anything from Justota at all or no.
05:39
Negative, you can just read.
05:41
I'm going to send out to serve it.
06:04
Attention, Adel Fire, Soto Fire, Ramini Fire, Idaho,
06:07
you have been disregarded to the structural fire near Dallas Street.
06:11
We have disregarded to the structural fire near Dallas Street.
06:15
18 Treffert.
06:19
18, go ahead.
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Location mentioned:
Dallas St, Dexter, IA 50070
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