Structure fire caused by dryer belt in apartment building, Guilderland NY
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Fire & ArsonFire departments responded to a structure fire report near Knights Bridge and Devonshire Drive in the Regency Park Apartments. The caller from a third-floor apartment noticed smoke in the hallway and an electrical burning smell possibly from the first floor. Fire officials determined the cause was a dryer belt issue and downgraded the response.
Audio|Heard on: Albany County Volunteer Fire Departments
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04:31
Transcript:
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First call for structure fire near Knights Bridge cross of Devonshire Drive in the Regency Park Apartments talk of fire ups one
00:08
Repeating for Westmere, Guilderland for truck 2, 49, 400 for Fast,
00:12
McCownville, Fire Department.
00:14
Zone 3, first call.
00:17
For structure fire near Knights Bridge,
00:20
cross of Devonshire Drive and the Regency Park Apartments.
00:23
Caller is on the third floor, apartment (name withheld).
00:26
States can see smoke in the hallway,
00:29
can smell an electrical burning smell.
00:32
State is possibly coming from the first floor,
00:35
unknown further.
00:37
Talk group is Fire Office 1, 1224 dispatcher dispatcher 5.
00:41
Dispatcher, Portn Station has the information in World Life.
00:45
400 Station at 1224.
00:48
Dispatch you, Westman Base, Acknowledge, Woodlaids, Wind and Road.
00:52
Mayor Base at 1224.
00:54
Dispatcher, Guilderland Station, Stampton, Southwola.
00:56
Guilderland Station at 1224.
01:00
303 dispatch, you can show me, north.
01:04
At 1225.
01:10
1237 are riding Kaiser 1212 12 26th 16th 603 dispatch 6th03
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Back to my Tammable Base, call will buy.
01:29
1226.
01:31
Face the Top 4368881, DLS2, Samaritan Hospital, starting mountain zero.
01:37
26.
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Spatry 902.
01:41
Spatron-902.
01:44
7.1 arriving.
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12, 12,
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26.
01:55
902,
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Near Knights Bridge.
01:57
Caller was a third-floor apartment, (name withheld).
02:00
States can smell.
02:01
Electrical smell and smoke was in the hallway.
02:05
Was coming from the first floor.
02:07
Okay, 36, fire control.
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We're arriving for you there.
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902 message at 9.
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902 at 1227.
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1247. This patched 302, same traffic.
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3C302 if you could switch to fire off 1, 1227.
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1227. 2.202, the ground.
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2.02 or 1227.
02:39
Only County 5886 arrived.
02:46
After 902. 902, go ahead.
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Arriving, establishing us for fire command, investigating maintenance is on scene.
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Preachute 1229.
03:04
Thatcher engine 97.
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97, go ahead.
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Route 5, 3 Interior.
03:17
1230. Tratcher, truck 29 on Office 1, crew of 6, 5 interior.
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29 with 6, 5 Interior at 1230.
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Spencer Westmarkart Command.
03:28
Mr. Park, go ahead.
03:35
It's going to be a dryer belt.
03:38
97 and 29 can respond priority.
03:41
Rest can stand by in quarters.
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Continuing priority 1.
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55 to 902. We were just calling out.
03:53
You want us to proceed?
03:55
Negative, you can stand by in quarters.
03:58
It's just going to be a dryer belt.
04:03
Precy.
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55, we'll be standing by in quarters.
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5 5.5, standby quarters, go through.
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Fire command is 290.
04:17
29. 29 on.
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You can come in to Knight's Bridge, don't take the left.
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I'll show you the location of standby at.
04:30
Received.
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Location mentioned:
Western Ave, Guilderland, NY 12084
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