Exhaust smoke investigated on city hall roof, Huntington Beach CA
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Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to reported smoke on the roof of City Hall at 2000 Main Street in Huntington Beach. Upon investigation, they determined the smoke was normal exhaust from building operations. There was no fire or emergency.
Audio|Heard on: MetroNet Fire Central Alt Tac 3N
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04:53
Transcript:
00:00
On community, just update on conditions.
00:03
There is smoke coming from the roof that appears to be exhaust.
00:08
Engine 45 is sending the stairwell now.
00:15
Battalion 4 copy that.
00:18
My truck. The Italian 3 is on scene.
00:25
Engine 45, Truck 45.
00:27
We've got nothing on the panel.
00:33
Forty-five thousand.
00:39
The time floor prevention forty-one, do you see that flow coming from there?
00:44
Negative.
00:46
Right here I just see why it looks like steam almost.
00:49
What's your position?
00:54
We're positioned on the east side.
00:57
It looks like the glow is off the roof,
01:00
more towards the west side.
01:04
Okay, let's have you guys bundle up and go inside and assist engine 45.
01:08
Break engine 45, did you copy that?
01:12
Copy that.
01:18
94 from truck 45.
01:19
We're already at the bottom of this year.
01:21
Well, we're getting up on the panel.
01:22
We can assess, we can assist engine 45.
01:26
Okay, copy that.
01:27
Let's do that.
01:28
Break engine 41, hold your position.
01:30
Truck 45, let's make our way all the way up to the roof, please.
01:35
Copy.
01:40
If you want to work on access to the roof, we're at the roof access door right now.
01:47
It appears to be locked with a code if you want to check the notch.
01:56
We want to copy that.
01:58
Great time before you copy that.
01:59
Okay,
02:01
firm.
02:02
Yeah, give my hand.
02:08
Division 42 Drone on 3 November.
02:10
Did you guys get a roof check somewhere?
02:13
Affirmative City Hall, please, 2000 Main Street.
02:20
If Vatt, Battalion 3, I copy your on scene, just hold your position, please.
02:26
Copy.
02:31
4 engine 45.
02:37
Go on, engine 45.
02:40
Counting four, engine 45.
02:41
If we get a hold of the P disk crash, it seems to be a combination lock, four numbers,
02:49
to access the hall unless we have access to force this door.
02:57
Give you that one more time, you're broken right there at the end.
03:00
Can you tell me what door that is?
03:03
This is going to be the roof access on the east stairwell city hall.
03:09
Okay, call me that.
03:11
And it's not a Knox key? Is that affirmative?
03:15
That's affirmative and not ID as well.
03:18
It looks like there possibly might be a key, but for sure it's a combination lock and there's a number to call.
03:26
Seems like it's controlled by PD.
03:30
Yeah, let me that number if it's right there readily available.
03:37
Station 42 drone, try 1,800-180 for the combo.
03:45
Copy that, break engine 45, do you copy that? Try 1808,800.
03:54
Total successful making entry now.
04:00
41 firefighters, let's start to make our way towards the entrance to the office.
04:08
Majority of Battalion 4, Metronet.
04:13
Go in Metro. Go ahead, Metro.
04:15
The Army, Battalion 4, you'll have 15 minutes on the incident clock.
04:21
Top of that.
04:27
The tower four in all units.
04:29
This can be normal operation for the 8-track exhaust on the roof.
04:33
There is no fire, no smoke, or no emergency.
04:35
All units can clear, we can give up 3 November and 3 October.
04:43
The Italian Tor copies engine 45's traffic.
04:46
All clear normal operations on the roof of City Hall.
04:49
We can go ahead and release all units assigned the incident and clear the tax code and command.
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Main St, Huntington Beach, CA 92648
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