Fire in community church causes smoke from HVAC unit, Mt Airy MD
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, firefighters responded to a building fire at Muskerr Third Community Church near Old National Pike in Frederick County, Maryland. They found smoke in the lobby and black smoke coming from an HVAC unit. Firefighters checked the roof and HVAC equipment, suspecting a malfunction to be the cause.
Audio|Heard on: Frederick County Fire - Digital
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Transcript:
00:00
The Musker 3rd Community Church,
00:02
near Old National Pike.
00:05
A reported building fire, 9 Delta 1205.5.
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Truck Group to Command, we're making entry on the roof for two.
00:17
9-122nd 2nd C for DVRS is activated.
00:25
Units are on the scene advising smoke in the lobby.
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It's filled the box.
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Switch to our 9-Delta, 1206.
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DECN access to the area of Barker's feeling.
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We have a firefighter with a frontal user checking.
00:47
There doesn't appear to be smoke off over the field.
00:51
Break.
00:53
There is black coming from an HVAC in the center of the lobby.
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Immediately had the door to the left.
01:03
Okay.
01:04
Girlfront one's on the roof checking the HVAC.
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Hermetic engine.
01:15
You are 50, 50.
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Copy 50, thank you, switching to Delta.
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So take 1208. Okay, 1208.
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Mr. Commas.
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Great room.
01:35
Alright, we got about a hundred-by-hundred-foot roof.
01:39
So I think we have up here with some fans.
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Nothing on them.
01:47
Okay, copy.
01:53
And also,
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looking over the parapet, there's no units on that lower roof either.
02:03
Okay, can you tell there any units on that lower roof?
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None that I can see.
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Everything appears to be ground level.
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Okay. If you can come on down and check on them for me,
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let me know what's going on.
02:19
Direct, like I said, there's three look like fan vents up here, but nothing from them.
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It doesn't appear there's any motors.
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Okay.
02:34
Yes, sir.
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Go ahead.
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And from the Alpha side, inside the men's restroom,
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is access to a mezzan area,
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and we have multiple unit units in there.
02:54
Okay, can you get up there and check on there?
03:01
That's correct.
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I think I might not want to repeat it.
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Okay, just keep me positive things.
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Spurrugle of National Command and Administration, 20 minutes, 1210.
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Okay, copy.
03:29
Actually, sir, it's really expensive.
03:32
We're going to have your water in the street line, okay?
03:37
I copy.
03:44
Investigation of command.
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I'm sending a firefighter out for dry cam and a small toolkit.
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I believe it's an air handler and a medicine here.
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March AHU 13,
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and I'm going to shut it down.
03:57
Okay, copy that.
04:03
Three three to four truck, you can make it.
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Go ahead.
04:08
Investigations to 152 Charlie.
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Got.
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Location mentioned:
Old National Pike, Mt Airy, MD 21771
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