Small fire ruled out at Scope arena stairwell, Norfolk VA
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, firefighters investigated a report of a deliberately set fire at the Scope arena complex in Norfolk. They found smoldering ashes in a stairwell but no active fire or hazard. The area was deemed safe, and a fire marshal was notified for follow-up.
Audio|Heard on: Norfolk VA Fire-Tac Group Calls
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03:7
Transcript:
00:00
Made contact with staff down here at the ticket box office.
00:04
They have new knowledge.
00:07
None of their people called it in.
00:09
I've asked them to do a walk around to the structure,
00:12
see if they can advise us of any smoke conditions they find.
00:17
All right, receive.
00:21
I'm going to send Ladder One in to help you investigate, and I'm going to get them to call the call taker back.
00:28
I guess it wasn't staffed, so command to Norfolk.
00:31
I know you were in the process of calling back.
00:34
Can we find out if that was actually a staff member and if they are available to show us where they believe this fire was?
00:41
Norfolk copies.
00:42
I just got off the phone with him.
00:43
I can call him back.
00:44
I didn't ask if he was a staff member or not.
00:46
He specified that it was going to be the stairwell from the garage at the Scope, the one closest to the Scope on the Monticello side, on the backside.
00:56
But that was the extent of what he told me.
00:58
I can call him back and have him meet one of you.
01:03
Yeah, that'd be great. We're going to continue to look around, but it's a pretty big complex.
01:08
So it would help if he could guide us in a little bit better.
01:12
I copy. I have another call taker that's going to call him and have him meet with one of you.
01:17
Thanks.
01:20
Command Rescue One, what's your location?
01:24
Right behind you.
01:26
All right, received.
01:28
Queen Engine Six, I know you're on the Monticello side.
01:30
If you can just have a couple of your folks just maybe look around the stairwell over there.
01:35
I think Engine One came in that way, but that's the last intel we got was it was on the Monticello side.
01:43
All right, copy. I got one stairwell on the Charlotte Street side.
01:45
I'll take a look at it.
01:48
Command Engine One, I've got Ladder One coming in to help you.
01:51
Do you need any other companies to help you walk the campus or are you pretty good right now?
01:57
We have located some burned ashes in a stairwell.
02:02
No hazard.
02:04
Don't even need ventilation from an open up.
02:07
They're naturally ventilated.
02:09
All units can clear with the exception of Engine One at your discretion, sir.
02:13
Okay, are you going to need a fire? I think we should get a fire marshal there.
02:16
I'll have them contact you on this TAC channel, okay?
02:21
Copy that, yes sir.
02:24
Let's go command all units.
02:25
You can clear with the exception of Engine One.
02:28
Battalion One in Norfolk, if you'll have the on-duty fire marshal contact Engine One on this TAC, please.
02:37
Yes, sir. This is Engine One.
02:38
We've responded to Scope on report of an intentionally set fire in the stairwell.
02:43
We arrived, found smoldering ashes at the base of the stairwell.
02:49
No one is here in the area.
02:54
How should we proceed?
02:59
Marshal three, copy.
03:00
Go ahead and clear.
03:01
Our sensor man was later on a follow up on it being that you got no witnesses.
03:05
We'll check late on see if you got any video of anything.
03:07
Copy.
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Location mentioned:
E Brambleton Ave, Norfolk, VA 23510
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