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Smoke from chimney misreported as structure fireOakland CA

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Tompkins Ave, Oakland, CA 94619

According to the dispatch call, responders arrived at a reported structure fire near Tompkins Avenue but found only light smoke coming from a chimney. The fire assignment was canceled after confirming no fire inside the building.

Audio|Heard on: Oakland Fire
Listen to dispatch call
03:13
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 17, Battalion 4, Engine 16, Engine 18, Truck 6, Engine 25, Truck 2, Battalion 3, structure fire near Tompkins Avenue.
00:16
Respond on open track 2.
00:27
Logapire, engine 17, respond to one three.
00:30
117, responding with three.
00:38
Responding.
00:39
Defunding?
00:40
Cangin 2, responding, 1 2.
00:43
Pothal and 3, responding.
00:48
Rep.
00:51
To responding.
01:01
1025 responding.
01:04
We have light smoke coming from the chimney.
01:13
We do have a water supply.
01:16
We're going to make this type in command.
01:20
Engine 17 on scene, what smoke coming from the team? We have water supplies, that were soon as Almaconson's command.
01:28
The Tadine 2 is on the scene.
01:29
The battalion 2 will assume command.
01:31
All right, definition, the address is going to be near Tompkins Avenue.
01:36
And you can reduce this assignment to a 311.
01:42
Updated address near Tompkins Avenue, reducing to 311, engine 25, open fire.
01:50
45 copy, going to open a line.
01:54
Engine 25 with service, 2, open fire.
02:03
Okay.
02:10
Hey, I'm doing 17.
02:14
Good, come in.
02:18
Now, looking from the windows, it doesn't appear there's any smoke or fire inside the building.
02:23
I think it's just smoke coming from there, Jimmy.
02:25
I think we can evaluate this.
02:30
Toppy, would you like to hold yourself in cook six?
02:35
Yeah, let's hold 817 in truck six for now.
02:43
Okay, copy.
02:44
Not for water.
02:51
Confirming, we're canceling the assignment and holding in 17 on track six.
02:56
Well,
03:00
yes, that's affirmative.
03:05
The Simon at near Tompkins Avenue has been canceled in engine 17, track 6, all other units to turn also on already.

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Location mentioned:
Tompkins Ave, Oakland, CA 94619

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