Smoke traced to basement HVAC unit at Pittsburgh hospital, Pittsburgh PA
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, fire crews responded to reported smoke at a hospital on Babcock Boulevard in Pittsburgh. The source was traced to an HVAC or rooftop unit in the basement. No active fire was found. Hospital staff coordinated with fire crews to ventilate the building.
Audio|Heard on: Allegheny County Fire - North
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07:41
Transcript:
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329 trucks in one two scott scot county one here rescues them with two county one here rescues them with two rescue receives for two
00:22
one eight six engine with one
00:30
26-0-1.
00:38
Connie, 4112.
00:41
1412.
00:43
All right,
00:44
one of these teams transferring command to me, so how fast I think command.
00:48
What units do we have on the road?
00:52
Superav 329, 297 engine, 262 truck, 1808, 287 truck lightly staffed, and 186 engine fully staffed.
01:01
All right,
01:03
copy.
01:06
You also have 402 trucks, fire academy dispatch, they're not in route yet.
01:14
All right, I copy.
01:18
The first arriving truck, go to the Charlie side.
01:21
We're still trying to figure out where that RTEU unit is.
01:24
Second truck can come to the front entrance.
01:31
We want to talk about command post, main entrance.
01:35
Yeah, command post, front entrance, one-eight engine.
01:41
Okay.
01:47
County one of your phone teams?
01:50
Yeah,
01:57
ma'am. Roger, we're coming from Comber Home 89, what's your instructions?
02:03
2.57 engine,
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launch engine to the Charlie side.
02:06
First truck is going to go to Charlie's side, you can assist with them for setting up roof operations.
02:12
We're trying to find where that RTU it is.
02:20
Accesses in time for remote.
02:29
Command one at each you.
02:31
Come in.
02:34
All right, up on the second floor, there's a little haze.
02:38
It does have a rubber smell to the odor.
02:41
It's probably going to be a rooftop.
02:43
But it's due to the OAR, we can't make access.
02:50
Copy that. Our jobs, we're going to be laddering the roof to see if we could R-T unit.
03:00
Yeah, I think it's going to dissipate on, I'm feeling they probably have it shut down.
03:04
They just got to try to narrow down what unit it is.
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So we just get increase on the roof.
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Okay.
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Okay.
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Go.
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Okay,
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all units coming in.
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It's not going to be on the roof, the RT units in the basement.
03:31
So skip laddering the roof.
03:37
All right, 2907.
03:39
There's location in the hospital where this stage.
03:47
Do you have her background on Charlie's hot.
03:57
297-ed, you got to reposition to the ED entrance on the.
04:04
Okay, Kevin.
04:09
Command, come up.
04:15
Okay, all incoming units, you guys can proceed to the ED entry.
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That's going to be the dollar side.
04:27
Operation, command.
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Command.
04:32
So they're getting reports on OPC as well.
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But they're saying there's an air handler in the basement that might be causing the issue.
04:40
If these sevens in the rear, have done make entry to see they get that air.
04:43
Air handler.
04:45
Yeah,
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I'm on, I'm out here with facilities.
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We'll be a brief right now.
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I'll give a report.
04:51
Second.
04:56
All right, operations, we're at the loading.
04:58
It's not going to be an entry point.
05:02
Yep.
05:04
Yeah. Probably not. You're telling me a good entrance is going to be on the E-R-E-D side.
05:10
I'm sending somebody right now over there to assist with you.
05:16
After worry, location.
05:20
Hey, operations, command, update.
05:26
Okay,
05:29
they said RTU units in the basement.
05:31
They shut the power off, it was isolated.
05:34
They're reporting no fire.
05:42
All right, we just got second confirmation and it's all shut down.
05:47
We'll talk with them.
05:48
The smoke's dissipating, but we'll see what they want to do with ventilation.
05:53
All right, copy that.
05:56
County Suburban Command.
06:01
Good.
06:03
Okay,
06:05
all units coming in, you can put them on non-emergency response.
06:12
The answer on that Dr.
06:14
Babcock, Boulevard, UPMC Passavant Hospital.
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Perkins, it's an emergency at this time, 1035.
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Commandant, 186 truck located to the pipes at the ER ambulance entrance.
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6.
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You there with your truck or the engine?
06:39
That's the engines.
06:47
County passive and command.
06:52
Good.
06:54
Okay, all the only units coming in can reposition to the E-C entrance.
07:00
Hospital staff is going to work with our fire department on ventilating the floors.
07:06
Okay.
07:13
The Passavant Hospital per command newts on the road agent the emergency entrance to the hospital 10.307.
07:21
Operations are committed.
07:27
Operations good.
07:29
Okay,
07:31
did you copy direct my last message?
07:37
Yeah,
07:38
myself, uh,
07:39
you have 247 on your lead clear the second floor.
07:41
We're about.
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Babcock Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA 15237
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