Fire alarm triggered accidentally during cooking in building, Potomac MD
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, fire units responded to a building near Oakley Drive for a fire alarm activation. They found no fire or smoke. Residents were cooking and accidentally triggered the alarm. The units ventilated the building, checked the floors, and reset the alarm system.
Audio|Heard on: Montgomery County MD Fire Rescue 7A4 Incident 10
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02:43
Transcript:
00:00
Power 724 the truck 750 one time.
00:03
I took the Charlie's side positioning.
00:10
715 is on sale.
00:12
I'll send you 715.
00:18
715 engine 712.
00:21
You're still operating on the 5th floor.
00:23
Give me a tel can from there and then I'll take it.
00:29
Hey chief, we're on the fifth floor.
00:31
A couple residents were cooking.
00:34
Order has anticipated.
00:35
We haven't found any bird food.
00:40
Right now there's zero conditions on the fifth floor.
00:43
It's myself and truck 716.
00:46
Floor 6 is clear.
00:48
Floors 3 and 4 were also cleared.
00:51
I'm comfortable with holding this with 2 and 1.
00:58
Hi, I'm direct.
01:00
This was a call from alarm company.
01:03
It was not a resident caller, correct?
01:08
That's correct, sir.
01:11
All right, non-direct.
01:16
We're going to just go and continue to hold this with engine 712,
01:20
engine 715,
01:23
and truck 715.
01:27
Remain to the unit assignment can pack up and go in service.
01:29
We'll keep the channel then.
01:33
My government is okay.
01:35
G715, tensioned units, just flying on the scene, near Oakley Drive.
01:40
We'll be holding engine 712, permanent engine 715, truck 716 on the unit man going serviceman running.
01:51
12 to chief 715.
01:56
Good.
02:01
Okay, we're going to pick up on any for ventilation up here.
02:06
I'm going to walk down to do face-to-face with you.
02:13
Okay,
02:14
and somebody's taking care of the alarm system, correct?
02:19
Correct, engine 712 drivers should be trying to silence and reset.
02:27
Okay,
02:29
I'm good, I'm gonna get Alpha 4 back then.
02:31
Remember you direct on that and we also don't need County Police.
02:37
The government is on page, 10, 15.
02:41
You can be switching back over to send out of 1.
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Location mentioned:
Oaklyn Dr, Potomac, MD 20854
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