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Fire sparked by electrical short in apartment complexPowder Springs GA

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Paulding County, GA

According to the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a fire at a multi-story apartment complex in Paulding County. The fire was caused by an electrical short in a hot water heater. The breaker was turned off to stop the issue.

Audio|Heard on: Paulding County Sheriff and Fire
Listen to dispatch call
04:22
Transcript:
00:00
Holding for 12 further, you're 1050.
00:04
Battalion one falling.
00:05
Let's start truck 2 on the fire pole.
00:09
Truck 2 is around.
00:13
All please involve with Garstall in scene, the vehicle involved in Redford Expedition and a brown Honda CRV.
00:21
Tempertruck 2.
00:23
Engineers responding to Tractor Part 2 will be available in manned.
00:28
Occurred on the property, you also have an infolocation in the take-up area in the parking lot with Darla.
00:33
Okay, clear.
00:36
Battalion 1 all units responded to the structure fire, such to TAC 1[2], TAC1, attack 1, and check you.
00:44
All Nisha, squad 1, respondent, strutter fire.
00:49
Super 1. Squad 1.
00:52
Squad 1, second.
00:55
Engine 13 on TACA.
00:58
Agent 3 is on TAC 1[2].
01:04
9.30 clear responding.
01:08
10.4.293.
01:12
34, 1034, 10.
01:13
34. 34. 10.
01:15
34. 10. 34. 10. 24. 21.
01:16
Call,
01:20
then. All then.
01:24
Senator 1.
01:29
Setters on theme, multi-story structure,
01:32
part of the complex,
01:34
another talk from the exterior.
01:35
We'll be on investigating.
01:37
441.
01:42
The battalion plan on the floor.
01:45
The battalion one has 1064 command.
01:48
Command[1] post will be on the Delta corner of Building 800.
01:55
Time for Battalion 1.
01:56
Don't workman.
01:58
Command[1], engine one.
02:02
Goethees?
02:03
Metro 3, Pallin.
02:04
Show us transporting one patient, non-emerge, do I'll start following?
02:09
Command[1], Battalion 1.
02:11
I've got Command[1] in Battalion 1, you are a recon, let me know what you need, what you got.
02:18
24.
02:21
3rd1-100murch.
02:22
Okay.
02:24
Okay.
02:27
That's all our sheriff.
02:31
Command[1] all incoming that are all not already on scene.
02:35
All incoming that are all not already on scene.
02:38
Good watching, man.
02:43
Stay all available units.
02:45
Pretty safe.
02:47
Command[1] all incoming level one stage at the entrance off Merchants Drive do not come into a complex.
02:54
Agent 13 clear.
02:56
Engine 3 is clear.
02:58
CLEARC. Clear.
02:59
CLEAN 11, clear.
03:02
Can you read out your traffic?
03:05
Engine 1 command.
03:06
You can cancel.
03:08
Enterving units, engine 1 can handle.
03:11
Clear, engine 1 cancelling the balance.
03:17
Two-six, D.A.
03:18
Community Programme, Faroni, Councilority, Furnary, Tonic.
03:21
He's the one to live on the command.
03:27
No program.
03:31
Truck 2. First scale, that's clearing service.
03:36
10.411. Page 3 is clear in service.
03:40
10.103.
03:42
Truck 2, will you clear on the traffic as well?
03:53
After around 48 and anything.
03:56
34 change in service.
04:02
Negative.
04:03
EG1 Command[1] Bivis, which is an electrical short on the hot water heater.
04:10
He has the breaker turn it off at this time.
04:13
John, can you reverse your traffic?
04:16
Yeah, can you revert your traffic?
04:18
Yeah, you're broken.
04:19
I'll do face-to-face with you here in a short.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Command: Incident Command; the unit or officer managing the incident
[2]
TAC 1: Tactical radio channel 1 (operational talkgroup assignment)

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Paulding County, GA

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