Fire alarm triggered by construction dust at Punta Gorda building, Punta Gorda FL
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Fire & ArsonFire units responded to a fire alarm at a building near Westchester Boulevard in Punta Gorda. Upon arrival, they found no fire. The alarm was caused by drywall dust from ongoing construction work. All units returned to service.
Audio|Heard on: Charlotte County Fire, Punta Gorda City Fire, and Punta Gorda Airport Fire
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Transcript:
00:00
B.C.1, Truck 1, Engine 3.
00:03
Response, 601 Street, cross street West Henry Street, grid 1807 on a fire alarm.
00:10
DC-100.
00:14
4-4-3.
00:16
Engine 3.
00:18
Engine 3.
00:22
3. 1.75.
00:29
Check one acknowledgment.
00:36
Maybe two underspawning.
00:41
1040, the activation point is going to be an elevator equipment room, smoke detector activation.
00:50
3, Westchester Boulevard,
00:53
near Westchester Boulevard.
00:55
It'll be room 112.
00:58
Cross street, high to Lowell Street, interference will fall, or at 925.
01:07
Intention 3 is going to route.
01:10
Press 0.48.
01:16
Central for instance, 7.7.
01:18
The engine 7 will go ahead.
01:25
Engine 7 is arriving on scene.
01:27
We do have smoke coming from a wooded area.
01:29
It's heavy woods.
01:32
Keep engine 5 coming.
01:33
We're going to be investigating trying to make access.
01:38
Copy. Arriving on scene, smoke coming from wooded area,
01:43
from heavy wooded area.
01:44
We'll try to make access.
01:46
Keep engine 5 coming.
01:48
2048.
01:53
Not sure for Venture 1, you can cancel the rescue, show engine 1 in route.
01:59
Copy engine 1, engine 1, engine 1 in route, cancel rescue, 12.4.9.
02:09
Kind of work from BC1.
02:11
Reven on scene, 3-story, multi-family dwelling, nothing shown from the exterior.
02:17
No alarm sounding, standby for further.
02:20
10 4. You're not seeing nothing showing 1249.
02:25
It's going to have to have a recent.
02:31
I'm aware from B1.
02:34
We have issue 1.
02:37
There is construction work going on.
02:39
Drywall dust is what's headed off.
02:41
Everything's 104.
02:42
You can cancel all income units.
02:47
TAM4, set off like construction, all units can go on service, 12-50.
02:54
Truck on service.
02:57
Page of three in service.
02:59
And for both minutes, 1250.
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Location mentioned:
Westchester Blvd, Punta Gorda, FL 33980
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