Smoke reported at Richmond apartment building found false alarm, Richmond VA
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a smoke report inside a large apartment building near Everett Street in Richmond. They investigated apartment 2119, but found no visible smoke or fire. The alarm was localized to that unit without detector activation, and the incident was determined to be a false alarm.
Audio|Heard on: Richmond City Fire Dispatch
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03:18
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 13, engine 17, engine 1, engine 6, engine 21, truck 5, truck 2, safety 1, battalion 3, and battalion 1.
00:10
Smoke inside a structure,
00:13
near Everett Street.
00:15
Engine 13, engine 17, engine 1, engine 1...
00:21
Safety 1, Battalion 3, and Battalion 1.
00:25
Smoke inside a structure.
00:27
near Everett Street.
00:30
Cross streets are East 7th Street and Commerce Road.
00:33
Contact Channel 4.
00:35
Timeout, 1754.
00:41
Safety 1 on, I'm at Ralph.
00:47
Safety, when I have you en route, 1755.
00:54
Curtines on scene near 700.
00:56
A large loft apartment building with nothing showing.
00:59
Richmond, is there an apartment number by chance?
01:04
I'm trying to find that out now.
01:06
No apartment number.
01:07
She just smells it on her floor, which is the second floor.
01:15
Copy second floor.
01:22
Richmond 13 to be establishing Everett Street command.
01:24
Engine 13 and Tower 5 are going into investigate.
01:28
All the units can stage.
01:34
13, the command 13 and truck found going in to investigate.
01:39
All of the unit stage 1757.
01:46
Battalion 3 is arriving.
01:47
It looks like possibly a story with a basement, ordinary construction apartment building.
01:54
I'll assume command of the Everstreet incident while they investigated.
01:57
Command post on the Alpha side of the building.
02:02
Command from 13, we're investigating an alarm in Apartment 2119 on this smoker fire list.
02:12
Receive, Department 2119.
02:18
Battalion 3 assume the command.
02:21
Command post on the A side.
02:23
Crews investing in apartment 2119.
02:25
No visible fire smoke at this time 17.
02:28
No.
02:32
13, I'll monitor the talk around in case you need it.
02:39
We'll have a second that hydrogen for that barry and conference.
02:45
Command from 13.
02:49
Go ahead.
02:53
No smoker fire in 2119.
02:56
The alarm is only sounding in that apartment, although none of the detectors in there are showing that they're activated.
03:00
We can hold this to engine 13 and truck 5.
03:03
We're going to try and figure how to give the turn off.
03:07
Received. Companies respond to near Everett Street, and every street can take up.
03:10
We're going to hold it with 13 engine and Tower 5.
03:12
Captain of the 13 engine will have the command.
03:17
Red smoke office.
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Location mentioned:
Everett St, Richmond, VA 23224
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