Sprinkler activated by cooking smoke in apartment, Richmond VA
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, smoke inside an apartment at Rocketts View Apartments near East Main Street caused the sprinkler system to activate due to cooking smoke and heat. Fire units responded and investigated the situation.
Audio|Heard on: Richmond City Fire Dispatch
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03:26
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 1, Engine 8, engine 11, engine 6, engine 13, engine 5, truck 2, truck 5, safety 1, battalion 1, and battalion 3.
00:11
Smoke inside a structure.
00:13
Near East Main Street, at Rocketts View Apartments, near apartment 107 or 109.
00:20
Engine 1, Engine 8, engine 11, engine 6, engine 13, engine 5, truck 2, truck 5, safety 1, battalion 1, and battalion 3.
00:31
Smoke inside a structure.
00:34
Near East Main Street, at Rocketts View Apartments, near apartments 107 or 109.
00:40
Cross streets are Third Street and Pear Street.
00:43
On Tech Channel 4.
00:46
Timeout, 1834.
00:52
Somebody's marked a route to near East Main for the structure fire.
00:57
Complaint of smoke coming from a neighbor's apartment.
01:00
Alarm is going off, possibly a parking at 107 or 109.
01:04
Companies are out, Tech 4, 1835.
01:12
You can show ANJ1 on scene,
01:15
three-story apartment complex, multi-family.
01:18
Nothing shown from the A-side.
01:20
Angi 1-1-5 can be investigated.
01:22
Copy 1-0-C, nothing showing from the A-side multi-stores.
01:26
Family will have a man investigate 1836.
01:34
The entire one's on scene on East Main Street.
01:40
I've seen 18.
01:47
The engine 11 has a hydrant at Maine and Pear.
01:56
Copy of 11 has a hydrant at Maine to pair.
02:00
1838.
02:01
All right, Battalion 1 for command.
02:05
In the apartment 109, I've got a sprinkler reservation.
02:09
I'm trying to set down the system now.
02:13
The battalion one copies.
02:15
What other resources do you need?
02:21
If we can handle with N, you want, and trust you.
02:28
The battalion one copies.
02:34
Central copies as well, engine war, truck to the handle,
02:38
East Bay, all the companies can return 1840.
02:48
Engine 6. Altered Mental Status.
02:52
Near West Franklin Street.
02:55
Engine 6.
02:56
Altered Mental Status.
02:58
Near West Franklin Street.
03:01
Cross streets are Schaefer Street and North Harrison Street.
03:04
On Tap Channel 2.
03:06
Time out, 1841.
03:12
All right, Richmond from Maine, just to give you an update.
03:16
So actually trying to shut down the sprinkler system of the apartment was activated by cooking smoke and heat.
03:25
Richard Copies Update.
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Cedar St, Richmond, VA 23223
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