Kitchen fire causes smoke in apartment building, Waukee IA
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Fire & ArsonA kitchen fire in apartment 301 of a three-story apartment building caused smoke. Firefighters extinguished the fire and used a ventilation fan to clear smoke from the apartment.
Audio|Heard on: Westcom Fire and EMS Dispatch
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03:4
Transcript:
00:00
Pha-ha-ha-ha-ha- Ladder 915.
00:05
Fire alarm, near Southeast University Avenue, apartment 301.
00:12
Ladder 915.
00:15
Fire alarm, near Southeast University Avenue, apartment 301.
00:21
Number 301.
00:22
Cross streets are Southeast Brick Drive and Southeast Bishop Drive.
00:27
On arrival use, Tac 5, timeout.
00:30
941.
00:35
Better 950, you're welcome.
00:40
Good.
00:42
You're just showing in the living room at General Fire Alarm 3-0-1 3-1.
00:53
Copy, Fire alarm 3-1, thanks.
00:57
943.
01:03
Let's come, Ladder 915.
01:06
Letter 915.
01:08
Right, I'm seeing three-story apartment building.
01:10
The strobe is active.
01:11
No evacuation present.
01:13
Establish wind hull commands on Tac 5 in Investigation mode.
01:18
Happy ladder 915, three-story apartment complex with strobes and no evacuation at 945.
01:24
No.
01:27
No. Number five. Number five.
01:36
Spider-915 left-home.
01:43
Splatter 915, welcome.
01:46
Go ahead.
01:48
One of the callers said that there's smoke in the building coming from one of the apartments, no number given.
01:56
All right, thank you.
02:02
Jimmy, upgrade to structure fire.
02:06
Negative. It's a kitchen fire.
02:10
I'm sorry, your radio's covered here, feedback.
02:15
Negative. Certain food.
02:20
Perfect, I think.
02:26
Manlighter on 15.
02:29
Go ahead.
02:33
Snowfire, everything's put out, but we do have smoke.
02:35
Can we get a fan brought up to 301?
02:39
Copy, fan coming.
02:46
10915 from command command 11915.
02:54
Is this something we need pictures of? Negative.
03:02
Copy thanks.
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Location mentioned:
SE University Ave APT 301, Waukee, IA 50263
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