Smoke at Westminster Village from furnace dust fire, West Lafayette IN
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Fire & ArsonSmoke was reported at Westminster Village residential building. Fire units discovered an ignition caused by dust in unused furnaces. Residents were evacuated and the fire was extinguished.
Audio|Heard on: Tippecanoe County Fire
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08:52
Transcript:
00:00
15.2-3-4, battalion 15.
00:02
15. Stand by an active fire alarm at Westminster Village.
00:12
150234, battalion 15 have an active fire alarm, 2741 North Salisbury, at Westminster AirBA.
00:19
Swope detector in the dining room of the main building.
00:23
Go chown, too.
00:24
Two, actually, plus four.
00:25
Four.
00:28
Available a lot of you.
00:30
Clear.
00:35
It's match five.
00:38
Five, good.
00:40
Can we get fire if we're left to assist?
00:43
Clear.
00:48
Spatch with 1015 zero.
00:50
Time 15 zero.
00:55
Station 2, send by for signal 50 lift-assist, (number withheld).
00:59
Station 2, stand by for dispatch.
01:02
Dispac for the 6th.
01:07
15-0-4. Go ahead.
01:10
15-0. 15-0.
01:12
Section 2, (number withheld) for a signal 50 lift-assist, use channel 2 at 1420.
01:24
Okay.
01:26
Clear.
01:27
Do you know threes in route?
01:29
Anything else?
01:31
The next six is transporting one patient to IU.
01:35
Who is that, I'm sorry?
01:37
Dispatch 505 is in route.
01:41
505, clear.
01:45
Your volume is very low.
01:46
Can you repeat?
01:48
No, 6.
01:50
Clear, and you're going to IEU, correct?
01:54
Definitely.
01:55
Clear.
01:57
Match, Wabast 605 is clear of Soldiers Town Road.
02:01
Clear.
02:03
UNS heading to Westminster,
02:06
43, they called back.
02:07
There is smoke in Whittles Hall.
02:09
Should be right in the main entrance.
02:11
No plane's visible.
02:14
Dispatch 5.
02:15
Bye.
02:16
Just regard fire, thank you.
02:19
Just that's my time to see.
02:21
Good. Go on.
02:28
1502's arrived to a facility, nothing showing,
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1502 halfway.
02:37
Clear, go ahead, to find 15.
02:38
Let's go ahead and upgrade this to an actual fire, structure fire alarm.
02:42
Station 2, you can signal 12 of authority medics.
02:46
Okay.
02:47
1504 is arrived.
02:50
Clear Squad 2 is back in service.
02:53
Okay.
02:54
Okay.
02:55
Testing a 4 can you and join investigation.
03:03
Gino1, West Lafayette, B&Row City.
03:06
Fire call 2741 North Salisbury Westminster Village.
03:10
Port of smoke in the building.
03:15
Switch to Metro 1 with Lafayette Fire, Metro 1.
03:19
It's on Channel 2.
03:20
We're going to patch with Metro 1 for Lafayette engine and around.
03:27
Westlavia, Fire 1503 is arriving level 1 on Hydrant.
03:33
What's Longavia, Fire 1503 is arriving level 1 on Hydro.
03:38
15. 15. 15.
03:40
Engine 6.
03:42
Stand by for a assist West Lofia at Westminster Village for a structure fire.
03:49
Battalion...
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Unit 70.
03:54
Go ahead.
03:59
Engine 6. Westminster Village, 2741,
04:04
North Salisbury, we're smoke in the Dine area.
04:07
Oh, here's hot!
04:09
Engine 6, we're going to use Metro 1, 1423.
04:14
Unit 70, Battalion 5, you can go ahead.
04:19
Battalion 15, we got a heavy smoke in the building right now, main lobby.
04:26
We do not know where it's coming from yet.
04:29
We're trying to get evacuation plan going right now.
04:34
Battalion 15, clear.
04:37
Dispatch, Bata 15, can you update unit 20, 21, and 22?
04:44
Dispatch, 15 on ones and around.
04:47
Fire 21's en route switching to match.
04:50
Okay.
04:52
Dismatch medic three.
04:54
Medic three.
04:55
And last I are you with one.
04:58
Dispatch for 10.15 on T.
05:00
Okay.
05:01
Man, 15, Sures.
05:04
Give out three.
05:09
Engine's looking out.
05:12
Dispatchee, 602 is clear and available from riverbend.
05:17
Clear 602.
05:21
502A. 15, go ahead.
05:30
Battalion's 150404A.
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Go ahead, 1504A.
05:35
Go ahead, 1504A.
05:43
I believe might have located the source from furnaces that have not been turned on in a couple of years.
05:51
It ignited some dust in the furnaces.
05:53
It's working in it now.
05:56
The Tite 15 is clear.
05:59
This match, sure, a transfer of command from 15 to the Tadac 15, E, 71.
06:13
Unit 70, command.
06:16
I'm going to make you primary for investigation.
06:25
Do you need any additional resources inside this?
06:33
It wouldn't hurt to have another crew in here.
06:35
I haven't bring some fans, but we're trying to locate and make sure that's where it's coming from right now.
06:40
Also, it's the advice.
06:43
We have crews up in the attic area of the interest building.
06:50
Man Square.
06:52
All would be sending up 1503 with fans.
06:56
Also,
06:57
everybody was trying to get moved to the assisted living side of the building from this main building.
07:06
Clear, do we have all the residents out with the folks this time?
07:10
That's affirmative.
07:12
That's right.
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It's basically.
07:18
He's 1504-8, 1502A.
07:22
Go ahead.
07:28
We have an electrical system that hadn't turned in a few years.
07:33
They said there's a bunch of deaths on the coils.
07:35
We got burned up and that's what's causing the smoke.
07:37
We investigated the coils.
07:39
It looks like they're cleared off now.
07:40
Hopefully the smoke should dissipate.
07:43
Okay, I just want to make the death where it's summer from.
07:47
Dispast, medical one available.
07:50
Pedic one.
07:51
All right, one's one thing.
07:53
Dispatching. It was four.
07:56
Yeah, they shut the coils off, so there's no heat coming out, just blowing air right now, so let's just watch for the dissipation of the smoke.
08:04
Okay, do you need a camera up there? Just by ambulance cord.
08:10
Go ahead.
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The ambulance cord is not going to be embedded for it.
08:15
Yeah, you can go ahead and send one up.
08:17
Clarkson's on there.
08:18
Clear.
08:20
Engine 6, command.
08:23
That's fast. Medic 2.
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Medic 2.
08:27
Transporting I am.
08:29
Clear.
08:31
You guys can just stand by at this time.
08:33
We've found the source of the fire and believe it's out.
08:37
Clear. We'll stand back.
08:41
1501, command, you can just stand by at this time,
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we'll. 1501 square.
08:48
The notification 15038.
08:50
This batch 426.
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N Salisbury St, West Lafayette, IN 47906
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