Female rescued from elevator at Winchester office building, Winchester VA
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Fire & ArsonEmergency responders rescued a female trapped in an elevator at Gateway Professional Center in Winchester. She reported a smell of smoke, but no fire or smoke was found in the elevator shaft.
Audio|Heard on: Frederick County Fire, EMS and Mutual Aid
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04:39
Transcript:
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172nd, the elevator,
00:01
Gateway Professional Center, near Amherst Street, Cross Street, Ums Drive, Tudine Drive, Engine 5, Ladder 2, Battalion 6, Respond, Fire Channel 2 at 1859.
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To just file of 4.
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1901.
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Ladder 2,
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3.
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He is responding, received call female in the elevator stuck not entered.
00:36
There is a language barrier,
00:39
gateway professional, near Amher Street.
00:46
She is now advising that it smells like smoke.
00:55
If you got an additional engine, well-read this to smoke inside incident.
01:01
Sarah, be back.
01:05
Also a transport unit, please.
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Drive that.
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Black in four minute for one.
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Sips with subjects, plucking the elevator with smoke.
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Gateway Professional Center, near Amherst Street, Crossview Oms Drive, TeeDing Drive, Wagon 4, Medic 4-1, Respond, Priority.
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Christian on Fire Channel 2, 9203.
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That's great.
01:59
Correct. Four units, can I get remand power again?
02:07
994, 2 plus 1.
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Legate, 4, 2 plus 1.
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We can get water.
02:16
Here goes Ladder 2 is on the scene.
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Tang 6 from Ladder 2,
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a 3-story commercial.
02:23
Have normal conditions this time on the all four sides.
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We'll be accessing on the alpha.
02:34
Okay, Ladder, so I copy your size up, 1036 to report.
02:39
Are you going to access through the parking lot side?
02:44
Yeah, me and I got two subs because the front door here is waiting at me.
02:50
Okay, I got.
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On the service.
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Thank you, 21, service, 9-2-2-5.
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10-4[1]-row.
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If you're trying to take something,
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I'll come out of my vehicle on the alpha side.
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I'll be labeling the parking lot at the alpha side.
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Copy coming at your vehicle.
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Ladder 2, if you made contact, I can hear you in the background.
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All right. Okay, we're here from Ladder 2.
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You go ahead, Ladder 2.
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All right, the occupant here already has the hoistway doors open.
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We're going to wait until we get some surprises here before we try to get the car doors open.
03:44
We got contact with them.
03:45
We got no smoke for fire in the shaft.
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Okay, I copy.
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Do you see need to keep the medic unit coming? Can we return them?
03:59
I think we're good with five and two.
04:02
Okay,
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enforcement command, based on Ladder 2's recommendation, we'll hold the assignment with myself, Ladder 2 and the rest in return.
04:13
Direct, holding with yourself, Ladder 2 into 5.
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All the other units could go in service, 1908.
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5.4 available.
04:27
Correct, 1908.
04:32
Okay, according to 9401 is correct with command.
04:35
You should have 941.
04:38
Correct, that's 4-1.
Police codes explained
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10-4: Acknowledgment/Affirmative
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Keating Dr, Winchester, VA 22601
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