No gas or smoke found after apartment alarm activation, Alexandria VA


Fire department and police responded to an apartment near North Kings Highway after reports of a gas odor and smoke alarm activation. Upon investigation, no gas odor or smoke was detected and no alarms were sounding. The incident was resolved with no findings inside the apartment.
Audio|Source: Fairfax County Police, Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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Engine 411, Matick 411,
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on Channel 4, Bravo, Fox 411-138, EMS level 1, near North King's Highway, Metro, Huntington, North King's Highway entrance, cross street, Farmington drive.
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Engine 411, Matick 411, on channel 4, Bravo, Fox 41138, EMS Level 1[1],
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near North Kings Highway, Metro, Huntington, North King's Highway entrance, cross street, Farmington Drive.
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room.
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Six-story mid-rise.
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We're parked at the alpha delfts the corner.
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There's no recon zone four.
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We're going to proceed to the lobby to check with a crew of three.
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The driver will be setting up the split lane for the water flush.
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There's no Gange report.
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I copy your arms unit report.
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Stat 2.30,000, 220 out of you 104.
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2.2.0.20 aft, 104, 106.
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Direct term is there one.
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X-ray 602 or you 104?
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9408 from engine 410.
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The occupants are in the lobby, family of four, nobody else is at the apartment.
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They are stating an odor of gas in 308 and that a smoke alarm was going off in the kitchen.
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Entry to the building is floor 2, so we're going up the floor 3 to check.
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Right to keep the water full on-said.
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It's a port-easeel-team with the water.
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The time 4-4 is on scene.
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I'll go ahead and establish Leesburg Pike Command, side-out for the structure of the vehicle.
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Engine 410 I copy, you enter on floor 2, you're heading up to floor 3 to investigate an odor of gas and a smoke alarm going off in the kitchen.
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Engine 410 from command, there were no orders or readings in the lobby or hallway, correct?
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No, there's no readings.
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We just got to the apartment door now.
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No, there's no readings outside the door.
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No,
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there's no readings outside the door.
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Been that 04?
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Adventure from command.
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I'll hold all of the units outside and see you let me know what resources and what you find in apartment 308.
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Command is K.
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They gave it the key.
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We just made entry.
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No orders, no readings on entry into the apartment.
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There's no alarm going off.
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So investigating with engine 10.
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If you want to send truck 410 up to investigate with us for the second set of meters, that's fine.
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Leave everybody else at the ridge.
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I do have an alarm going off, I just can't tell from what store just yet.
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Have you gotten any calls?
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Negative, no calls at this time.
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410 from engine 410
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If you didn't walk past the night, you can grab that family that was in the lobby and bring them back up with you
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Just clear in the apartment, they have not gotten any odors or readings of gas.
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We can hold it with engine and truck 410, terminate command, release the channel, all the units can pick up and go in service and ready.
Police codes explained
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EMS Level 1: Basic EMS response for non-life-threatening, low-acuity medical incidents; typically a single-unit BLS dispatch.
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