Smoke smell and fire alarm at Wilson Library investigated, Chapel Hill NC
Fire & ArsonFire and emergency units responded to a smoke odor and fire alarm activation on the third and fourth floors of Wilson Library. Elevators were not operational. Crews investigated multiple floors but found no confirmed active fire. The response was downgraded and most units were canceled after assessment.
Audio|Source: Orange County Fire and EMS
07:36
Transcript:
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South Road and on 4.m.
00:05
If you have another unit in here with us, apparently they have a smell of smoke on a third and fourth floor, and the elevators are down,
00:14
and then the alarm started going off, war and route.
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Copy direct.
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Communication is Battalion 4 on OBS 2.
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Battalion 4.
00:29
Can you upgrade this call to a structure fire? The dispatch of L.
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(name withheld).
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I'll be up reading.
00:41
Chief, if you could have somebody look up a panel is, we're going to go to the third floor first.
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7-3-31.
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Go ahead.
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It's going to be outside the entrance to any room west side of building.
01:04
Okay, so you next to go to the floor.
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We're going to floor smoke.
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33, ladder 74, medic 3, EMS 11, (number withheld), South Road, at Wilson Library, commercial structure fire, engine 35, engine 33, ladder 74, medic 3, EMS 11, (number withheld), South Road, at Wilson Library, commercial structure fire, cross street, still in center drive and stadium drive, ops 2, time on 0,952.
01:48
Goa.
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Engine 35, Engine 33, Ladder 74, Carborough Par 1, CCAR 2, CCAR3, Carvero Engine 10, North Town Power 1, Medic 3, EMS 11, (number withheld), South Road, at Wilson Library, Commercial Structure Fire.
02:12
Engine 35, Engine 33, ladder 74, Carborough Par 1, CCAR 2, CCAR 3, Carver...
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Engine 10 North Town and Power 1, Medics 3, EMS 11, (number withheld) South Road at Wilson Library.
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Commercial structure fire.
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Cross Street, Stone Center Drive and Stadium Drive.
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Ops 2[1]. Timeout 0952.952.
02:47
I just have like a paint smell of like a plastic burning.
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34 route, south road.
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31 from 72.
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Go ahead.
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Somebody up there and come up in the door.
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Communications and some car branch in two.
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We're on scene, Smithovo Road.
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Corporate engine 2-1-1-9-54.
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Okay,
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cover engine Tien through.
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Standing Route 9-954.
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We're out 9-54.
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Okay, please, turn to engine 31.
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Engine 31.
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Do you advise if you have UNC PD on Steam?
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Not notified UNC, we can call them in check.
03:55
Communications, Northside and Tower One or not.
03:58
That would be great!
04:02
North Chad on Tower One and not southward at 95.
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20, C-Trail Street, Fall, Cross Streets, Countryside Street and Doleville Way, Ops 1, time of 0,955.
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Medicate, move up to EMS Station 2.
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Medicaid, move up to EMS Station 2.
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Command copy, all units responding to South Road downgrade to non-emergency at 955.
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Communication is command.
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You can also clear Chatham's Tower.
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Command,
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copy. Clearing North Chatham Power 1 at 956.
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Tower 1 are you direct?
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Stand for, Tower 1 direct.
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Copy at 956.
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H. 35, don't say, command you have a time.
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Get your driver to move his truck over a little bit so far as can get by.
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Yep.
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Investigations, engine 31, this is command.
05:34
You still need a unit at the alarm panel on the west side of the building.
05:40
Negative, we just made it to the panel.
05:42
You could have somebody go to the 4th floor and the 5th floor.
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72, this is command.
05:53
What's your location.
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Just made it in the front door.
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So I'll take the fifth floor and check it.
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Injur 35, you take the 4-4.
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Got the 4-4.
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The campus has been notified.
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They did advise they would send the unit over to get the downstairs unlocked.
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Command from 31, do you have one of the UNCFMs on scene?
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31 FM 3 and 4 on scene.
06:39
I'm with 118 police on Main Lobby 4.
06:47
Could you mean us at the fire panel? The panel is saying Zone 41, but we can't even read the map it's old.
07:01
Yeah, we're gonna.
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If you can cancel any other units down on scene, I think, uh,
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all the trucks in the building we can handle.
07:18
Come here from 30, huh?
07:24
Have the facility manager with me, A-side.
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Do you want him to report to you?
07:31
I do.
07:35
Copy and route.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Ops 2: Operations Channel 2 (radio channel assignment)
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Location mentioned:
Wilson Library, 200 South Rd, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
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