Fire crews investigate heat in apartment attic, Charlottesville VA
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a possible fire at an apartment building on South Pantops Drive. They investigated heat detected in the attic area, checked for smoke or fire, and confirmed all residents were evacuated safely. The elevated temperature was caused by the sun heating the roof, and no fire was found.
Audio|Source: Albemarle County Fire and Rescue
05:51
Transcript:
Rescue 144, FOLBLS[1] level, Trailwayser Elementary School, 406, 14th Street, Northwest.Respond on Alpha Tech 2.Rescue 144, FOLVS[2] level, Trailblazer Elementary School, 406, 14th Street, Northwest.Respond on Alpha Tech 2.It's not outside for this.How about the command? Good, Jimbrella.We got two apartments on the Brava side.One of them is unblocked, has a second floor to it.We can get a crew over there to look for attic access.You need additional crew to which side of the building?Rescue 17, Medical Alarm, Parkview Apartments, near South Pantops Drive Unit 407.Respond on Alpha, TAC2.Rescue 17, Medical Alarm.Parkview Apartments, near South Pantops Drive Unit 407.Respond on Alpha, TAC2.Okay, now. Engine 5 U direct, they need a crew on the Broadway side to assist.NIC 402, train 41, so the ED.4203, 30, transporting 11.16.Trand2 is on level 1.Command, 161.161. 161. Moved to the alpha side, stage of the back engine 7, go on deck.EMS2, command.Good, EMS2.I'm with FM3.He's got the drone in the air.We do have huge signatures from the route.Well, walking up to your buggy now to give you any time.All right, I copy.Command to Battalion Chief 2.Go ahead. Battalion Chief 2, grab your gear and report to my buggy.I'll be on the alpha side behind Truck 9.I'll do it.Command of Truck 9, Bravo.Truck 9, Bravo.Mark 9 Bravo looks like the Bravo.Bravo side of the building is where we're getting the heat signature in the attic space.The Bravo side.I'm near the peak.I see if you're talking about with my camera.The Bravo decommands for an update.Good bye, Bravo.The two occupants leave...The Alpha room, we're all cleared.We don't have any heat signatures, no signs of smoke in the Alpha apartment.We're moving to the Bravo.All right, I'm direct Alpha apartment.Been evacuated.No fire, heater smoke at this time....bribute at EMS, too.The area where you're seeing the heat signatures is where the sun has been drying off the roof.We do say an elevated temperature of 80 degrees, but nothing such, nothing more substantial than that.McCombay 402 has arrived at the 80.402 at 1120.Drug 9 brothers.Command's direct.Are you up in the attic now? Negative boss.We're on the roof right now.Checking roof signatures.I believe engine 5 was checking the apartments.All right, I'm direct.By Bravo to command, we're in the Bravo apartment, second floor.We're trying to gain access to the roof, excuse me, to the attic at this moment.All right, I'm direct.Do you need additional help or are you good?We can handle.We have a painted shut door trying to gain access with that.All right, I'm direct.The route has been moved to the Briloh Charlie Corner.Command to 7, Bravo.Go ahead. Can we confirm that all occupants have been removed from the residence?All occupants have been removed from the residence.All occupants have been removed from the office side apartment.All right, I need confirmation on the rest of the building.Bravo occupancy is clear.Under X-5, Bravo, Bravo Occupacy, clear.Command one good point.Hey 161.6. We just had a resident go in the Bravo apartment.The house of the site.It's your guard.She's out.Correct, thank you.This is a probit to me in front.Okay.Are you mobile?If I'm in the car, but the tagging chief two is coming up to assume division, he'll have truck 9, engine 5, engine 7 reporting him.Excellent. I have ayes on him now.I was going to face to face with him.I'm direct.
Rescue 144, FOLBLS[1] level, Trailwayser Elementary School, 406, 14th Street, Northwest.Respond on Alpha Tech 2.Rescue 144, FOLVS[2] level, Trailblazer Elementary School, 406, 14th Street, Northwest.Respond on Alpha Tech 2.It's not outside for this.How about the command? Good, Jimbrella.We got two apartments on the Brava side.One of them is unblocked, has a second floor to it.We can get a crew over there to look for attic access.You need additional crew to which side of the building?Rescue 17, Medical Alarm, Parkview Apartments, near South Pantops Drive Unit 407.Respond on Alpha, TAC2.Rescue 17, Medical Alarm.Parkview Apartments, near South Pantops Drive Unit 407.Respond on Alpha, TAC2.Okay, now. Engine 5 U direct, they need a crew on the Broadway side to assist.NIC 402, train 41, so the ED.4203, 30, transporting 11.16.Trand2 is on level 1.Command, 161.161. 161. Moved to the alpha side, stage of the back engine 7, go on deck.EMS2, command.Good, EMS2.I'm with FM3.He's got the drone in the air.We do have huge signatures from the route.Well, walking up to your buggy now to give you any time.All right, I copy.Command to Battalion Chief 2.Go ahead. Battalion Chief 2, grab your gear and report to my buggy.I'll be on the alpha side behind Truck 9.I'll do it.Command of Truck 9, Bravo.Truck 9, Bravo.Mark 9 Bravo looks like the Bravo.Bravo side of the building is where we're getting the heat signature in the attic space.The Bravo side.I'm near the peak.I see if you're talking about with my camera.The Bravo decommands for an update.Good bye, Bravo.The two occupants leave...The Alpha room, we're all cleared.We don't have any heat signatures, no signs of smoke in the Alpha apartment.We're moving to the Bravo.All right, I'm direct Alpha apartment.Been evacuated.No fire, heater smoke at this time....bribute at EMS, too.The area where you're seeing the heat signatures is where the sun has been drying off the roof.We do say an elevated temperature of 80 degrees, but nothing such, nothing more substantial than that.McCombay 402 has arrived at the 80.402 at 1120.Drug 9 brothers.Command's direct.Are you up in the attic now? Negative boss.We're on the roof right now.Checking roof signatures.I believe engine 5 was checking the apartments.All right, I'm direct.By Bravo to command, we're in the Bravo apartment, second floor.We're trying to gain access to the roof, excuse me, to the attic at this moment.All right, I'm direct.Do you need additional help or are you good?We can handle.We have a painted shut door trying to gain access with that.All right, I'm direct.The route has been moved to the Briloh Charlie Corner.Command to 7, Bravo.Go ahead. Can we confirm that all occupants have been removed from the residence?All occupants have been removed from the residence.All occupants have been removed from the office side apartment.All right, I need confirmation on the rest of the building.Bravo occupancy is clear.Under X-5, Bravo, Bravo Occupacy, clear.Command one good point.Hey 161.6. We just had a resident go in the Bravo apartment.The house of the site.It's your guard.She's out.Correct, thank you.This is a probit to me in front.Okay.Are you mobile?If I'm in the car, but the tagging chief two is coming up to assume division, he'll have truck 9, engine 5, engine 7 reporting him.Excellent. I have ayes on him now.I was going to face to face with him.I'm direct.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
FOLBLS: Fire (Basic Life Support Level)
[2]
FOLVS: Fire (Possible typo for FOLBLS or another fire response level)
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Location mentioned:
Near S Pantops Dr, Charlottesville, VA 22911
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