Man on roof threatens to burn house, Fresno CA


Dispatch recording about a man on an apartment roof refusing to come down after threatening to burn the house. A grandmother is locked in her bedroom. Responders request police units, a K-9, EMS standby, and air support is mentioned. The caller says the man may have mental health issues and a speeding blue BMW is also discussed.
Audio|Source: Fresno City Police, Fire and EMS
03:17
Transcript:
Go ahead. He's just laying down here on the roof refusing to come down. Okay. I'm going to have them off the door and I'm going to stay here. I'll say here. I'll listen to (name withheld) 24. Can you have them shut the window so that way he doesn't try to go on there, please? Driver White and Clark to blue BMW on a plate speeding through the area about 20 ago. Communication Squad 4 is available. Quack Park, available. At White and Clark, the blue BMW sedan under license plate was speeding down White at 60 to 70 miles per hour that month each week ago find out which part that is and held them to shut the window please we have a responder en route and are they going to respond if they want to start your name on site in 506 I do see that last (name withheld) verse of (name withheld) on PR C.RCS for PC-69[2]. (name withheld)? All right, okay to set, copy. Can you start a K-9[1]? Affirm, press no one, any K-9? Or PCN. (name withheld), 24? (name withheld), (name withheld), (name withheld). All the windows are closed. All the windows are closed. But I have another also here. Copy. Okay. K-9 available. I'm sorry, can you go again with the plate? Just tell you how to (name withheld) and speaker, (name withheld) (name withheld), you hear me. Copy. We can go ahead and start you towards our one priority, 4313 North Emerson, Department 202, disturbance with RP's brother. He's going to now be on the roof of the... the location he's refusing to come down. All hands. Okay. All information for six tonight. Okay. Okay. I can be there in Yosemite with four yellow, King (name withheld), (number withheld). Copy. The (name withheld) 20. It sounds like the uncle is going to be back inside the residence. The Arpice grandmother is inside the location, inside her bedroom with the doors locked. Sounds like the male possibly has some mental health issues. I copy. Can we have a 50 on standby at EMS as well please? He is reported attempting to burn the house down? Okay.
Go ahead. He's just laying down here on the roof refusing to come down. Okay. I'm going to have them off the door and I'm going to stay here. I'll say here. I'll listen to (name withheld) 24. Can you have them shut the window so that way he doesn't try to go on there, please? Driver White and Clark to blue BMW on a plate speeding through the area about 20 ago. Communication Squad 4 is available. Quack Park, available. At White and Clark, the blue BMW sedan under license plate was speeding down White at 60 to 70 miles per hour that month each week ago find out which part that is and held them to shut the window please we have a responder en route and are they going to respond if they want to start your name on site in 506 I do see that last (name withheld) verse of (name withheld) on PR C.RCS for PC-69[2]. (name withheld)? All right, okay to set, copy. Can you start a K-9[1]? Affirm, press no one, any K-9? Or PCN. (name withheld), 24? (name withheld), (name withheld), (name withheld). All the windows are closed. All the windows are closed. But I have another also here. Copy. Okay. K-9 available. I'm sorry, can you go again with the plate? Just tell you how to (name withheld) and speaker, (name withheld) (name withheld), you hear me. Copy. We can go ahead and start you towards our one priority, 4313 North Emerson, Department 202, disturbance with RP's brother. He's going to now be on the roof of the... the location he's refusing to come down. All hands. Okay. All information for six tonight. Okay. Okay. I can be there in Yosemite with four yellow, King (name withheld), (number withheld). Copy. The (name withheld) 20. It sounds like the uncle is going to be back inside the residence. The Arpice grandmother is inside the location, inside her bedroom with the doors locked. Sounds like the male possibly has some mental health issues. I copy. Can we have a 50 on standby at EMS as well please? He is reported attempting to burn the house down? Okay.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
K-9: Police Dog Unit
[2]
PC-69: Resisting Executive Officer (potentially relevant due to refusal to comply)
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Location mentioned:
Near N Emerson Ave, Fresno, CA 93705
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