Malfunctioning washing machine triggers fire alarm, Laurel MD
Fire crews responded to a fire alarm activated by a malfunctioning washing machine in a laundry room on the fourth floor of a building near Ice Crystal Drive. The appliance was unplugged and isolated, and residents were allowed to return to their apartments afterward.
Audio|Source: Howard County Fire Dispatch
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Transcript:
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Fox code for Fox number 5-9, EID 3? 11, Tower 10, respond, near Ice Crystal Drive for the fire alarm activation.
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1900, sorry,
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Alpha 2 at 1900R.
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Truck 3bile? Trial 2.
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Yeah,
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check fourth floor elevator lobby, that's where it's telling.
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Just check that whole fourth floor.
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Town two's up, yeah, I got a, uh,
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I got like a bird of food smell.
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I'm tanking apartments now to find out what's floor.
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Okay, I need to work.
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I'll be up.
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Tide too, probably the time too.
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Guys?
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I located the source to a laundry room on the fourth floor.
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My malfunctioning washing machine.
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It is unplugged and isolated.
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You need the same.
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Negative one affair.
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Okay, I'm going to try to get what he said.
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Eleven to Howard, can I get a Knoxbox code for Box 121 at East (number withheld)?
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Standby with a ready copy.
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Truck two, I'm putting your Knoxbox in the call.
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Do you want... 211 go with yours.
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It's going to be Fox.
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One, two, one, two, one, EID 30, seven, forty.
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Thank you.
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One, two, one, truck six.
02:00
Respond, Homewood Suites, near Benson Drive for the fire alarm activation on Alpha 2.
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What's in the call?
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I'm up to there.
02:20
Can you resend another Knoxbox code for number 5-9? This code's not working.
02:27
3720.
02:33
Engine 4-1, rescue engine 3-2, perimeter 45, permanent 1-33, respond 70 east out in the area of Route 97 for an accident.
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Unknown injuries, you'd have one party walking in the middle of the road.
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11th on the scene is going to be a four-story condo building nothing to have it.
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We'll be out investigating.
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And you're 1111905.
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Truck through that.
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Truck to?
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I saw a comment in the MGT,
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I believe it was for apartment 319.
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You just make contact with that phone number.
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I don't know they're okay.
03:24
Yeah,
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yeah.
03:29
Two-one operator truck two.
03:38
Got it. Two-one operator truck, too.
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The building right out here, requesting if it's okay for everybody to go back to their apartment.
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If you're answering, they can go back, that's right.
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Thank you.
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Location mentioned:
Near Ice Crystal Dr, Laurel, MD 20723
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