Electrical issue causes smoke odor at residence, Montgomery County MD
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a residence near South Glen Road after a caller reported smelling and seeing smoke. Firefighters found no active fire but determined the smoke odor came from an electrical issue in the HVAC system's breaker box.
Audio|Source: Montgomery County MD Fire Rescue 7A4 Incident 10
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Transcript:
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Callers advising he smells and sees smoke unknown where it's coming from.
00:10
No way to permit agency 733 battalion 703.
00:13
Caller advised a smell and see smoke unknown where it's coming from in the home.
00:21
733 is okay 33 to 730 let's over to have a hydrant right out front 14 11 now is and 401 south front Travis 32 to 26 we're going to come across bridges and layout from 5 a limit
00:48
9000.
00:54
733. The 1C is this vast address near South Glen.
00:59
I've got nothing evidence besides Alpha and Delta.
01:03
Okay,
01:08
I'll see you from 733 and nothing evident.
01:09
733 and nothing evident.
01:12
Battalion 7 if he's on the scene with an established space direct mount command post of my vehicle on side off the other engine.
01:20
The town 7-1-2 on same with command.
01:28
They have 733, two-month coverage.
01:30
I'll have a central command.
01:32
Open the homeowner,
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odor of smoke on the first floor.
01:37
I'm able to get a complete 360 as a large fence.
01:40
There's two stories in the rear.
01:41
I cannot tell if there's another walkout.
01:43
All the optimists are outside, account for, are not injured.
01:53
Statute 702 to 33, I'm direct on your message.
01:55
I got the command.
01:58
Can you get around five charlie from the other side? I need a 360.
02:01
Any no stabs of the patient.
02:07
We're opting in the basement right now,
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right through the garage as you come in and make a left.
02:15
730 is going to sign Charlie right now to get access.
02:24
Are you concerned with the homeowner? There's no levels beneath you and what are the conditions?
02:33
Affirm the homeowners, we are operating the lowest level.
02:36
We don't notice an odor in a very light haze on the first floor and looks like a gymnasium.
02:46
Home gym.
02:48
on the Alpha Bravo Quadron's house.
02:53
All right.
02:57
So that's in the basement or the first floor?
03:00
Pretty call it's the first floor.
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On the front side of the house,
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it's ground level.
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Let's walk out on all sides.
03:18
30, man.
03:23
Yeah,
03:25
you got one story in the rear.
03:28
You got a accident on the climate slide.
03:31
You just look clear you have two levels.
03:34
I call it basement and the top floor of the first floor.
03:42
All right, but clear up any confusion.
03:44
When you enter side alpha through the garage, you're on the first floor.
03:48
Above that's the second floor.
03:49
There's going to be no basement.
03:56
7332 command.
03:57
We've located the point of the source for this.
04:00
It's going to be an electrical box shut off for the HVAC system.
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So we're going to use PEPCO.
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We're going to try to shut this off as the breakers.
04:12
All right, you got a recommendation, which I want to hold.
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S Glen Rd, Maryland 20854
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