False fire alarm with burning plastic odor reported, Richmond VA
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a fire alarm near Myers Street in Richmond after reports of a burning plastic smell on the third floor. No smoke or fire was found, and the alarm was determined to be false. The incident was cleared after checking apartments and hallways.
Audio|Source: Richmond City Fire Dispatch
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Transcript:
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Fire alarm.
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Near Myers Street.
00:04
Engine 16, engine 15, truck 7, and battalion 3.
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Fire alarm.
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Near Myers Street.
00:12
Cross streets are North Arthur Ashe Boulevard and West Lee Street.
00:16
On tap channel 2.
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Time out, 1951.
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Broad command from Richmond.
00:30
Broadview command.
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Call over us, she'll head back down to speak with you.
00:40
Copy.
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The officer.
00:45
The officer.
00:47
Command from engine 10.
00:55
Go ahead, engine, engine.
01:02
Engine 17, chest pain.
01:05
1101 Hampton Street at Virginia Home.
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Engine 17.
01:10
Chess, Payne.
01:12
1101 Hampton Street at Virginia Home.
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Cross streets are Paa Pan Street and Avona at Dick Street.
01:19
On tap channel 2.
01:21
Timeout, 1953.
01:25
Popatown 2 arriving on the alpha side, engine 5, retain command, 1953R.
01:33
Call call brings the route through the fire alarm, near Myers Street.
01:41
Further complaint, the alarm is coming from apartment 223.
01:45
3 from Broad Street, command.
01:49
Go ahead.
01:52
I spoke with the caller and she said that she was smelling something abnormal on the third floor and then there is a gentleman that said he smells something like smoke on the second floor.
02:05
Nobody saw any actual smoking so if we don't see any smoke I think we could probably start reducing the asylum.
02:12
All right, truck three copies.
02:16
I'm with the caller now on the third floor.
02:20
They're describing something they say smells like burning plastic, but I'm not seeing smoke up here and I'm not picking up any odor.
02:32
Copy and truck three.
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Bravo, check the elevator.
02:41
Nothing found there.
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And I take the panel all people's normal.
02:52
Is this a call that was generated from RPD?
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Affirmative, RPD requested.
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One's on scene.
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Received.
03:12
It is, we're going to act like it's a fire alarm.
03:15
Recease, we'll advise them.
03:17
Regiment from Battalion 3, if this is an apartment building,
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can you see if there's a key holder available, somebody can respond to my head, chief?
03:25
We see, standby.
03:31
John Main, switch attack 6.
03:38
Agent 5 from Battalion 2.
03:44
Go ahead, Battalion 2.
03:49
Do you want to hold the companies while investigating or can you handle it with two and one?
03:58
Truck 7 is arriving on the scene of multi-storey apartment building.
04:02
Command, no visible fire this time.
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Truck 7 will have...
04:05
Myershry command will be investigating.
04:09
You see Truck 7 on scene multi-store apartment building, no visible fire at this time.
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Truck 7 will have command investigating at 957 hours.
04:19
Continue, I'll see.
04:22
Receive.
04:30
Richmond from Broad Street command.
04:37
We've searched all the levels.
04:39
We talked to people, the residents, and what they have seen, and they said that there was smoke inside the hallways, but it's cleared up.
04:50
I'm going to reduce this assignment down to Engine 5 and Truck 3.
04:55
All other companies can return to service.
05:00
The one copies, Engine 5 and Truck 3 to handle, all the companies can return to service, 9599R.
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Near Myers St, Richmond, VA 23230
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