Smoke odor investigated in server room with no fire found, San Antonio TX
Fire & ArsonFire department responded to a building near North Loop 1604 East following reports of a smoke odor in a server room. Crews investigated the source, including checking the roof and air conditioning units, but found no active fire or heat. One equipment box was warm but cooled down. The smoke odor was considered electrical in origin. Building maintenance and a manager were sought to assist with the investigation.
Audio|Source: Bexar County Fire and EMS
07:54
Transcript:
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Engine 46, First Responder, Make Assist Believe Medical First Responder, near North Loop 1604 East.
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Respondack, 6, Delta 5[1], Engine 46, First Responder, Make Assist Believe Medical First Responder, near North Loop 1604 East, respond on Pack, 6, Delta 5.
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Platform 32, make a lift assist engine or ladder code 1 response, 5958 Heather View, Cross Streets, Woodridge Luff and Sunset Crest, respond on TAC,
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6, Delta 4. Platform 32, make a lift assist engine or ladder code 1 response, 5958 Heather View, Cross Streets, Woodridge Luff and Sunset Crest, respond on on track 7, Delta 4.
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940.
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Yeah, I guess it could be coming back and you coming in and give us a hand. Oh, there's a pretty large time of the street.
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Cross Street, North Nognevod,
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North Knoffs. Respond Unpack,
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6. The time, Fargo.
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Yeah,
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we're in the rain on.
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There's a lot. Cross, there's a room.
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There's a light phase.
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We're not seeing any heat yet on the pier.
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We're investigating.
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I'm going to have a ladder 40 coming in.
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There's a ladder. See if we can get up in. at it.
02:02
Okay, do we have any kind of building maintenance or anything with you so we figure out which extinguishing agents you use? The negative all I had was a security officer with me and I sent you now to go to set a ladder for you.
02:19
Okay, I'm going to go ahead and get somebody outside, look for a building manager or something.
02:50
Come here from dispatcher, we're going to reach back out to the call taker see if we can get manager's contact information for you guys.
03:01
Sir, thank you.
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Engine 3, make a training exercise, 1425 East Commerce Street, Cross Streets, North Meskeet Street, and North Hanthbury Street, Delta 6.
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Engine 48 from the Zion 5.
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Senator 48, go ahead.
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Yeah,
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I'm not sure where you're staged.
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You can help out to forwarding by trying to find a manager or something out with that crowd,
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or some engineer to do it, or somebody.
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We'll work right across from our spot number four. It's just a real-year-old male vomiting,
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light-headed.
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Engine 34, and Middick 19, Megastrook, 13,510 Varson, Cross Streets, Newcastle Lane, and Cassbury. Squad 101 for copy responding.
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10,
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Megastrog, 13,510 Barson, Cross Streets, Newcastle Lane, and Cass 30. Respond on... I'm from just right here, 13 minutes in the end of the end.
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Command for him before here. Medics 17.
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First responder.
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Respond with other units.
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Make assist, please, medical first responder. So, uh, may it's out of your city, that room you all over here?
05:19
There's a Aeron series unit.
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And said, does you find anything in CO2 or when I call it? ...Carnario Boulevard and Pilot at near North Loop 1604 East.
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Respond unpack, 6.
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Delta 5[1]. Medics 17.
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All right.
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We respond with other units. Units, make assist to leave Meta-Later 1-3 near North Loop 1604 East. Cross Streets, Westbound and Loop 1604 East, Off ramp to Harriot Boulevard, and Private Road at near North Loop 1604 East. Respond on Pack, 6, Delta 5[1].
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1 16-17
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and to the next ladder in the station.
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Command from Rattany-5, you don't have another ladder in staging right now, they're still on the way.
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Command Major, before you here.
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Engine 29, Magnify alarm,
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2601 Lewis-Vauer Drive, Cross Street, Junkin Drive, and Wayser Road. Yeah, sure. Can you see what you get from Delta-Roo? And so you're going to see it.
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...manyx401-Lewisbauer Drive.
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Cross Street. So, okay, with the keyholder of TV and Lager-Roeuvre.
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...Coders.
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...Forg.
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DELT-E. ...DLTG.
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SETJ.
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Proceed the building council, thank you. 40's level 1.
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Indian 43 is level 1.
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Command from the time 5.
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Mr. Chairman, go ahead.
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Yeah,
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I'm going to be on scene. I'm going to stage for now so we can figure out what's going on, if this is going to expand or not. I'm here if you need me and I'll be glad to help it with anything you need.
07:21
Commander Steve, right now I've got a server room.
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We've got a smell of smoke in it. Can't locate anything that's hot.
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There's one box that was a little bit warm, but it is cooled down.
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Got engine 48 going to the roof, check see if it's an AC unit. But there's no smoke smell anywhere outside of this server room.
07:40
Okay, and that odor of smoke, you consider electrical or structural?
07:48
It smells electrical, sir.
07:52
Okay, let's see what 48 lines on the roof.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
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Delta 5: High-priority medical response code (Delta level), determinant sub-code 5; specific details depend on protocol.
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Location mentioned:
Near N Loop 1604 E, San Antonio, TX 78232
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