Smoke report at apartment building with no fire found, San Diego CA
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a smoke report on the third floor of an apartment building near Castelar St. They investigated but found no fire or ongoing smoke hazard. Natural ventilation cleared the smoke and all floors were declared safe.
Audio|Source: San Diego City and Poway Fire
02:49
Transcript:
00:00
I see from Division 3[2].
00:02
Smoke has continued to dissipate.
00:03
We've opened all the dormitory, all the apartments.
00:07
There's no source of fire or any other smoke.
00:09
Okay, I copy that.
00:10
Any indication of what the source of the smoke was on the third floor?
00:13
Negative. We've looked up into the drop ceiling as well as the oxygen Cs, and there's nothing.
00:18
Most of it was accumulating when we came upstairs, kind of the center area where the elevator's dumped off and it migrated down to the north side of the building, and it's kind of hung there, and that's where it's just sitting from.
00:28
The other couple wings, they're clear smoke.
00:30
Okay, I copy and are you thinking we're good with natural ventilation or do we need to implement a ventilation plan?
00:36
Negative on the ventilation plan, natural ventilation will be fine.
00:40
The system's evacuating it pretty good.
00:42
We're moving the smoke through and out.
00:43
I see truck 45 is cleared floors 9 and 10 U-star 2 from Remington I-C[6] and go available Metro[1] from engine 24 engine 24 Metro I see me I see engine 45 cleared floor number two okay copy floors 9 10 and 2 all clear
01:10
Metro[1] from into 24, we've traveled eastbound on the 56.
01:13
No sign of smoke.
01:14
There are some sprinklers, however,
01:16
that could have been confusing.
01:17
Engine 24[3] is going available.
01:18
Enter 24, Metro[1], copy.
01:19
Traveled eastbound on the 56, no sign of smoke, going available.
01:22
Metro[1], engine 38.
01:23
Engine 38[4], go ahead.
01:24
Engine 15[5]. Medical.
01:27
7 Echo, 7 Fox strut.
01:28
Castellar Villas.
01:30
Unit 409. Cross Streets, Soto Street, and Eddie Wanda Street.
01:31
Engine 15[5]. 7 Echo, 7 Fox Strut.
01:36
Metro[1] Engine 38[4], will you page the duty mechanic to have them contact either the Engine 38 engineer's cell phone or the station landline? Metro copies.
01:39
Remington, IT, Metro[1], be advised you at 30 minutes intensifier incident.
01:51
Metro[1], Remington, IC[7], stop the timer.
01:55
Remington IT, copy, stop the timer.
01:57
I see from Division 3[2].
01:58
We're headed down.
02:00
Last unit, Pricy. Division 3[2], I'm on my way down.
02:01
I'll face face it, here in a couple of minutes.
02:03
Okay, copy.
02:05
We're in front of engine 10. Copy.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Metro: Dispatch/Communications Center
[2]
Division 3: Operational Division
[3]
Engine 24: Fire Engine
[4]
Engine 38: Fire Engine
[5]
Engine 15: Fire Engine
[6]
Remington I-C: Incident Command at Remington
[7]
IC: Incident Command
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Location mentioned:
Near Castelar St, San Diego, CA 92107
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