Light smoke found in apartment building after alarm, Seattle WA
Fire & ArsonFire department responded to an apartment building where an elderly woman reported hearing a smoke alarm and seeing a red light. Firefighters found very light smoke and no active fire. The resident will need temporary housing due to dust from insulation damage.
Audio|Source: Seattle Fire
04:43
Transcript:
00:00
And your 26, fire response, 5303rd and South Clover. Are you guys ready for water? We have an elderly female, very confused, didn't know her address. We believe she might be at 530 South Cloverdale Street. Don't know what unit she's in. She says she's in a house.
00:28
But there was a smoke alarm sounding in the background. Originally, she said she saw a red light, thought there might be fire, and then pretty soon while we were on the phone, the alarm started going off. We're not sure if she might have pushed the button on the detector and tripped it herself. She does say her door is open. She'll be looking for you. You're going to have to do a little investigating here.
00:54
Engine 28 apparatus from fire attack, ready for water. Air attack, command, water coming. That's from MediC 31, Deep Page, Middick, my doctor, creation, trauma doctor, Indiana, everyone. Dr. Fullen for Medic.
01:17
Fast from Outport Command[1], Medi 31 transporting to HMC. Number 5 will place themselves and serves from the right. Okay, Command, 31, Transporting to HMC, 5-0-317. 17. Engine 26. From engine 26, Bravo. No smoke, no fire.
01:46
where else have the door. I name is from command. The one resident 209 is moved to 208 being protected in place at this time. Our attack command, do any other resources up there on the second floor?
02:07
audience from command 360 is complete.
02:09
The two-story wood frame structure, we got very light smoke from the used on the Charlie side, just outside the, you know, 209,
02:17
where we have the heat for fire joint.
02:18
Command[1] from ladder 12.
02:20
This is a tap fire.
02:21
We're just digging it out.
02:22
command okay tap fire is that the resident can be able to
02:27
rehabilitate that unit or we can keep her with a one like any red cross I'd say red cross just from the dust from all the blown insulation and she's on Homo 2
02:40
we're trying to keep it to the minimum with the tarp
02:45
This is Merckleman.
02:46
Can you contact Red Cross[2]? We need probably housing for one individual lease of the night.
02:54
Okay. I'll just put it on to this battery notes and get it in contact with the primary for Red Cross[2].
03:02
Okay, we will start the process.
03:04
It'll be a lengthy process.
03:06
Understood.
03:07
We have two occupants in the apartment.
03:12
Okay, two occupants, age, gender.
03:15
50 and 70 years old, both female.
03:19
Okay.
03:20
Okay. This was in 26 and we were able to locate the caller.
03:25
There's a fire inspector going off.
03:28
The caller was in Unit 6 at 530 South Clovergill Street.
03:32
Okay, she is in Unit 6 at 530 South Cloverdale?
03:36
Correct.
03:37
Okay.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Command: Incident Command/Control
[2]
Red Cross: Emergency Shelter Assistance
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Location mentioned:
Near S Cloverdale St, Seattle, WA 98108
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