Fire alarm triggered by hvac odor at hospital, Seattle WA
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to an automatic fire alarm at Swedish Hospital near Broadway in Seattle. No fire or smoke was seen. The smell was caused by an HVAC unit due to a tripped circuit, and an HVAC technician was on site. There was no fire threat.
Audio|Source: Seattle Fire
04:16
Transcript:
00:00
Dispatch, Lauderdane, you put into 25, Ladder Tennis service, and we'll take that run in Swedish Hospital near Broadway.
00:25
Okay, letter 10, we'll put...
00:27
Dispatch, letter 10.
00:30
Go ahead, letter 10.
00:34
This is 25, ladder 10.
00:35
I've cleared Virginia Mason.
00:38
You can put us on the run at near Broadway.
00:41
Okay, we'll put you on near Broadway.
00:47
Dispatch, letter 8 is responding.
00:49
Our MDT is down.
00:58
Agent 10, ladder 1, code green, acknowledge, don't touch your MDT.
01:10
Letter 8, code green, acknowledge.
01:15
17's visiting entity, would you like us to take that run for a ladder 8?
01:25
Putting you on the run.
01:33
Engine 25, fire response, near roadway.
01:42
225, near roadway.
01:45
Automatic fire alarm with lighter chain.
01:54
J.25 ladder tenor at near Broadway.
01:58
Nothing visible from a hospital campus, investigating Broadway command.
02:06
Agent 25 is that, nothing visible investigating Broadway command.
02:17
Engine 9, fire response 3670, Stoneway North.
02:40
Engine nine's at 670 stoneway nothing visible which to be a multi-star reformment building did get reports that somebody says there's some smoke on floor two going to go ahead and establish a stoneway command investigating.
03:00
Okay, Engine 9 is at investigating Stoneway Command.
03:14
Stonway Command from Engine 19B.
03:17
We have the smell of light smoke on 4-2.
03:22
That's not all we're finding when I'm unable to locate the source.
03:32
Okay, that's fine.
03:33
Is it electrical in nature or structure in nature?
03:41
It smells electrical.
03:51
This smells like an HVAC unit.
03:55
There's actual HVAC technician on scene.
03:58
They had lost power.
03:59
He just tripped the circuit when the odor came on.
04:02
So we've pretty much isolated to HVAC with a technician on scene.
04:09
Okay,
04:10
any need for ventilation up there?
04:15
Negative, it's odor only.
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Location mentioned:
Near Broadway, Seattle, WA 98122
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