Electrical panel fire injures one in office building, Silver Spring MD
Fire & ArsonA fire occurred in an electrical panel in a commercial office building near Ramsey Ave and Wayne Ave. The fire was contained to the panel and extinguished quickly. One person was injured by an electrical flash burn while opening the panel. Emergency responders ventilated the building and checked for smoke conditions.
Audio|Source: Montgomery County MD Fire Rescue 7A4 Incident 10
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Transcript:
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Hey, just for your record keeping,
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your ambulance has the caller with some soda under space in the back of the ambulance.
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They don't need any L.S right now,
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but for your tracking.
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Okay, I call it.
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I'm in the head of Montgomery.
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Well,
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I'm just going to just, I'm not seeing it.
00:32
Do you want the rig?
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That you just got to rest the reed?
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The animal dorm.
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Large Mac.
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We have a small fire.
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You know, electrical panel,
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and mechanical room.
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We're making for a sent to now.
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Yeah.
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I'm like everybody's coming now have ambulance have a 2 Bobo as an additional transport.
01:19
Go ahead.
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Go ahead, plan.
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Confirming fire is not, no extension, fire was contained to the panel box, powers and removed.
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You can return the
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Look, and what is the case.
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The command.
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Second floor is just have a light-hage, electrical order.
02:05
Okay,
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the county 7-1 is on the team.
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The county and Sunday one's going to send the command.
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Now, I'm off base for residential high-rise,
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correction, office building.
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with the report of fire extinguished in the electrical room.
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Command posts will be at the intersection of Ramsey and Wayne.
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I'm good with policing the rapid intervention units in service and continue to hold the box alarm for a couple minutes longer.
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Command of Montgomery, go ahead and start PuzzCode, if you haven't already.
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To me and determine, I think of 701.
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Good, geez.
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All right, confirming that you have no extension and you've got it knocked in the electrical room.
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That's correct. Fire's not.
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This contained to the electrical panel, powers been removed.
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We're going to start ventilating now.
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The only units that I need with me in plan and fitness is myself. Nineteen's Wagon is Tower 19.
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Alright,
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I'm good with that. You're going to be the Division Supervisor.
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Just give me an update on those conditions on that floor.
03:35
And what quadrant of the building are you operating in?
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It would be the Echo Quadrant.
03:46
All right, command's okay, Apple Quadrant.
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Command to Parametic Engine 707.
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Agent 707.
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All right, I need your medic to go to ambulance 701 and assess that occupant with the smoking relation.
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Copy.
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Command to Parametic engine 702.
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Yes.
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All right, uh, give you your Alcan again.
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We're good, slight haze.
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We don't need anything.
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Generator is running,
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but it doesn't seem to be bad feeding.
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All right, and you're on the second floor and one of the smoke conditions up there?
04:40
Yeah, a white haze, hold on the second floor.
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It should naturally ventilate as soon as they get the first clear.
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All right, I'm going to leave you up there as a single resource.
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I'm going to make you a Division 2 just so we can monitor the smoke conditions.
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All right, go down Division 2.
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Command to truck 834.
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Truck 834. That correction.
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Command to Tower 718.
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Tower 17. I want to check the top four for me. Let me know if we have any smoke conditions up there.
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Tower 17 copies top floor.
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So, one command.
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Go ahead. Got one patient with some smoking relation, Andy is Burns, so I'll let F you I know. I heard seven's medics coming over correct.
05:55
That's correct.
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Can you find out from that patient where he was at?
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That way we can figure out if we're going to have any more occupants injured.
06:06
So he said he was at the electrical panel, opened it, and that sounds like an electrical exposure, like a flash burn on them.
06:15
Okay, concerning that he was by himself?
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Correct.
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Okay. Okay.
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Okay.
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All right, Camas, for him. This is time of discussion.
06:32
Other than the unit from Division 1, Division 2, and Tower 718, everyone else should be passed on agent.
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Two is a wagon driver for a bag.
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I have a connection with the driver.
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I didn't have a call on their side.
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You know, we had a hold off charging them.
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Location mentioned:
Ramsey Ave & Wayne Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20910
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