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Fire and smoke reported at recreation center in Virginia BeachVirginia Beach VA

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Princess Anne Recreation Center, 1400 Nimmo Pkwy, Virginia Beach, VA 23456

A fire broke out at the Princess Anne Recreation Center in Virginia Beach, causing smoke visible from a corner of the two-story building. Emergency crews responded, an evacuation was ordered, and a fire attack was in progress. The smoke's source was possibly the pool area or a chemical room.

Audio|Source: Virginia Beach EMS
02:54
Transcript:
00:00
Everyone's 523P, EMS respondent and assisted fire near Nemo Parkway.
00:05
Princess Anne Wreck Center.
00:07
TAC 3[1] has been assigned again, TAC 3 at 711.
00:14
Top 20p.
00:17
We'll be taking that call for 523P, they're aware.
00:21
Got it, 712.
00:25
221.
00:30
Engine 21.
00:33
Ladder 21? Flatter 21.
00:38
Engine 5.
00:41
Engine 5.
00:44
Fire drone.
00:48
Fire drone.
00:51
Engine 3.
00:54
Engine 3.
00:57
Rescue 1. Rescue 1.
00:59
Presby 1.
01:03
Say 21.
01:04
Caj1.
01:07
Agent 18.
01:12
Fenton 18.
01:15
Ladder 11?
01:17
Latter 11. M.S.
01:21
3.
01:23
DEMS 3.
01:25
And AMS 520 paramedic.
01:30
Ambulance fire plane.
01:33
All right, for the time to be off. Unison on attack channel responder from company 18.
01:37
Report of Ocounsel Electric Fire in the fitness center.
01:42
Lighter 21, Battalion, 4.
01:46
Detailant 4, go ahead.
01:49
Fire 21 is 21 on the scene.
01:51
You've got a large...
01:53
Two-story recreation center. We do have smoke showing BC corner being in the investigative mode.
02:00
I have an evacuation as well. Ingen 21, you're going to be the attack piece. We're on the Alpha Bravo corner.
02:06
I'm going to pass you command. I'll see you there.
02:10
Yeah, 10-4. Attain 4 will be established a command.
02:13
I'll be engine 21, a semi-fire attack.
02:16
Not a 21,
02:18
a primary.
02:25
Yeah,
02:31
you can grab the water supply for engine 21 and it's just, uh, engine 21 with fire attack.
02:49
That copy.
02:51
What's the possible source of that smoke? Is it coming from the pool or the chemical room?
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
TAC 3: Operate on Tactical Channel 3 (assigned radio operations channel)

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Location mentioned:
Princess Anne Recreation Center, 1400 Nimmo Pkwy, Virginia Beach, VA 23456

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Incident Timeline

  1. Final Checks and Scene Control
  2. Smoke Source Identified
  3. Investigation and Command Establishment
  4. Tactical Assignment and Arrival
  5. Initial Dispatch and Response

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