Smoke odor from HVAC unit triggers false fire alarm, Virginia Beach VA
Fire & ArsonA fire alarm was triggered at Momenades Healthcare Center near Auburn Drive due to a slight odor and smoke from an HVAC unit. No fire was found after inspection. The HVAC unit was shut off and the alarm was reset.
Audio|Source: Virginia Beach EMS
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Transcript:
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It can be near Auburn Drive room 402 at Momenades Healthcare Center.
00:08
Patients breathing, she's conscious,
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69-year-old male.
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Turned out 46.
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Okay, you're on the sign, please.
00:20
All right, I'm on scene.
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I've got yourself and ladder 16, interior floor 2, engine 20 going to floor 3.
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I'll be assuming command.
00:31
Okay, can we get engine plane to silence the alarm?
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So I'm here with some people of work on staff. They said they just heard some HVAC work on.
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We do have a slight smell of an odor in the tsunami area next to where the HVACD and the unit was being worked on.
00:50
Copy. Looks like Latter 16 driver is going to do in and sign the ALR. Okay,
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thank you.
01:03
Yeah, I'm not going to be able to silence this without a key.
01:09
Are you at the enunciator panel? The main panel.
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A nunciator panel. I don't know where the main panel is.
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Okay, if you walk straight through that first that door is in front of you, there'll be a hallway to your right,
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make the right.
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Before you hit the stairs, there's a door to the left, the maintenance area.
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That's what the main panel is.
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It would be a bail, breathing unconscious to stomach,
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39 years of age, not 49.
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Man,
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third floor all clear, nothing found.
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The third floor is clear.
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End of 16.
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End of 16, go ahead.
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Main fan is now showing second floor waiting area duct detector.
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Yeah, that's where we're at right now.
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We believe we have it isolated to an HVAC unit.
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We think it's pushing smoke out through the vents.
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We're going to shut off and then see what we got.
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Van to Latter 16 driver.
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Go ahead.
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Adjust verifying. 4-1 is clear, correct?
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The 20 is verifying that now.
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Agent 20 command,
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first floor all clear, nothing found, par three in the lobby.
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Engine 20, go ahead.
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First floor all clear, nothing found, par three in the lobby.
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Canadian copies, first floor is all clear.
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Two-16 command.
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Go ahead, engine 16.
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Okay, we have a problem in isolation to an 85 unit in the waiting room.
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We've shut the unit off.
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The smell is dissipating. There isn't more smoke coming out anymore.
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We're going to red-tag it into 16 can handle.
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Copy.
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We're going to hold engine 16. You'll keep the TAC channel. All of the units will be clear, we'll clear.
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Just all command.
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Ladder 16 drivers working on a reset.
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Command to 16.
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Do you need the TAC channel?
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No, you can close that.
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Copy, thank you.
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The panel shows no alarms present, system reset complete.
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Location mentioned:
Near Auburn Dr, Virginia Beach, VA 23464
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