Fire in home caused by HVAC unit in garage closet, Waldorf MD
Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to a two-story home near Belaire Court in Waldorf, Maryland, due to smoke spreading throughout the house. The fire was traced to the HVAC unit located inside a garage closet. Crews confirmed the fire was present on the second floor and worked to extinguish it.
Audio|Source: Charles County Fire & EMS
06:42
Transcript:
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(number withheld), (number withheld), near Belaire Court for the structure fire and company 1 is due operations south 3, 1008.
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Angelo? What's right?
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Injoloma, 10-L-3. All the way around.
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No basement.
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Two stories all the way around, no basement. The level floor is one and two.
00:27
Look like you just had spoke off from the side, Charlie. It's still the case.
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Number one floor, number two floor.
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That's right number two.
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Copy.
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Chief 3B, Division 2[1] supervisor, yourself,
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32 squatter.
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Command to Chief 3B.
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The director is the Division T supervisor,
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yourself 32, and squad three.
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I'm very much.
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In addition to mid 24 for 3.
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Paramedic Engine 840 with 4.
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Manage 121, I see Got True in water stretch line to the alpha side and you can stand by there for an assignment.
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Division two, go ahead.
01:38
Division two, go ahead.
01:50
All right.
01:52
You know, you're on the second floor.
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We'll leave it above us.
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Let me get an attic ladder to meet you on two.
02:04
All right, copy. You have smoke on Division 2[1].
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You need an attic ladder. 30 piece wagon drivers getting into you now.
02:11
So you've not found the seat of the fire yet.
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Negative. We're working on that.
02:20
Copy,
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got smoke.
02:24
No heat or moderate heat? What do you got?
02:30
Copy no heat, just smoke.
02:32
All right, all units in the box from command. We're going to operate with engine 32 and squad 3.
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The rest units, take your sign positions on level one stage.
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Howdy command holding with 32, squad 3, the rest can level 1 stage.
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Correct.
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Correction.
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Operate.
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Shaw County Command, are you able to cover the battalion, sir?
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Yeah, that's fine.
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Thank you.
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Command is at the Division 2[1].
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Go ahead.
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Updated 360,
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you still have light smoke from Eaves. It does not appear to be under pressure.
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Repeat that team.
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You still have light smoke coming from the Eaves that does not appear to be under pressure.
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Okay,
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we just made access to the attic.
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There's no smoke, no fire in the attic.
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We got a member going to check the ASAC unit, locate that.
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That's where we're out right now.
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All right, the H-pack unit is in the garage.
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The H-TACC unit is in the garage.
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In the Charles County, beats Smeko, watch my gas.
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I copy one, sir, we're going to reach out now.
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Amanda, engine 121. Go ahead.
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Take your line, number one floor, into the garage.
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Enter in on the Bravo side.
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The ACAC room is right inside the garage. It appears smoke comes from there as well.
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I copy.
04:50
I'm gonna drop one.
04:59
At Restore Health, (number withheld), near Marr Road. Selt trouble breathing, pyrmetic email 6-08 to Operation 1-122.
05:14
Yep, we got 121 stretch of the motorline there now.
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Command of Truck 1, I want you to assist 121 in the garage in the HVAC closet.
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You're going to be the Division 1 supervisor yourself in 121.
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I thought he could command my lives right here with an hour.
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Got me. Command the Division 2[1].
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Man 2 Division 2[1].
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Are you still on floor number 2? Did you drop down to floor 1?
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Just walk down to floor number one.
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We've located the source of the fire from the H-pack unit in the closet.
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Okay.
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And now...
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We have fire on Division II.
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Okay, copy. Is 32's line in place in the garage with you?
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32 line is in the garage and now I have power in the room on Division III.
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Copy command engine 121, back your line out from the garage.
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Head up to Division 2[1].
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Report the Chief 3B 121, Acknowledged.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Division 2: Incident Command division for the second floor/level
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Location mentioned:
Bel Aire Ct, Waldorf, MD 20603
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