Minor cooking smoke triggers fire alarm at Baldwin Towers, Baldwin PA
Fire & ArsonA fire alarm was triggered at Baldwin Towers due to smoke from a minor cooking accident on the third floor. There were no flames or injuries reported and no active fire found by responding units.
Audio|Source: Allegheny County Fire - South
05:21
Transcript:
00:00
Central fire alarm activation,
00:02
Baldwin Towers, near Knoedler Rd,
00:06
Department 303.
00:08
We're reporting the alarm going off and smoke in the building.
00:12
Station 106,
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301 trucks, 270 trucks, 232 trucks, 232 trucks.
00:19
110 engine.
00:21
Respond on South Fire 5, 2015.
00:24
County, 106, please.
00:26
County, 1060, please. One of 60. The 26, County.
00:29
Go ahead.
00:30
Call is saying this is from cooking, there's light smoke, no flames.
00:35
Undersea.
00:36
County 106 chief on scene, nine story, multifamily, high rise.
00:41
Nothing apparent from side alpha, Delta, how often the command will be investigating.
00:46
The second story, nothing's sure, you know, please.
00:52
106, engine 3, 072.
00:54
3rd1, sir.
00:55
106 engine 3.
00:57
Okay, one truck, copy.
00:58
Connie, a 16 engine 2 is in with tip.
01:00
Okay.
01:01
3 will pass at the hydrant through inside for investigation
01:17
Water Smith in the building, fire alarm going off, near Knoedler Rd, Department 303, in Baldwin, 270 and 270 and 232, second activation, Channel 5, 20, 20.
01:33
3-0-2.
01:35
Tony, 301, engine one driver, Henley.
01:37
Command.
01:38
Judge from Brownsville.
01:40
Initial, there's no alarm active.
01:42
Crews are going to go to the third floor investigators.
01:43
County Show 1-6-6-6-1-10.
01:45
Connie, you could pull 110 squad to responding in the ball with moving norms.
01:49
Engines 2 do not block the front of the building.
01:51
That's the truck spot.
01:52
2.302 truck in there momentarily.
01:54
Command 3.1 trucks approach it from Brown so make sense there.
01:56
Where would you like it?
01:58
311 truck, take the front of the building, first Dutra.
02:01
Coffee, we're slowly on your staff, we'll make them.
02:03
Command from 510 C1.
02:05
My crew is on a first floor reporting,
02:07
very minor cooking accident, no injuries, just need to check it out, no contention.
02:12
Good point, thank you, Chief.
02:13
Okay,
02:14
what's the road on truck out? My unit's unseen reduced to anybody else in an emergency.
02:18
301 truck, I got you on scene, command.
02:20
Go ahead. 510 crews are reporting minor culinary on the third floor.
02:23
You can hold this to my unit on scene and any unit en route can go non-emergency.
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Location mentioned:
Knoedler Rd + Baldwin Towers (#200), Baldwin, PA 15236
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