Fire reported on roof of parking garage and apartment building, Columbia MD
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a fire reported on the top floor of the parking garage and the roof of the adjacent residential apartment building at Merriweather Drive. The fire involved a restaurant vent on the roof. Police were requested to manage roadway safety during the response.
Audio|Heard on: Howard MD Fire-Tac Group Calls
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Transcript:
00:00
Truck 7 involved with it.
00:02
We're out with an eight-story high-rise next.
00:04
There's nothing shown.
00:07
We did a 360 and we're positioned between the building and the parking garage.
00:16
I'll have the command.
00:18
2.7-1 command.
00:19
Command, there's a cell-1.
00:22
Engine 7-1 is on the scene with Aaron Hydrant the connection beside Alpha.
00:27
Command to Howard.
00:29
We need County Police for the roadway.
00:32
We'll have the Outriders out.
00:33
Truck 7's positioned on the Bravo side.
00:38
How is it right? Any county police on the Bravo side?
00:42
Yeah, they'll have to shut the road down.
00:44
We're putting a stick up.
00:47
So I want a truck.
00:48
You got to access back there for us?
00:52
Yeah, that's right.
01:00
Okay, we got a caller saying top floor of the parking garage.
01:07
You said top floor of the parking garage, not the building?
01:13
Yeah, the Juniper.
01:14
He said the top level parking garage is a fire.
01:19
Okay, we're at the parking garage entrance.
01:22
All right, we're coming up behind of the fax.
01:33
Command on incoming units.
01:36
Go ahead and take your positions and we'll be operating on their high-rise policy.
01:42
Safety want to our location.
01:50
Battalion 2 is on location.
01:52
The Titan 2 to command.
01:54
Command, go ahead.
01:57
Copy, you have a board of fire on the roof of the parking garage yourself.
02:01
Engine 7-1, Engine 141 are investigating.
02:04
I'll go ahead and take the command.
02:05
You work with your crew.
02:08
Okay, I have Engine Company 7,
02:10
in with 3.
02:13
I set my Bravo Carter with them off the ladder truck.
02:18
And we're sticking the route now across his side and take a look.
02:22
Command's okay.
02:25
Command all incoming units,
02:27
tactically staged on arrival.
02:32
Tarotan's arriving.
02:33
We're positioned on the opposite side from Truck 7.
02:37
Safety 1 has the street block that Valencia Lane and Merriweather Drive until police arrive.
02:43
1-41 of command.
02:46
We're making an entry to stairwell.
02:47
Command engine 141, repeat the stairwell.
02:55
Sterewell E with three.
02:58
Copy stairwell E aboard.
03:02
One zero one to command.
03:03
We're third engine.
03:05
Grabbing the hydrant.
03:07
He's laying in at Valencia.
03:11
7.1 to command.
03:14
Command is just something one guy.
03:17
We're on the roof.
03:18
Looks like it's on the residential side.
03:21
Some kind of vent.
03:22
Looks like one of the restaurant vents is on fire.
03:25
I'm trying to get through right now.
03:28
Okay.
03:29
Can you access it from the parking garage or do I need to send other crews up the roof?
03:34
Yeah, see if they go around residential side.
03:38
Command is okay, command of Tower 10.
03:40
You take an assignment, make your way to the roof of the residential apartment building.
03:44
There was a fire in a bandito's last week.
03:47
You can check the duckwork from that restaurant.
03:53
All right, I'm driving.
03:56
Truck to the phone team.
04:00
Command adjunct 141.
04:02
441 to command that.
Disclaimer:
This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
Merriweather Dr, Columbia, MD 21044
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