Smoke odor detected on third floor of building, Harrisonburg VA
Fire & ArsonFire crews detected a smoke odor on the third floor of a building on South Main St, Harrisonburg. They investigated rooms and the parking lot and checked the roof HVAC units to find the source. No gas leak was found.
Audio|Source: Harrisonburg Fire & EMS
03:39
Transcript:
00:00
I do have an odor up on the third floor in some of these rooms.
00:14
I'm not sure if it's something outside being brought in through the HVAC.
00:18
I shut them down.
00:19
I'm not far familiar going down in the rooms that I've shut down with.
00:22
I've got NG1[2] checking the parking lot.
00:23
Okay, you need anybody else in there?
00:25
Yeah, it might not hurt to send me another company up with their sniffer and four gas to check some other rooms out.
00:34
Power 1, can you handle that?
00:36
Got it. Command, we did a 360[1] on X here.
00:39
It's all clear.
00:40
We do have a slight odor of smoke, but no odor of gas.
00:43
Okay. Command, do you think we need Columbia Gas?
00:45
Okay. Not at this time.
00:48
Okay. Okay.
00:49
Plymouth 44 and route to Armitage fire disputes.
00:51
P.O. 44 and per...
00:53
Battalion 4[3]. Good. Set my firefighter down to the second floor to check the laundry room. It's got a washer and dryer. I don't have to pre-plan with me. Can you double check and see if that's a gas fit dryer? Yeah, give me a second. Come in. Good.
01:21
Those the natural gas goes for the dryers. I assume that's on every floor. Then it also goes to the roof for the HVAC. Okay, I'm not getting anything in a common area of hall. It's more rooms towards the truck area. Okay, well, let's get somebody on the roof and check those HVACs.
01:51
Yeah, well, let's be ready to tell you I'm going to do that. Tower one, can you take care of that for me next to your crew? Tower one direct. Titan four, if you want to go ahead and assume command, that'll be fine. Okay, radio you direct.
02:07
Battalion 4[3] assuming South Main Street Command, Battalion 4 assuming South Main Street Command. Battalion 4 assuming South Main Street Command. Battalion 4 assuming South Main Street Command. Engine 1, are you inside?
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
360: Building perimeter check
[2]
NG1: Natural gas unit/team
[3]
Battalion 4: Fire battalion chief
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Location mentioned:
S Main St, Harrisonburg, VA 22801
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