Smoke and heat found in electrical room at school, Indianapolis IN


Fire crews responded to smoke and haze in the electrical room at a school near West Washington Street. No fire or electrical odor was found, but heat was detected at an electrical box. Smoke cleared and most units were released.
Audio|Source: Marion County MECA Fire and Rescue
05:36
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 1 stage, west side of the building on the Hine.
00:03
Engine 13th stage north side of the building.
00:05
Lamb from engine 18.
00:07
You go ahead. We're back on the south end of the building, door 14, and there's maintenance.
00:11
We do not have a hydrant and we'll investigate.
00:14
Fighter 1, first letter.
00:15
Go out there, Dean, don't he?
00:16
Latter 13th side of the truck.
00:20
Engine 18, how is the best way to get to your south side?
00:23
It's just going to be around the street off the west end of the building, and then just a alleyway to the south by the football field.
00:31
Claire. All units arriving on scene.
00:33
The best access will be on the west side of the school.
00:36
All units can stage out on Washington Street until we get better information.
00:40
It is a tight construction site, so we're going to have to just ask one apparatus in as we need them.
00:44
Engine 1, you can stay where you're at.
00:46
Command Safety Central.
00:47
Go ahead.
00:48
360 from the exterior shows nothing.
00:51
Command from investigation.
00:52
Go ahead.
00:53
We've got a haze down at an electrical room.
00:55
No electrical odor.
00:56
Can we just get a certain matter with it fit down here? Out of four feet.
00:59
You're saying door 14 is that down here by the loading dock?
01:03
Crack, yeah, on the south end of the building.
01:05
Crack, you got ladder one coming in.
01:07
All units on seam, what we have is a loading dock, engine 18 and a dumpster back here.
01:13
Fider 1 is back here as well, so hang on until we figure out what we need and just have you come in with personnel.
01:19
Inj1, if we need you, we'll have you come in.
01:21
Investigations, engine 18.
01:22
You got an idea about how far you're into the building.
01:24
We're just downstairs,
01:25
pat the entrance into the basement.
01:29
Clear. Command from investigation, engine seven.
01:31
You can release all companies except for engine seven, ladder, seven.
01:34
Let's go ahead, command control.
01:35
Leave 7's engine untracked,
01:38
disregard everybody else.
01:39
Release control operator from night command.
01:42
Engine 11, letter 19, you can mark in service.
01:45
Operator release in 19.
01:46
We're on the way down.
01:48
No smoke. Just smell.
01:50
Clear.
02:22
Command from my investigation.
02:24
Go ahead.
02:25
The latter one found the heat source was from the electrical box down here.
02:30
There's no extension.
02:31
The smoke's dissipating.
02:32
We could probably downgrade this just to engine 18 ladder one.
02:35
You're all right with that.
02:36
Yeah, I'm good.
02:37
Control from command, let's lease all companies except for Engine 18, Ladder 1.
02:43
We can keep in touch with us on Ops 3 for update on school police and the maintenance that we were released the operator.
02:54
All units responding on scene near West Washington Street can disregard mark in with the exception of Engine 18 and Ladder 1.
03:00
All units on scene near West Washington Street disregard mark in with the exception of Engine 18 and Ladder 1.
03:06
Releasing operator, I'll keep you posted on maintenance.
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Location mentioned:
Near W Washington St, Indianapolis, IN 46222
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