Smoke odor investigated near Meadowbridge Road hospital

Heard on: Hanover County Fire / EMS

01:31

This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

00:00

Yes, sir. We just received a call from the area of MRMC regarding odor of smoke outside.

00:09

I know units responded to the hospital this morning for odor of smoke and confirmed it was from a cooling tower fan.

00:15

I didn't know if you wanted us to send the full assignment.

00:20

Let's hold it to a single engine.

00:23

The 4756 RC.

00:31

Engine 407,

00:34

smoke investigation, 8200 Meadowbridge Road.

00:39

Engine 407,

00:41

smoke investigation, 8200 Meadowbridge Road.

00:47

Cross streets are Pleasant Grove Road and North Run Medical Drive.

00:51

Station 7th District, Tech Dispatch 1, time out 0756.

01:02

This is 400 and forty-one Hanover.

01:06

Hanover 400 and forty-one, go ahead.

01:09

Can you please on-shift this unit?

01:12

I show you on-shifted 700 and fifty-nine.

01:21

Engine 407 , go ahead.

01:25

We're just responding for a smell of smoke outside, right?

01:29

Yes, sir. We just respond to verify.

2026-10-29 11:56 UTC

Fire

Meadowbridge Rd, Mechanicsville, VA 23116

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews were sent to investigate a reported odor of smoke outside near a hospital on Meadowbridge Road. A previous response to the same area had identified a cooling tower fan as the possible source, and a single engine was dispatched to verify the situation.