Smoke detected from AC unit at Miami shopping center, Miami FL
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to smoke coming from an air conditioning unit on the roof of a one-story shopping center near Coral Wy in Miami. The smoke was visible but there was no active fire. Firefighters investigated, secured power to the unit, and confirmed there was no active flame.
Audio|Source: Miami-Dade Police and Fire - Hammocks Dispatch and Central Dispatch
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Transcript:
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I've got that alarm again, Majestic Plaza, (number withheld).
00:07
You can show us a rival.
00:09
We have a one-story shopping ball center.
00:12
We do have what appears to be white smoke coming from the top of the building.
00:16
Show my unit command investigating.
00:19
Have all units staged besides the first suppression on that first detonation.
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40, I copy, show your arrival,
00:28
white smoke from the top of the building, show you command investigating.
00:33
TIE 11 or arrival.
00:35
TIE and 11 arrival.
00:36
Android 17, you cannot charge it 17.
00:38
Let's assume come ahead.
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40. Go into the midway crossing and see if you can't get underneath that.
00:45
Copy. 40, copy.
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Agent 17, I copy.
00:52
Entering no.
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17 copy all the units en route to near Los Pogger Street stage 1322-day County.
01:02
5-8-5-dust command what ladder truck is coming the facility The facility.
01:12
Brought Street, Street, Saneity.
01:14
Copy that Rescue 5A, 52nd County.
01:21
Angel 40 arrival.
01:27
40, go ahead and pull it past me and see if you can't make your way into the store with rescue.
01:35
Copy, Chiefs on it.
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Reds 1711.
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17 Arrival.
01:45
Man, what ladder truck is on the call?
01:48
Command, you have ladder 83 and platform 59.
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Which one's close?
01:59
Where you go?
02:02
Letter E3, when you get here, go to the Charlie side, ladder of the roof.
02:08
Copy Charlie side, ladder to the roof.
02:10
The Titan 12 arrival.
02:13
Command 12 arrival.
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Commandant Battalion 12, and head to the Charlie side for me, please.
02:18
See if they have that back there.
02:22
Copy getting to the Charlie side.
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Rescue 40, their command.
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Got to rescue 40.
02:33
We're getting information from security guys right now.
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They're saying it's a possible AC unit that's on fire on the roof.
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We're going to go inside and investigate if we can get access.
02:44
Copy that. Let's get the store evacuated through PD, command of engine 17.
02:51
17, go ahead.
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Drive around to the Charlie side.
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And if you can ladder the roof with your ground ladder, try it.
03:01
Copy, drive to the trunk side, try to the roof.
03:06
Tying 12 to come in.
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It will be tying 12.
03:10
Hey,
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just before the Costco roof, I do see security up on the roof.
03:16
All right, copy that.
03:18
I'm sending you at Tension 17 and Latter 883 will be on the Charlie Valley, the Charlie Division.
03:27
Copy 17 with A3.
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3-6C7.
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Ava then stand my friend of me.
03:34
We're standing in front of the camera.
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We're standing in front of the AJ food stands and I look like we've got some light, white smoke coming from the acoustical ceiling tiles.
03:51
Can you get to it?
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That's a negative though.
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We're going to need a ladder in here to get to the high ceiling.
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We're going to try and get to the second floor.
04:04
Okay, work with engine 40 on that and try to get in that ceiling cock-cloth space.
04:09
Also, we need to try to figure out which AC this unit is and secure the power to it.
04:16
40, copy.
04:23
Office, I'm still showing the card on that last call.
04:27
Copy that, there's going to be engine 12, please.
04:31
Copy that.
04:32
Big Canada, Squad 1 you were raising.
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Squad 1, you can show us available.
04:38
Copy that available, 1325J County.
04:44
Chief, you have Rescue 17.
04:50
Copy and Rescue 17.
04:53
Engine 4-5, arrival.
05:00
4-5, head around the Costco to the Charlie side and assist, I'm going to put you in the Charlie Division under battalion 12.
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Andrew 45, going to Charlie.
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Commander Rescue 17.
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Reds 17.
05:20
Are you here?
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Affirmative, I'm right behind.
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All right, standby on deck on the Alpha Side,
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and be ready for the 40s to meet you for something.
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Perman, on deck.
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Ladder 83, we're out seeing you and we're going to make our way to Starlight.
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Watter Eighty to the arrival.
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Take County.
05:56
Can Rescue 3 available?
06:04
Tijuana, command.
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Go ahead, Charlie.
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Be advised, I've made it to the roof from the Charlie side.
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I'll advise in a moment.
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Got to be on the roof.
06:21
Commander Charlie, the advice I'm sending you engine 45 as well.
06:26
Copy, there's Jacobs Ladder next to my truck.
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Copy.
06:34
Command to Agent 17, you copy that.
06:37
There's a ladder next to the Tatein' 12's vehicle.
06:41
In close to University 4-1.
06:44
We are on what we think is the Charlie side that's closest to the 26.
06:50
I don't see the battalion's vehicle.
06:56
Kevin, 2-1, chest pain, out of 764 Southwest 97 place circle.
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Charlie, take a man.
07:10
Hi Charlie.
07:14
Located the AC,
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it's on the, it's a food court AC,
07:19
it's not actively on fire this time.
07:23
Copy, did somebody put it out?
07:29
It is smoking, but it's not actively on fire.
07:33
Understood,
07:35
is there a number for it, something where we can isolate the power for it?
07:41
Copy, we've secured the disconnect upstairs.
07:43
All right, so power secured to the AC, got it.
07:51
Charlie just advise on resources you might need.
07:55
I've got any of these one suppression for right now and see if we can get somebody in the food court.
08:03
Yeah, 40s are working on the food court right now.
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Engine 40 to come in.
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Good, engine 40.
08:14
We laddered on the inside, on the upper side, pushed up the ceiling.
08:19
I used to take, there's no heat up here, and it's a little wisp of white smoke has just made it completely.
08:26
All right, see if you can go dead center to the back where it says midway food hole and laddered that area.
08:34
It should put you right underneath that AC from what I could see from the outside.
08:38
Charlie, to command.
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40, did you copy?
08:46
40 copy.
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Go to Charlie.
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Be advised, I'm even with the Santa Claus decoration on the front.
08:56
About 30 yards to the Charlie site.
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All right, copy that.
09:03
Command engine 40.
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Location mentioned:
Near Coral Wy, Miami, FL 33145
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