Burnt food caused false fire alarm at apartment building, Portland OR
Fire & ArsonA fire alarm at an apartment building near Southeast Grand Avenue was upgraded after a caller reported smoke on the second floor. Fire crews found burnt food on the stove causing the smoke and ventilated the area. No fire extension was found and the alarm was cleared.
Audio|Source: Portland Area Fire and Rescue
06:27
Transcript:
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Inch21 Commercial Alarm at Grand Oak Apartments near Southeast Grand Avenue, Talk Rootswone.
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Intch-21 Commercial Alarm, Grand Oak Apartments, near Southeast Grand.
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Talkord, Southwere, Southw on, I'm making.
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Real 6.
00:17
Something.
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On P.S.S. P.S.R.
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6.
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Go ahead.
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See a project respond.
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Call us in the number ending in (number withheld).
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Trithee.
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Talk groups off the line, Lama 20.
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The engine 31 responding.
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Engine 31 en route.
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Engine 21 off one.
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Send to 21.
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We just got an update from a caller on scene saying they see smoke on the second floor.
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They're evacuating.
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Would you like a box response?
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Yes, let's go ahead and upgrade this to a box.
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Okay, we'll move you over to Off3.
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21, copy moving to Up 3.
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They're dispatched with a box response,
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box number 21-42, Grand Oak Apartments, near Southeast Grand.
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This was an upgrade from a fire alarm.
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The additional apparatus going on this will be Engine 1, Digit 24, Engine 4, Truck 13, Truck 4, C2, C1, and Squad 1.
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Talk group for this will be Ops 3[1], Ops 3.
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Dispatch playing up three for box response with Grand Oak Apartments, near Southeast Grand.
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1122.
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Newspatting 25, we're clear this call in AOR.
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Angel 25, copy.
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This is going to be on the streetcar tracks.
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Can you please notify them?
02:31
No, affirmative and it's going to be a repeat of the, uh,
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start out as an alarm, but turned into a box response at Grand Oak Apartments, near Southeast Grand Avenue,
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caller calling in saying they're seeing smoke on the second floor, they're evacuating now.
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Engine 21, engine 1, engine 24, engine 4, truck 13, truck 4, C2, C1, and squad 1.
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This is ops 3.
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C2 got me to read that.
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Spence G7.
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G7, go ahead.
03:06
Can you put Rescue 72 back in service and tap them out for the call? Agent 74 is going on?
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In addition, Agent 174.
03:15
I believe we're actually getting a cancel on that.
03:22
In June 74, Ops 1, we're getting an update from the patient that he is conscious breathing, says he is fined several times and wants to cancel.
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217, copy canceled.
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Several coffees cancel.
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1124.
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4-story center hallway, legacy apartment building.
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We have alarm sounding people standing up front.
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Nothing showing.
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Engine 21 has command,
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Engine 21 v.
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is investigating.
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Engine 21, property, 4-story center hallway, legacy building.
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Engine 21 has command and is investigating.
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It's 11.24.
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Thank you.
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209. Alpha side is going to be the Grand Street side.
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This is Grand Command.
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We are in investigative mode and into 21 hazard water splice.
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For chat 3, Meta 312, party 4, alpha, alpha, 6 person, traditions at Hazelwood Apartments, 1-0451, Eastburnside, number 311,
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104-51, Eastburnside, number 311, talk groups, that's 1, talk,000, talk, tops 1,000, talk,000, top's 1,000, talk,000, top's 1,000,000, talk groups like a couple years, sir, if you want me on, uh, hope.
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13 from command actually come down on the Stark Street side.
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That's going to be your best access to this building,
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Stark Street site.
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Copy Stark Street.
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And all other companies upon your idol is level one stage.
05:26
May have to mention 21B.
05:29
Because it's just burnt food on the stove.
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There's no sense at all.
05:35
So we could use a fan up here to ventilate.
05:40
Fan copy. Burnt food on the stove, no extension.
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Fan needed for ventilation.
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Squad 1, can you guys bring a fan up with you?
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Squad 1 copy fan.
05:57
24s arrive from squad one.
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Dispatcherm command, we're going to go ahead and put a recall in on this box, keeping Squad 1 and Engine 21 working.
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All their companies can clear.
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We'll switch back over to Op.
06:17
Giscash copies a recall on the Vox response at Grand Oak Apartments, near Southeast Grand Avenue.
06:23
Squad 1 in the Engine 21 working at Top 1, 1127.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Ops 3: Operations radio channel or talkgroup 3 used for general incident communications.
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Location mentioned:
Grand Oak/Wilshire Apartments in, Bike n Hike in Portland, OR, USA, 418 SE Grand Ave, Portland, OR 97214
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