Smoke from chimney prompts house fire check
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Loudoun VA Fire-Tac Group Calls
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Structure fire, (number withheld) Early Bird Avenue.
00:02
Smoke coming out of the chimney.
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Break. Battalion Chief Six Hundred and Two, your assignment is complete.
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Eighteen thirty-five.
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Copy.
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Battalion Six Hundred and Two, Engine Six Hundred and Four.
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Go ahead.
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We're on scene.
00:17
We position on the alpha delta corner.
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We'll have our own water.
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Normal conditions, alpha and delta, bravo.
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We out doing a lap.
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I'll get back to you in a minute.
00:28
Looks like the homeowners are out front.
00:31
Okay, I copy all your traffic.
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One in the front, one in the rear.
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Have a walk-up basement on side Charlie.
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Have a fenced-in backyard.
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Homeowner drove to the house.
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They were reporting that they had a little bit of smoke from around the chimney.
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However, we have normal conditions on all four sides and front of the chimney.
00:57
We'll be in investigation mode.
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I'm going to establish early bird avenue command.
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Early arrival.
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All incoming stage with their apparatus while we're in investigation mode.
01:11
Okay, I copy all your traffic.
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And I have the stage.
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Fire investigation mode.
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Loudon Battalion 602.
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Battalion Chief 602 from Loudon.
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Have the units stage on Early Bird Avenue.
01:35
I'm sorry, have the units stage at Early Bird and Greenwood.
01:41
Remain all Greenwood with the exception of Truck 602 who can come up to the scene.
01:48
That was right. Break all units en route to the structure fire.
01:51
Stage at Early Bird and Greenwood except Truck 602.
01:55
Continue on in.
01:56
Perp 10, H602, 1840.
02:01
We'll show Battalion Six Hundred and Two on the scene.
02:05
Battalion Six Hundred and Two on scene, 18 forty-one.
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Command from Battalion Six Hundred and Two.
02:12
Go ahead.
02:14
I am positioned across the street in the driveway at (number withheld).
02:18
I am ready to take it when you are ready to hand it over.
02:23
That's fine.
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The smoke is described as attached to a chimney,
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which is attached to an oil burner furnace in the basement.
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The other resident may have turned that furnace on because it was cold.
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We're thinking the smoke came from it starting up.
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The unit itself seems to be operating correctly.
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We got about 100 degrees Fahrenheit on the motor just from it running, I think.
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We're going to continue to investigate, but I believe that's going to be the source.
02:53
I'll get back to you in a minute with a recommendation.
02:56
Okay, just be aware.
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I'm sending two inside.
03:01
Any members from.
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Truck 602 , came to assist you should you need it.
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Okay.
03:10
Loudoun County 602 , I'll be assuming command from Engine 604 .
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Break. Safety 601 from command, you can go in service.
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Safety strike.
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Loudoun County 44 .
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Early Bird command from Loudoun, you are 10 min into your incident.
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