Smoke in mechanical room caused by burnt rubber in ac unit, San Diego CA
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to light smoke in a mechanical room near Shiley Bioscience Center. The smoke was caused by a burnt rubber coupling in an air conditioning unit. There was no fire, and repairs are underway while crews ventilate the area.
Audio|Heard on: San Diego City Police and Fire Dispatch
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07:28
Transcript:
00:00
It's off of Shiley BioScience Center.
00:05
I don't have good directions for you.
00:07
There is a Starbucks up here if you're able to see me on the map.
00:13
Yeah, I copy.
00:15
I'm going to park up out of the way and walk to you.
00:17
You want me to suit up or how do you want me?
00:25
Yeah, affirmative. Why don't you suit up and come give me some eyes?
00:28
Rick, engine 45, I see, come in.
00:37
Go ahead, 45.
00:42
45, come on up.
00:43
I'm going to assign you, Rick,
00:45
as we're investigating.
00:46
Don't have a real strong sense of what we have yet, but I want you to come on up, put eyes on it.
00:50
Give me a 360, and I'm going to have you assume, Rick.
00:54
Copy age 45, Rick.
01:01
Battalion 4.
01:02
8.D.Altaire.
01:04
Battalion 4, go ahead.
01:11
We're going to assume College I-C.
01:13
We're still investigating.
01:15
We do have some light smoke in the mechanical room.
01:18
I'll be holding all units.
01:24
I'm going to our copy of assuming College I-C.
01:27
All crews investigating, you have light smoke in the mechanical room, holding all units.
01:36
College I.C.
01:37
Metro.
01:46
Can you have,
01:49
can you make contact with Campus PD? We don't have a rep here at the command post, have them meet at Battalion Force rig.
01:57
I see copy, you copy the 20-minute timer, requesting Campus PD meet at Battalion Force rig.
02:04
I see from USARQ, 8-Alpha.
02:12
Last year, you can't have traffic?
02:15
I-Vee, this is USAR2.
02:17
Would you like us at 55th and Remington or over by the bus loop? We're about five minutes out.
02:27
USR2, you can just stage at the bus loop.
02:31
Thank you, copy.
02:37
I see you car attack.
02:45
those systems that are connected to this mechanical room here.
02:49
Current process is over panel.
02:52
Engine 15, move up.
02:56
(number withheld) Street, R station, 10.
02:58
Engine 15, move up.
03:04
this unit here and then with the amount of engineers here they're going to be able to sort of isolating the systems and that they dissipate with nothing else we'll be able to turn us over them in the next five, ten minutes.
03:19
I copy you have a groundright for one of the systems and continue to investigate trucks going to the road.
03:25
You guys anything else?
03:32
Fire attack from engine 31 attack.
03:38
Fire attack from engine 31.
03:40
We've first and second floor in the Bravo Charlie of the building is all clear.
03:44
We're checking the adjacent building on make up to the third floor.
03:49
Engine 31, I see, tech.
03:53
General, 31.
03:58
Are you able to conduct a sweep of all of the floors? It's hard to tell how large the building is from this side.
04:04
Do you need another unit to do that?
04:10
I see from engine 31 to negative.
04:12
We're able to conduct the sweep with engine 31 currently.
04:19
Okay, copy.
04:20
If you're able to conduct a sweep of the additional floors and then just advise.
04:27
Kenji the following copies.
04:33
Metromatic 20.
04:40
We're clear the VA.
04:42
Are we clear a quick pickup at UCFD Thornton?
04:50
NIC12, Medical 8892-92, Euclidavonet 7 Echoes and Fox Trot, Medic12.
05:01
HUSR2 from IC, you can cancel.
05:04
These are 2, you can clear.
05:06
IC,
05:11
U-SR2 topic canceled. ICA, U-SR2 topic canceled.
05:18
Truck 12 Medical Aid, 7-Ecos and Foxtrot, (number withheld) Yuclid Avenue, a digestive disease.
05:26
Dr. 12, medical aid, seven-necos and foxtrotts.
05:35
We have one exhaust fan,
05:39
fortunately, injury condition.
05:42
Just to clarify, this is a two-story commercial mechanical building that supplies the main six-story building, which is what was an address to.
05:50
So we're working with just the two-story commercial.
05:53
Okay, thank you for a minute.
06:03
Talk 93, medic 93, medical aid, 7-acosin, doctora, 14-149, Framey Road, Cross of Holland Road.
06:11
Talk 93, medic 93, 7-Igo-send doctor.
06:17
The source of the smoke.
06:19
There was a rubber coupling that's involved in the AC components that got stuck and burned out.
06:26
And no fire.
06:29
They're currently making repair while we ventilate.
06:31
I'm good with engine 17,
06:34
engine 10, and truck 10 down here, and we should be able to pick up for the next 5 10 minutes.
06:43
Okay, I copy rubber coupling and AC unit issue that's being rectified at the moment and that you're comfortable with yourselves,
06:53
engine 10, firefighters, and truck 10.
06:56
And confirming we've got no additional hazards and any other ventilation needs at the moment.
07:05
Cluion is a commercial port-in-place building with the mechanical AT system.
07:11
So there are no exposures and there are no other fire load to be exposed.
07:15
So no fire currently ventilating for the works that are here.
07:18
We also air monitoring with our four gas.
07:21
So as we just ventilate this unit for them, they should be able to make the repair and then we'll be able to turn up building over once we get from the environment.
07:28
Good for them.
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Location mentioned:
Donald P. Shiley Bioscience Center, San Diego, CA 92182
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