Smoke alarm triggered by improper fireplace use at hotel, Sarasota FL
Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to a smoke alarm at a three-story wood-frame hotel near Midnight Pass Rd. They found light smoke caused by residents burning logs in a fireplace without opening the flue, leading to improper ventilation. There was no active fire, and crews ventilated the unit.
Audio|Source: Sarasota County Fire
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Transcript:
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Battalion 3, smoke detectors are going off, no flames or smoke is seen, correction, smoke is visible, light smoke.
00:26
Be room 1-10.
00:33
Near Midnight Pass Rd at Ilawn House rim 23 grass shoot map bird 183.
00:45
Indian Green route.
00:48
In route engine 3.
00:51
Is Petcher we're up in the route.
00:56
In route, Tric 11.
00:59
Special Battalion is truck on the route?
01:03
Affirmative.
01:05
You can cancel truck 11.
01:09
Copy, truck 11, you can cancel.
01:11
Truck 11, you can cancel.
01:16
Truck 11 copy.
01:19
Available quarters.
01:20
Copy available in quarters, truck 11.
01:27
Truck 1 derived on the same residence in.
01:30
It's a three-story appears to be Woodframe Construction Hotel.
01:33
Got nothing shown from sides, Alpha, Charlie, and Bravo.
01:37
Struck 1 is going to establish Residence Command.
01:39
We'll be investigating.
01:42
Copy, three-story Woodframe Hotel, nothing showing Alpha Charlie and Bravo investigating.
01:52
Copy on St.
01:53
Engine 4.
02:00
Engine 4 from command.
02:01
Here if the investigation group with par of 4, you'll take Truck 1, Bravo, and Charlie.
02:09
Just natural command, my 2-out is going to be rescued for their arriving on same back on.
02:19
Tom. Two out is going to be rescue before surviving on scene.
02:27
See you from Incent, one more about there, Dr.
02:29
Phel.
02:30
Okay.
02:31
One.
02:33
Locate the nearest hydrant and find the FTC.
02:41
Copy.
02:47
From command, I'm going to be mobile, too, and a 360.
02:51
I'll be, I think, um, 360.
02:58
Commission for Metro 4.
03:02
Go ahead, investigation.
03:07
It appears the residents in the room were burning some logs on the fireplace and didn't have the flume open.
03:13
So it wasn't ventilated properly.
03:15
There's no active fire at this time.
03:17
We will need a fan for some ventilation.
03:22
Copy that.
03:24
Dispatch you copy.
03:28
Copy residents in the room were burning logs in the fire and proper ventilation.
03:35
Engine 1 from Command, go ahead and take yourself and you're a third man and take a fan over to 110 with Investigation Group.
03:44
Got it.
03:50
Engine 1, you're going to be assigned ventilation group.
03:53
Break. Investigation from Command, do you think we can handle with Station 1 and 4?
03:59
That's true, sir.
04:03
Just back from command, you can cancel all the units besides Engine 4, Rescue 4, Engine 1, Truck 1.
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Location mentioned:
Near Midnight Pass Rd, Sarasota, FL 34242
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