Fire and smoke odor triggers evacuation at daycare, West Memphis AR


A fire and smoke odor was reported in the physical therapy room at Kids for the Future daycare. Staff smelled smoke coming from an air conditioning unit in the northwest corner. The building was evacuated, and the fire department responded to investigate.
Audio|Source: West Memphis & Marion Public Safety
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Transcript:
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At Kids for the Future, they have a burn and smell in the physical therapy room.
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Near West Dollar Cove.
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Later, Wester, Morris.
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9.847[4].
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Battalion responding to responding to 847[4].
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Battalion responding from Station 3.
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Battalion 847[4].
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Company 1.47.
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Company won't respondent.
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21, 847[4]?
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13 respond. 15[1] respond.
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15[1] respond and 847[4].
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Training 1-1[2]47.
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Training 1 respond. Training 1-48.
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Trice for Company 3.
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Did you copy the call?
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That's a check I thought battalion disregard us.
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Negative. He'd check direct from Station 3.
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That's check.
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Schultz respondent. Check, company, they're responding to 849.
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This is later one.
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Latter one, go ahead.
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We'll be honest thing.
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We've got a same old story daycare facility.
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Nothing showing all you in the stage for your commercial assignments.
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Letter 1,1 will be out investigating.
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And I had West Tyler co-commit.
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Check 815[1].
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This special unit 20 responding.
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Unit 20 responding 850.15[1].
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15[1] all scene station.
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The Enisbee riser, be back into the Venus.
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Fire this, back, the battalion 11's on scene.
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Show me a seam command, I'll be out.
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Say, Lieutenant 11852.
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Battalion, letter 1.
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So yeah. What'd you say on your last traffic?
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We've made it back to the area where they've smelled the smoke.
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They're starting to the evacue back to this.
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That's true.
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Turning to the command, one of the workers told me that she smelled the smoke from one of the AC units in the far back corner, the northwest corner.
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The part of the units, what I was saying.
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Unit 29-853.
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B in evacuated this time.
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So I've been building being evacuated 853.
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AIDER-1-1[2], lighter 1-2[3].
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Go ahead. Can you bring us an attic lighter in here.
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Let's check.
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What's go into this side, but we're working.
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Let's check, it's on its way.
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Take your farmway in as well.
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Go ahead. We've seen this entire corner with the normal, I haven't found anything.
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That's check, make sure you check the AC units on the north wall.
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That's check, we're fixing to get up in the drop soon.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
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15: Unit/Company Number
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1-1: Apparatus or unit designation
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1-2: Apparatus or unit designation
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847: Fire/Incident Number or Unit (context suggests fire response)
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Location mentioned:
Near W Tyler Ave, West Memphis, AR 72301
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