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Electrical Burning Odor Inside Building

1200 N Wilmot Rd

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Summary

  • Firefighters responded to reports of heavy smoke at a structure on N Wilmot Rd in Tucson, Arizona, believed to be originating from the electrical room. Crews detected a smell of electrical burning, possibly from a ballast, but found no visible fire.

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Firefighters found charred electrical components. A maintenance person will handle the situation. Fire units are clearing the scene.

TFD A7 Fire 1 · 0:16
Fire on command. Command, go ahead. We just found evidence of a charred electrical. Gosh, you can call this electrical. There is a maintenance person on scene who's going to take it from here. All TFD units are going to be clear. Check, battalion 2.

Fire units found smoke and damage in an electrical panel, with circuits still active but showing signs of burning.

TFD A7 Fire 1 · 0:19
Command, DC3. Go ahead. One of the electrical panels appears to have some smoke and sharding damage. Circuits are still alive, but there's evidence of burning. It's close to temperature at this time, though.

Firefighters report no heat detected from the AC units on the roof.

TFD A7 Fire 1 · 0:13
Command, Go ahead. Checked all the AC units. We don't have anything showing any sort of heat up here. I copy. Unless you see anything else, you can probably come on back down. Copy that.

Fire units report an odor in the electrical room and are checking for any issues with ceiling tiles.

TFD A7 Fire 1 · 0:30
Commanding CD3, I'm here with Engine 7. We've investigated the electrical room. There is an odor. There are a couple ceiling tiles missing. I don't see any...
TFD A7 Fire 1 · 0:18
Give me a roof report and check HVAC units. Copy. DC3, command. Command, DC3. Just give me an idea of what you're seeing over there. Obviously got Engine 16 and a ladder. Engine 16 inside, Engine 7 on the east side with...

Firefighters are setting up a ladder to check the roof for any HVAC issues.

TFD A7 Fire 1 · 0:30
Command Engine 7. Engine 7. No heat in the electric room on the east side of the property. Do we need anybody up on the roof to check for HVAC? I was going to ask you the same thing. We'll go ahead and check that box since you got nothing there. Ladder 16, command. 5, Ladder 16. Command, Ladder 16, we're setting up the ladder right now. Copy that. We're just going to have you guys check.

Firefighters are accessing the electrical room on the east side to investigate the source of the smoke.

TFD A7 Fire 1 · 0:11
Engine 16, EC3, we're accessing electrical room on the east side, odor or smoke. Engine 16 copies, we'll make our way over there.

Firefighters report a smell of electrical burning, possibly from a ballast, but no visible fire inside.

TFD A7 Fire 1 · 0:22
Engine 16 from Battalion 2, just be advised, I know EC3 is going to the east side. Engine 16 copies. We have nothing showing inside. We do have the smell of what seems to be electrical. Could be coming from a ballast. Let me see if I can make contact with someone on scene. I copy that. Do you see speckles, is this a speckle building or not?

Firefighters are arriving on scene, with reports of heavy smoke possibly originating from the electrical room.

TFD A7 Fire 1 · 0:13
Alright, Engine 9, can you get an update? We're about to pull up on scene. Engine 9, we have callers reporting heavy smoke inside of the building. Possibly coming from the electrical room on the east side of the building.

Firefighters have received a report of a structure fire.

TFD A2 Dispatch · 0:24
Battalion 2, Battalion 3, EEC3, Engines, 7, 9, 16, and 21, Model 16, Medic 16, and Rescue 9, Structure 2, 1200 North Wilmot Road, 1200 North and 6300 East.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 1200 N Wilmot Rd.

Firefighters found charred electrical components. A maintenance person will handle the situation. Fire units are clearing the scene.

TFD A7 Fire 1 · 0:16
Fire on command. Command, go ahead. We just found evidence of a charred electrical. Gosh, you can call this electrical. There is a maintenance person on scene who's going to take it from here. All TFD units are going to be clear. Check, battalion 2.

Fire units found smoke and damage in an electrical panel, with circuits still active but showing signs of burning.

TFD A7 Fire 1 · 0:19
Command, DC3. Go ahead. One of the electrical panels appears to have some smoke and sharding damage. Circuits are still alive, but there's evidence of burning. It's close to temperature at this time, though.

Firefighters report no heat detected from the AC units on the roof.

TFD A7 Fire 1 · 0:13
Command, Go ahead. Checked all the AC units. We don't have anything showing any sort of heat up here. I copy. Unless you see anything else, you can probably come on back down. Copy that.

Fire units report an odor in the electrical room and are checking for any issues with ceiling tiles.

TFD A7 Fire 1 · 0:30
Commanding CD3, I'm here with Engine 7. We've investigated the electrical room. There is an odor. There are a couple ceiling tiles missing. I don't see any...
TFD A7 Fire 1 · 0:18
Give me a roof report and check HVAC units. Copy. DC3, command. Command, DC3. Just give me an idea of what you're seeing over there. Obviously got Engine 16 and a ladder. Engine 16 inside, Engine 7 on the east side with...

Firefighters are setting up a ladder to check the roof for any HVAC issues.

TFD A7 Fire 1 · 0:30
Command Engine 7. Engine 7. No heat in the electric room on the east side of the property. Do we need anybody up on the roof to check for HVAC? I was going to ask you the same thing. We'll go ahead and check that box since you got nothing there. Ladder 16, command. 5, Ladder 16. Command, Ladder 16, we're setting up the ladder right now. Copy that. We're just going to have you guys check.

Firefighters are accessing the electrical room on the east side to investigate the source of the smoke.

TFD A7 Fire 1 · 0:11
Engine 16, EC3, we're accessing electrical room on the east side, odor or smoke. Engine 16 copies, we'll make our way over there.

Firefighters report a smell of electrical burning, possibly from a ballast, but no visible fire inside.

TFD A7 Fire 1 · 0:22
Engine 16 from Battalion 2, just be advised, I know EC3 is going to the east side. Engine 16 copies. We have nothing showing inside. We do have the smell of what seems to be electrical. Could be coming from a ballast. Let me see if I can make contact with someone on scene. I copy that. Do you see speckles, is this a speckle building or not?

Firefighters are arriving on scene, with reports of heavy smoke possibly originating from the electrical room.

TFD A7 Fire 1 · 0:13
Alright, Engine 9, can you get an update? We're about to pull up on scene. Engine 9, we have callers reporting heavy smoke inside of the building. Possibly coming from the electrical room on the east side of the building.

Firefighters have received a report of a structure fire.

TFD A2 Dispatch · 0:24
Battalion 2, Battalion 3, EEC3, Engines, 7, 9, 16, and 21, Model 16, Medic 16, and Rescue 9, Structure 2, 1200 North Wilmot Road, 1200 North and 6300 East.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 1200 N Wilmot Rd.

Firefighters found charred electrical components. A maintenance person will handle the situation. Fire units are clearing the scene.

TFD A7 Fire 1 · 0:16
Fire on command. Command, go ahead. We just found evidence of a charred electrical. Gosh, you can call this electrical. There is a maintenance person on scene who's going to take it from here. All TFD units are going to be clear. Check, battalion 2.

Fire units found smoke and damage in an electrical panel, with circuits still active but showing signs of burning.

TFD A7 Fire 1 · 0:19
Command, DC3. Go ahead. One of the electrical panels appears to have some smoke and sharding damage. Circuits are still alive, but there's evidence of burning. It's close to temperature at this time, though.

Firefighters report no heat detected from the AC units on the roof.

TFD A7 Fire 1 · 0:13
Command, Go ahead. Checked all the AC units. We don't have anything showing any sort of heat up here. I copy. Unless you see anything else, you can probably come on back down. Copy that.

Fire units report an odor in the electrical room and are checking for any issues with ceiling tiles.

TFD A7 Fire 1 · 0:30
Commanding CD3, I'm here with Engine 7. We've investigated the electrical room. There is an odor. There are a couple ceiling tiles missing. I don't see any...
TFD A7 Fire 1 · 0:18
Give me a roof report and check HVAC units. Copy. DC3, command. Command, DC3. Just give me an idea of what you're seeing over there. Obviously got Engine 16 and a ladder. Engine 16 inside, Engine 7 on the east side with...

Firefighters are setting up a ladder to check the roof for any HVAC issues.

TFD A7 Fire 1 · 0:30
Command Engine 7. Engine 7. No heat in the electric room on the east side of the property. Do we need anybody up on the roof to check for HVAC? I was going to ask you the same thing. We'll go ahead and check that box since you got nothing there. Ladder 16, command. 5, Ladder 16. Command, Ladder 16, we're setting up the ladder right now. Copy that. We're just going to have you guys check.

Firefighters are accessing the electrical room on the east side to investigate the source of the smoke.

TFD A7 Fire 1 · 0:11
Engine 16, EC3, we're accessing electrical room on the east side, odor or smoke. Engine 16 copies, we'll make our way over there.

Firefighters report a smell of electrical burning, possibly from a ballast, but no visible fire inside.

TFD A7 Fire 1 · 0:22
Engine 16 from Battalion 2, just be advised, I know EC3 is going to the east side. Engine 16 copies. We have nothing showing inside. We do have the smell of what seems to be electrical. Could be coming from a ballast. Let me see if I can make contact with someone on scene. I copy that. Do you see speckles, is this a speckle building or not?

Firefighters are arriving on scene, with reports of heavy smoke possibly originating from the electrical room.

TFD A7 Fire 1 · 0:13
Alright, Engine 9, can you get an update? We're about to pull up on scene. Engine 9, we have callers reporting heavy smoke inside of the building. Possibly coming from the electrical room on the east side of the building.

Firefighters have received a report of a structure fire.

TFD A2 Dispatch · 0:24
Battalion 2, Battalion 3, EEC3, Engines, 7, 9, 16, and 21, Model 16, Medic 16, and Rescue 9, Structure 2, 1200 North Wilmot Road, 1200 North and 6300 East.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 1200 N Wilmot Rd.

Firefighters found charred electrical components. A maintenance person will handle the situation. Fire units are clearing the scene.

TFD A7 Fire 1 · 0:16
Fire on command. Command, go ahead. We just found evidence of a charred electrical. Gosh, you can call this electrical. There is a maintenance person on scene who's going to take it from here. All TFD units are going to be clear. Check, battalion 2.

Fire units found smoke and damage in an electrical panel, with circuits still active but showing signs of burning.

TFD A7 Fire 1 · 0:19
Command, DC3. Go ahead. One of the electrical panels appears to have some smoke and sharding damage. Circuits are still alive, but there's evidence of burning. It's close to temperature at this time, though.

Firefighters report no heat detected from the AC units on the roof.

TFD A7 Fire 1 · 0:13
Command, Go ahead. Checked all the AC units. We don't have anything showing any sort of heat up here. I copy. Unless you see anything else, you can probably come on back down. Copy that.

Fire units report an odor in the electrical room and are checking for any issues with ceiling tiles.

TFD A7 Fire 1 · 0:30
Commanding CD3, I'm here with Engine 7. We've investigated the electrical room. There is an odor. There are a couple ceiling tiles missing. I don't see any...
TFD A7 Fire 1 · 0:18
Give me a roof report and check HVAC units. Copy. DC3, command. Command, DC3. Just give me an idea of what you're seeing over there. Obviously got Engine 16 and a ladder. Engine 16 inside, Engine 7 on the east side with...

Firefighters are setting up a ladder to check the roof for any HVAC issues.

TFD A7 Fire 1 · 0:30
Command Engine 7. Engine 7. No heat in the electric room on the east side of the property. Do we need anybody up on the roof to check for HVAC? I was going to ask you the same thing. We'll go ahead and check that box since you got nothing there. Ladder 16, command. 5, Ladder 16. Command, Ladder 16, we're setting up the ladder right now. Copy that. We're just going to have you guys check.

Firefighters are accessing the electrical room on the east side to investigate the source of the smoke.

TFD A7 Fire 1 · 0:11
Engine 16, EC3, we're accessing electrical room on the east side, odor or smoke. Engine 16 copies, we'll make our way over there.

Firefighters report a smell of electrical burning, possibly from a ballast, but no visible fire inside.

TFD A7 Fire 1 · 0:22
Engine 16 from Battalion 2, just be advised, I know EC3 is going to the east side. Engine 16 copies. We have nothing showing inside. We do have the smell of what seems to be electrical. Could be coming from a ballast. Let me see if I can make contact with someone on scene. I copy that. Do you see speckles, is this a speckle building or not?

Firefighters are arriving on scene, with reports of heavy smoke possibly originating from the electrical room.

TFD A7 Fire 1 · 0:13
Alright, Engine 9, can you get an update? We're about to pull up on scene. Engine 9, we have callers reporting heavy smoke inside of the building. Possibly coming from the electrical room on the east side of the building.

Firefighters have received a report of a structure fire.

TFD A2 Dispatch · 0:24
Battalion 2, Battalion 3, EEC3, Engines, 7, 9, 16, and 21, Model 16, Medic 16, and Rescue 9, Structure 2, 1200 North Wilmot Road, 1200 North and 6300 East.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 1200 N Wilmot Rd.

Firefighters found charred electrical components. A maintenance person will handle the situation. Fire units are clearing the scene.

TFD A7 Fire 1 · 0:16
Fire on command. Command, go ahead. We just found evidence of a charred electrical. Gosh, you can call this electrical. There is a maintenance person on scene who's going to take it from here. All TFD units are going to be clear. Check, battalion 2.

Fire units found smoke and damage in an electrical panel, with circuits still active but showing signs of burning.

TFD A7 Fire 1 · 0:19
Command, DC3. Go ahead. One of the electrical panels appears to have some smoke and sharding damage. Circuits are still alive, but there's evidence of burning. It's close to temperature at this time, though.

Firefighters report no heat detected from the AC units on the roof.

TFD A7 Fire 1 · 0:13
Command, Go ahead. Checked all the AC units. We don't have anything showing any sort of heat up here. I copy. Unless you see anything else, you can probably come on back down. Copy that.

Fire units report an odor in the electrical room and are checking for any issues with ceiling tiles.

TFD A7 Fire 1 · 0:30
Commanding CD3, I'm here with Engine 7. We've investigated the electrical room. There is an odor. There are a couple ceiling tiles missing. I don't see any...
TFD A7 Fire 1 · 0:18
Give me a roof report and check HVAC units. Copy. DC3, command. Command, DC3. Just give me an idea of what you're seeing over there. Obviously got Engine 16 and a ladder. Engine 16 inside, Engine 7 on the east side with...

Firefighters are setting up a ladder to check the roof for any HVAC issues.

TFD A7 Fire 1 · 0:30
Command Engine 7. Engine 7. No heat in the electric room on the east side of the property. Do we need anybody up on the roof to check for HVAC? I was going to ask you the same thing. We'll go ahead and check that box since you got nothing there. Ladder 16, command. 5, Ladder 16. Command, Ladder 16, we're setting up the ladder right now. Copy that. We're just going to have you guys check.

Firefighters are accessing the electrical room on the east side to investigate the source of the smoke.

TFD A7 Fire 1 · 0:11
Engine 16, EC3, we're accessing electrical room on the east side, odor or smoke. Engine 16 copies, we'll make our way over there.

Firefighters report a smell of electrical burning, possibly from a ballast, but no visible fire inside.

TFD A7 Fire 1 · 0:22
Engine 16 from Battalion 2, just be advised, I know EC3 is going to the east side. Engine 16 copies. We have nothing showing inside. We do have the smell of what seems to be electrical. Could be coming from a ballast. Let me see if I can make contact with someone on scene. I copy that. Do you see speckles, is this a speckle building or not?

Firefighters are arriving on scene, with reports of heavy smoke possibly originating from the electrical room.

TFD A7 Fire 1 · 0:13
Alright, Engine 9, can you get an update? We're about to pull up on scene. Engine 9, we have callers reporting heavy smoke inside of the building. Possibly coming from the electrical room on the east side of the building.

Firefighters have received a report of a structure fire.

TFD A2 Dispatch · 0:24
Battalion 2, Battalion 3, EEC3, Engines, 7, 9, 16, and 21, Model 16, Medic 16, and Rescue 9, Structure 2, 1200 North Wilmot Road, 1200 North and 6300 East.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 1200 N Wilmot Rd.

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