You are in command of a truck company. You are dispatched as part of a 1st alarm assignment to a report of a smell of smoke in a furniture store. You are the first due truck company.
Building construction: Class 2, cement block walls with a brick veneer, metal deck built up roof supported by lightweight steel trusses, HVAC units on the roof.
The building has a "wet" sprinkler system, however, it is out of service for repairs.
Time of alarm: 10:45 AM
Weather: sunny, temps in the 80's moderate humidity
Apparatus responding: 3 Engines, 2 Ladders, 1 Rescue, and the District Chief on the 1st alarm assignment.
On arrival, the officer of the 1st due Engine company reports a very light haze in the store, coming into the store from the rear warehouse area...the alarm was telephoned in, there are no alarms sounding in the building, and it has not yet been evacuated
Based on what information that has been given, your opinions are welcomed! PS: have fun!
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Building construction: Class 2, cement block walls with a brick veneer, metal deck built up roof supported by lightweight steel trusses, HVAC units on the roof.
The building has a "wet" sprinkler system, however, it is out of service for repairs.
Time of alarm: 10:45 AM
Weather: sunny, temps in the 80's moderate humidity
Apparatus responding: 3 Engines, 2 Ladders, 1 Rescue, and the District Chief on the 1st alarm assignment.
On arrival, the officer of the 1st due Engine company reports a very light haze in the store, coming into the store from the rear warehouse area...the alarm was telephoned in, there are no alarms sounding in the building, and it has not yet been evacuated
Based on what information that has been given, your opinions are welcomed! PS: have fun!
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