Fire alarm prompts evacuation at campus gym and nearby buildings, Amherst County VA
Fire & ArsonA fire alarm at a campus gym and nearby buildings triggered evacuation and safety checks. Responders confirmed the gym floors were clear, controlled the area to prevent people from reentering, coordinated with campus representatives, and managed student pickup and evacuation crowd.
Audio|Source: Amherst County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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BATO command.
00:03
Go ahead, phone's good.
00:07
The first floor of the gym is clear.
00:09
The pull is locked, I'm able to get there.
00:11
We'll work on a second. Well, hold their basement, excuse me.
00:15
This is the office.
00:21
One-knife, you, Your Mayor.
00:24
Go ahead, for you.
00:27
You got another building?
00:34
May I was that too? Everybody's trying to get back in the building.
00:39
So keep a lookout for that.
00:43
Okay, if you all want to just control that area there, make sure that's not happening.
00:54
I'm here, he pulls the alarm.
00:56
I can't see.
01:02
Go for engine 11.
01:16
Go for engine 11.
01:20
Can you bring the portable spotlights to command post, please? Thank you.
01:26
We'll be there, just a minute.
01:33
Two to 807.
01:36
Go ahead. Go ahead.
01:40
I'm down here at the entrance to Sweet Briar.
01:43
They had delivery and they were in the library.
01:46
I told them they needed to evacuate.
01:51
Okay, well, thank you.
01:56
Tomato 6, sheet 2.
02:00
Go ahead.
02:03
Medic 26 is going to be coming on campus for a student pickup and then they're going to be leaving.
02:12
I'm sorry, he's had another deputy come in, repeat.
02:18
I'm at 2-6, it is going to briefly come onto campus and then leave.
02:24
Tenfold.
02:30
That's two command.
02:33
Thank you very helpful.
02:36
We're not able to check the bottom of this building by the access, just over six.
02:44
Understood, and that's the big gym.
02:46
Round the town.
02:48
You got, so, we got everything with that.
02:52
Around the top.
02:54
Oh, this is in there.
02:57
Good following.
03:00
We're right, we're going to be clear for me.
03:09
You're going to be clear. EMS1 command.
03:14
You can't. The town arms are going to be clear for Rain Village.
03:19
Coffee, friend.
03:22
8th, 6, the command.
03:25
Command.
03:27
You've got a campus representative walking up to help us,
03:30
search.
03:33
Okay.
03:39
There is you can't leave back to the dog, anything else you must look at.
03:43
Okay.
03:45
I'm good. I can't see him off for now.
03:49
Stop, me, we're just raising the problem out here, and I should have come back.
03:55
Yes, we don't come back to command post.
03:57
Stay with the group.
04:04
I'm sorry.
04:06
She'll hold back in command post and stay away.
04:09
We'll bring you to sound it.
04:16
Yeah, that's one command.
04:17
Do you want us to return as well? Stand on.
04:23
One-nine five, command.
04:25
We'll let the chapel appear in the traffic circle.
04:29
Okay, 10-4[1].
04:31
233 and 242 are supposed to be going down with the evacuation crowd.
04:37
Just make sure that none of them are trying to come back to the building.
04:43
Careful, do you want us to clear the chapel up here?
04:46
If you have access, yes.
04:52
Okay, but no Nathia's got a key.
04:54
We just got to stay there.
04:58
We just got to stay there.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment/Affirmative
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Location mentioned:
Chapel Rd, Sweet Briar, VA 24595
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