Sprinkler head struck causing water flow at wholesale club, Berks County PA
Fire & ArsonA sprinkler head was accidentally struck at a wholesale club near Alton Pike, causing water to flow from the system. Fire and EMS units responded, found the pump room, and successfully shut down the water flow. There were no injuries or signs of criminal activity.
Audio|Source: Berks County Fire and EMS - Digital
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Transcript:
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Zone 13 water flow number five.
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Okay.
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Second dispatch member, Township.
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Near Alton Pike at Sam's Wholesale Club.
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Pressure of 8th Avenue and Lease 4th Avenue and on my follow arm.
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Engine 66, second dispatch member, Township.
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Near top pike at Sam's Club.
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Clutch of 8th Avenue and Leaseford Avenue and on my fall arm, Purview, Zone 13, 040.
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I'm safe from my page.
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Latter 66 on scene 0-041.
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First, ladder 66. Latter 66. Made contact with personnel.
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They're advising they hit a sprinkler head. They do have active water flowing.
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We'll be enough again.
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Lighter 66 copy and made contact with personnel. They've struck a water, or a sprinkler head, they have active border flow. They'll be checking 0.041. Captain 66, copy.
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Captain 66, copy. Can you give us an off-channel, please?
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Fire,
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please, Captain 67, from Fire, Police, Captain, Captain, Captain, Shethe, Captain, Captain, Captain, Captain.
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Go ahead, Captain 97.
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You can open the roadway up.
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Fire Police Captain 95 from Fire Police Captain 97. You guys can go available, thank you for your help.
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Okay,
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thank you.
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Engine 26, Captain, 66 on scene.
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Engine and Captain, 66, on location, 043.
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County Traffic, 67, Returning in Montgomery County and available.
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67 Fireplace, are available, 0-043.
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Burt,
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Captain 95 is available from the accident.
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Captain 95, available 0.043.
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Go ahead.
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Yeah,
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so we got some water flow here. We're going to be working on getting the shutdown.
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Stop.
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Ladder officer, do the driver.
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I'm with him, driver, what's up?
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Are you still in the building or did you make your way back out front?
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We're out in the pump room.
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All right, just like you, so you located the pump room?
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That's permanent. We got water shut down to the fire pump. We got the terrain opens up with us.
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Okay.
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Medic 3 is available.
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Medic 3 available 0.047.
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Perge, Captain 66.
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Captain 66.
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Confirmer reports of a sprinkler head that was hit, we're attempting to assist them with shutting the system down,
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getting trained.
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All of us will be assisting with showing the system down,
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confirming a struck sprinkler head. Sears are for you.
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Berks County, PA
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