Structural damage reported at university building, Centre County PA
Fire & ArsonEmergency crews responded to a Penn State University building with visible cracks from the second floor to the top, indicating possible structural instability. Fire command is assessing the situation.
Audio|Source: Centre County Fire and EMS
03:35
Transcript:
00:00
Are you in contact with a building representative from Penn State?
00:05
Okay.
00:11
Command, are you in contact with the building representative from Penn State? We need to determine what is going on inside the building at the time of the incident.
00:21
I've been working on that.
00:34
5552 command.
00:40
So the police are reporting back to their dispatch that they see building structure damage somewhere in that building.
00:48
Yeah, we have that okay on the first and second.
00:53
In the building,
00:54
thanks for that.
01:00
Go officer truck hand.
01:06
Govasser truck hand.
01:07
The officer truck hand.
01:10
Chief 55-2, two, command.
01:13
Good.
01:17
Police are saying they have a crack in a wall from the second floor all the way up the center of the building to the top floor.
01:27
Yes, it's determined we have eyes on that.
01:29
We determine what was occurring in the building.
01:35
Negative, nobody knows yet.
01:41
Yeah, trucking at 221.
01:44
Go ahead.
01:47
The primary first floor is complete.
01:50
You're at the end of 26 to this.
01:53
I'm going to quickly standby.
01:54
What's the size?
01:55
It's about an inch shift from one side to the other.
02:01
Copy, what you're actually up there.
02:03
There's about an inch shift in the building.
02:05
I have 20 tips.
02:06
But it's only in the wall, not in the floor.
02:11
Yeah, no, not on the floor.
02:13
It's only in the wall that I can see it's the center of the lowering wall right next to some of the low-garing beams.
02:21
Okay.
02:24
Okay.
02:36
Eighty-hundred percent care, eight hundred furnace center.
02:39
Okay, the six four is naked.
02:41
Be advised, we do also have a crack ranging up to the top floor.
02:47
Okay, I'm going to send the truck five two crew up to help you guys.
02:57
Received. Have the news of Sarah, the Bravo Charlie Clark.
03:03
Okay.
03:06
Command truck in.
03:09
Go ahead.
03:11
Can you send that? Let me sure you go out there.
03:18
Okay.
03:21
I do on that call up to the University.
03:22
Two, Command.
03:26
Correct, ma'am.
03:28
Do you guys have... Did you copy the request of the back one? I believe that's what they were referring to, weren't they? Correct, we're grabbing the elevator keys right now.
03:34
Not the trailer.
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Location mentioned:
Near Old Main, University Park, PA 16802
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