Fire alarms activate at hospital and nearby apartments, Charlotte NC
Fire & ArsonDispatch audio describing multiple fire alarm activations at Atrium hospital and a nearby apartment building near Blythe Blvd. Crews reported an odor in an elevator and discovered a sprinkler head that had been struck or broken, which triggered a water-flow alarm. Fire crews shut down the sprinkler system and controlled the water. No visible fire or smoke was found and occupants were evacuated as a precaution.
Audio|Source: Charlotte and Mecklenburg County Fire
04:31
Transcript:
Companies responded to near Blythe Blvd, cross streets Moorhead Medical Drive and Leon Levine Drive. The alarm company reported an activation at Atrium hospital. The first call was for the alarm company's zone (number withheld) fire alarm main and hospital security reported a fire alarm activated at the deck elevator lobby. Units were dispatched and medics arrived on scene. Command reported no smoke or fire visible but an odor was detected in the elevator. At Callaway Crossing Apartments, crews were advised that a sprinkler head had been struck or broken. An additional alarm company call reported a riser water flow alarm for zone (number withheld). Engine and ladder units arrived; the four-story apartment building was evacuated from the outside and nothing was showing. Crews knocked off a sprinkler head in the main lobby, shut down the sprinkler system, and controlled the water flow. There was no fire found.
Companies responded to near Blythe Blvd, cross streets Moorhead Medical Drive and Leon Levine Drive. The alarm company reported an activation at Atrium hospital. The first call was for the alarm company's zone (number withheld) fire alarm main and hospital security reported a fire alarm activated at the deck elevator lobby. Units were dispatched and medics arrived on scene. Command reported no smoke or fire visible but an odor was detected in the elevator. At Callaway Crossing Apartments, crews were advised that a sprinkler head had been struck or broken. An additional alarm company call reported a riser water flow alarm for zone (number withheld). Engine and ladder units arrived; the four-story apartment building was evacuated from the outside and nothing was showing. Crews knocked off a sprinkler head in the main lobby, shut down the sprinkler system, and controlled the water flow. There was no fire found.
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Near Blythe Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28203
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