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False fire alarm at high school due to scheduled drillCommerce City CO

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E 73rd Ave, Commerce City, CO 80022

A fire alarm went off at Lester Arnold High School near East 73rd Avenue. Emergency responders arrived but found no fire or need to evacuate. The alarm was caused by a scheduled fire drill.

Audio|Source: Adams County Fire and EMS
04:18
Transcript:
00:00
Power 24 Fire alarm at Lester Arnold High School near East 73rd Avenue on Channel South Adams-A Tower 24, Fire Alarm, and Lester Arnold High School,
00:16
East Central Avenue on channel, South Adams Ups A.
00:20
Engine 23-com, this is also en route.
00:24
Twenty-three copy, thank you.
00:29
1020. Engine 76, Medics 75, General Mistokov, 12740, Forest Street, Cross Street, East, Fair Fabric.
00:41
Engine 76, Mediq 75,
00:44
12740,
00:46
Forest Street, through Thornton off A.
00:53
Atcom, engine 23.
00:56
Engine 23, go ahead.
00:59
We're in the area, trying to locate.
01:06
1021, break.
01:07
Tower 24, copy, you're in the road.
01:09
Lester Arnold near East 73rd Avenue, general fire alarm.
01:14
Tower 24, okay.
01:17
1021.
01:22
Tower 24.
01:26
I'll say, I just have one.
01:29
Tower 24, go ahead.
01:31
Once.
01:33
For the notes, I have Lester Arnold High School.
01:35
Is it going to be Han Elementary or the high school, do you know?
01:40
Taney has been turned over to school staff to determine and command, showing them at 71, engine 711.
01:46
Back in at 1022.
01:50
This is from ASF to PCEP alert and it shows Lester Arnold.
01:54
Copy. Can we just confirm because the address is Hanson Elementary, not the high school.
02:01
Four, engine 23.
02:04
Injured Simmons, 3575, you are both responding.
02:07
This is regarding a 69-year-old female unconscious, breathing.
02:12
The originally comes from the spades in genus.
02:17
Okay.
02:19
From 282.
02:21
Tower 24, engine 23.
02:23
Go ahead.
02:25
Hey LT, they switched names.
02:28
Lester Arnold is now located at the old Hanson Elementary near 703.
02:32
Stop that, thank you.
02:38
I found engine 23.
02:44
Agent 23, why?
02:49
Yes.
02:50
We cleared the area.
02:51
If you can stand down PD, we're going back to services.
02:56
Okay, copy UTL clearing back in service at 1024.
03:04
We're on stage in 7-6 ounces in force command.
03:08
I'll take about 1025.
03:15
Back on Tower 24.
03:18
Tower 24.
03:24
Showing no fire, large one-story school.
03:26
No evacuation.
03:28
I'll have to be investigating.
03:35
Up 10-97 on scene.
03:37
Coming around, large one-story school, nothing showing, no evacuation.
03:41
73rd command investigating at 1025.
03:44
1025.
03:47
I'll see if we're a patient side, seeing you know.
03:52
Thank you very much patient.
03:53
On 273rd command.
04:01
Coming let. Come in.
04:06
The alarm, they were having a fire drill.
04:08
So many commands were power 24 back in service.
04:13
I copy false alarm.
04:15
It was asked by your Joe Command terminated, Tower 24 available.
04:18
1027.

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E 73rd Ave, Commerce City, CO 80022

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