False fire alarm at high school due to scheduled drill, Commerce City CO
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
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Transcript:
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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,
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East Central Avenue on channel, South Adams Ups A.
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Engine 23-com, this is also en route.
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Twenty-three copy, thank you.
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1020. Engine 76, Medics 75, General Mistokov, 12740, Forest Street, Cross Street, East, Fair Fabric.
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Engine 76, Mediq 75,
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12740,
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Forest Street, through Thornton off A.
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Atcom, engine 23.
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Engine 23, go ahead.
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We're in the area, trying to locate.
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1021, break.
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Tower 24, copy, you're in the road.
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Lester Arnold near East 73rd Avenue, general fire alarm.
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Tower 24, okay.
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1021.
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Tower 24.
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I'll say, I just have one.
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Tower 24, go ahead.
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Once.
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For the notes, I have Lester Arnold High School.
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Is it going to be Han Elementary or the high school, do you know?
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Taney has been turned over to school staff to determine and command, showing them at 71, engine 711.
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Back in at 1022.
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This is from ASF to PCEP alert and it shows Lester Arnold.
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Copy. Can we just confirm because the address is Hanson Elementary, not the high school.
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Four, engine 23.
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Injured Simmons, 3575, you are both responding.
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This is regarding a 69-year-old female unconscious, breathing.
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The originally comes from the spades in genus.
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Okay.
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From 282.
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Tower 24, engine 23.
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Go ahead.
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Hey LT, they switched names.
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Lester Arnold is now located at the old Hanson Elementary near 703.
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Stop that, thank you.
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I found engine 23.
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Agent 23, why?
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Yes.
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We cleared the area.
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If you can stand down PD, we're going back to services.
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Okay, copy UTL clearing back in service at 1024.
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We're on stage in 7-6 ounces in force command.
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I'll take about 1025.
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Back on Tower 24.
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Tower 24.
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Showing no fire, large one-story school.
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No evacuation.
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I'll have to be investigating.
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Up 10-97 on scene.
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Coming around, large one-story school, nothing showing, no evacuation.
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73rd command investigating at 1025.
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1025.
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I'll see if we're a patient side, seeing you know.
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Thank you very much patient.
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On 273rd command.
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Coming let. Come in.
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The alarm, they were having a fire drill.
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So many commands were power 24 back in service.
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I copy false alarm.
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It was asked by your Joe Command terminated, Tower 24 available.
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1027.
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Location mentioned:
E 73rd Ave, Commerce City, CO 80022
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