False fire alarm at building on Douglas Parkway, Erie PA


A fire alarm activated at a building near Douglas Parkway. Responders investigated and found no fire or danger. The cause was a loose metal covering that damaged wiring to an air handler motor. The building was evacuated then re-opened after checks.
Audio|Source: Erie County Public Safety
03:35
Transcript:
00:00
Okay, so we can clear everybody out here.
00:06
Power two engines that you can clear.
00:12
Engine 11, can the occupants come back in?
00:15
That's for me if they can come back in.
00:20
Towers in service.
00:24
Towers in service.
00:26
Cattie coffee.
00:33
Dispatch. Engine 6 is in service.
00:37
Command engine 11.
00:38
The final update is there is a metal covering on the wiring to this motor which came loose and as it moved up and down it ate through one of the wires which caused the short.
00:52
Command copy.
00:54
Engine six.
00:56
I'll find three on okay.
01:03
1.10, you're responding.
01:05
POS Friday 2,032, 232, W.
01:08
S233, Delfarets.
01:15
Your county engine 8 is going to be in service.
01:18
We still find nothing.
01:20
Copy nothing, son.
01:26
EC 130, Landline the Com Center, EC-130.
01:30
Landline the Com Center.
01:32
Operations 2.01.
01:37
C201. Good.
01:42
Okay. Affirm not an arrest.
01:45
Presumed diabetic. We have a low blood glucose.
01:47
You can cancel 202.
01:50
Copy.
01:51
Copy. Two zero-10 service.
01:57
We're going to continue to Corey.
02:03
Dispatch, command is terminated at Shriars Hospital.
02:06
321 is returning to dispatch.
02:08
Copy, commandant, Terminator.
02:11
Go back, engine 11's in service.
02:14
Engine 11.
02:17
Attention 11, do you guys need anything from the DC car?
02:22
Region 11, do you need anything from the DC car? Legion 11, do you need anything from the DC car?
02:37
That's negative.
02:39
111 responding.
02:45
Copy 1111, 1034 Lawrence Cart.
02:48
Do we drive to Randall Avenue? You're going for a 67-year-old male diabetic nut alert.
02:54
Tony, 110 can take that caller right here.
02:57
Copy 110. 111.11, you're in service.
03:04
11 copies in service.
03:08
111 in service.
03:10
11 in service.
03:14
202. Where do you want me?
03:21
Copy.
03:22
Very highway commercial fire alarm.
03:24
Nothing one takes, near Douglas Pkwy.
03:28
Perry Highway Fire Alarm[1], nothing one cakes, near Douglas Pkwy, Operation South Fire Attack One.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Fire Alarm: Report of a fire alarm activation
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Location mentioned:
Near Douglas Pkwy, Erie, PA 16509
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