Faulty alarm triggers warehouse evacuation in Fife, Fife WA


A fire alarm with activated strobes caused evacuation at a large concrete warehouse near Steelhead Street East in Fife. The alarm was due to a faulty wire, and no fire was found.
Audio|Source: Tacoma Fire
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Transcript:
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Near Steelhead Street, East and Fife.
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We have a large concrete tilt-up warehouse.
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Alarm is sounding, strobes are activated, people are evacuating.
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Agent 12 will be command and investigating Battalion 2 on arrival.
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Give us a mobile 360, latter one, standby.
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More to follow.
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Receive, Engine 12 is on scene.
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Agent 12 is command.
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Break.
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Italian to Tacoma, were they going northbound or southbound? I didn't catch that part.
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Yes, northbound I-5.
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Northbound I-5 between Portland and Portis-Coma Road.
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Negative, between City Center and Portland.
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Received.
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1547.
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Engine 12 from the kind, too.
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A faulty wire on the alarm system on it.
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Receive, we're meeting the staff right now.
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It sounds like it might be a similar event.
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Location mentioned:
Near Steelhead St E, Fife, WA 98424
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