Sprinkler activated by construction accident at building, Fort Collins CO
Fire & ArsonEmergency crews responded to a fire alarm at a multi-family building near West Plum. The alarm was triggered by a construction accident activating a sprinkler head. There was no fire, and the situation was turned over to the construction company for resolution.
Audio|Source: Poudre Fire Authority and EMS
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Transcript:
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Engine 2 and Tower 1, en route fire alarm at District Building 3, near West Plum,
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Group 30 John 1.
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It's like general.
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R1 is a plumb scene, large, five-story,
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multi-family, nothing showing.
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We'll be making contact,
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accessing the panel.
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This will be Plum Command, opposite side, truck.
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Thank you, Timely.
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Two copies towers on scene five story multifamily.
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Construction in progress.
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You have 12th commander on team state.
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Engines two, go ahead and bump your crew up.
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We're going to make a plan.
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We've got a sprinkler head activation due to a construction accident.
01:06
Copy that.
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Engine 2, Clunk Command.
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We've got eyes on the head.
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This exterior, obvious no fire problem.
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Go ahead and shut it down.
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Tower 1,
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engine two.
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Go ahead.
01:45
Did that work? We don't have a jockey pump in here,
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nor did it sound like there's water flowing through this riser.
01:54
Yep, not effectively shut it down, so we're just going to go up and get eyes on,
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see if it's not any watered interior to the apartment,
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and then we'll probably cut you guys loose after that and turn it over to the construction company.
02:11
Copy that, and then with this system being shut off, they've got to be on Firewatch.
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Do you want me to go make contact with management?
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Yeah, if you want to go inside that Knox Box and start going down that road, we'll get eyes on this, then I'll meet you down there.
02:32
Okay, I'm going to walk to the buildings to the west and see if they're in office.
02:39
Probably, thanks.
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Location mentioned:
W Plum St, Fort Collins, CO 80521
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