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Sprinkler activated by construction accident at buildingFort Collins CO

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W Plum St, Fort Collins, CO 80521

Emergency 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
02:40
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 2 and Tower 1, en route fire alarm at District Building 3, near West Plum,
00:06
Group 30 John 1.
00:09
It's like general.
00:17
R1 is a plumb scene, large, five-story,
00:22
multi-family, nothing showing.
00:25
We'll be making contact,
00:28
accessing the panel.
00:29
This will be Plum Command, opposite side, truck.
00:33
Thank you, Timely.
00:40
Two copies towers on scene five story multifamily.
00:45
Construction in progress.
00:47
You have 12th commander on team state.
00:54
Engines two, go ahead and bump your crew up.
00:59
We're going to make a plan.
01:00
We've got a sprinkler head activation due to a construction accident.
01:06
Copy that.
01:07
Engine 2, Clunk Command.
01:10
We've got eyes on the head.
01:12
This exterior, obvious no fire problem.
01:15
Go ahead and shut it down.
01:37
Tower 1,
01:39
engine two.
01:42
Go ahead.
01:45
Did that work? We don't have a jockey pump in here,
01:49
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,
02:00
see if it's not any watered interior to the apartment,
02:04
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.
02:15
Do you want me to go make contact with management?
02:21
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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W Plum St, Fort Collins, CO 80521

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