Fire alarm at Homestead High School with smoke reported, Fort Wayne IN


Fire alarm activated at Homestead High School. Smoke was reported in the building. Fire units responded and upgraded the alarm to a possible structure fire. The fire is being investigated and smoke sources are being located inside the school.
Audio|Source: Allen County Fire
08:38
Transcript:
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POMAYOR.
00:05
West Central Fire, respond to reference of fire alarm at Homestead High School, near Homestead Rd up Indian Meadows Drive and avoid Center Road for West Central Fire.
00:15
Respond reference of fire alarm, near Homestead Road, at Homestead, to an Indian Meadows and avoid Center Road with Central Fire Zone 03 Allen County, 0831.
00:29
Found the truck 187 route.
00:34
Clerk 187. Clerk 187.
00:48
I'm sure you're responding on fire line.
00:49
Near Homestead Road.
00:53
It came in through rapid alarm, indicating general fire condition.
00:57
Officer advised that they are aware and they're being pulled there's possibly smoke in the hallway.
01:00
I'm going to upgrade this to a possible structure fire.
01:06
What central fire is zero? It's clear on the additional.
01:15
Communications, engine 81 and now.
01:20
On 91.
01:25
My apologies, correction, engine 81.
01:31
81.
01:38
81.
01:40
Downy, trouble 187.
01:45
Truck 187. Long-seen, large educational facility, nothing showing me to the evacuation will be on investigating.
01:55
I'm clear.
02:15
For West Central Fire, Southwest Fire,
02:20
upgraded fire alarm to a structure fire at Homestead High School, near Homestead Road, between any Meadows and a Voight Center.
02:26
West Central Fire, Anymast, and Southwest Fire upgraded from a fire alarm to a structure fire, Homestead High School, near Homestead Road.
02:35
Trick 1817 is on scene.
02:37
Central Fire Zone 03 and 11080-834.
02:45
Communication Fire 152 is route.
02:48
Fire 152 and Truck 187 from Communications.
02:54
Go ahead.
02:56
If you want, you can switch to Ops 11.
02:59
And the fire panel, if you haven't made one yet, it's a northeast corner of the building.
03:03
The officer was headed that way with maintenance.
03:10
187 clear going off the letter and I'll have command.
03:15
Okay. Engine 250, tune route crew, or four.
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Engine 2502, player.
03:23
Communication, engine 351 is responding with 3.
03:27
Clear, engine 351.
03:30
Fire 183 is on team.
03:32
Fire 183, clear on team.
03:39
Go ahead.
03:41
We do have smoke in the building.
03:43
We're trying to locate it now.
03:48
Okay, smoke in the building.
03:49
Okay, smoke in the building.
04:00
27 from 187 driver.
04:11
187 A from 187 driver.
04:16
One 87 driver.
04:17
One 87 driver, go ahead.
04:25
The door is the original one, and then there's also one on a southwest door, outer smoke, northeast door, inner smoke.
04:37
So I've got three alarms right now.
04:42
I'm clear. Do you have any door numbers with those?
04:49
Me, uh,
04:53
0174 and 0174.
05:00
I was knocked around that track.
05:03
Sorry, setting up here.
05:16
187, say from Fire 103.
05:22
Go ahead, sir.
05:25
Okay, I'm out here with 85.
05:28
What do you guys need right now?
05:31
Can you go and say command for me, and then we're still trying to investigate in here?
05:36
Chair,
05:38
Fire 183, have some command.
05:40
I'm sorry, assuming command.
05:50
Command 1A17A.
05:59
Command 1-187 Alpha.
06:02
Yeah, go ahead.
06:07
I think keep everybody coming but they can slow their roll.
06:12
Claire, communications.
06:13
You can have everybody.
06:14
Proceed with caution.
06:18
Okay.
06:22
Our fire is responding to near Humstead Road.
06:25
Authority command.
06:29
Proceed with caution at this time.
06:30
Proceed with caution but continue.
06:31
I'm 10,000, 3830.
06:41
Two-fifty-two is quick.
06:45
Communications E-mark, Fire 152 on scene, going off to 11th.
06:50
Fire 152, clear on Tee.
06:51
One.
06:54
Does this alarm, silence?
07:02
If you could, that'd be nice, just make sure you don't clear so we know what the zones are.
07:08
Click.
07:11
On the scene.
07:13
Fire 1-810.
07:17
152 command.
07:19
I'm on leave door 1 with your liner truck.
07:22
You got an assignment for me?
07:26
Yeah, Chief, can you go inside and get with 187 screw and see what they need inside?
07:32
Okay, I'm clear.
07:42
Command Communications.
07:43
Yeah,
07:45
go ahead.
07:47
Huntington County Bodies, no one came up on their house yet for Roanoke.
07:51
But they're clear they can slow down if they do.
07:54
And you're coming up on 10 minutes.
07:59
I think we can go ahead and level three Roanoke.
08:05
Perfect.
08:13
Communications from Engine 81.
08:16
Engine 81.
08:18
We're pulling up Level 1, Switching Mouse 11.
08:22
For Engine 81, I'm thinking.
08:34
Communications, Ronald Firebase.
08:37
Roto Firebase.
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Near Homestead Rd, Fort Wayne, IN 46814
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