Fire alarm activates at Gainesville high school with no fire, Gainesville FL
Fire & ArsonA fire alarm was triggered at Gainesville High School, but no actual fire was confirmed. Attempts to contact the fire watch were unsuccessful.
Audio|Source: Gainesville Police and Alachua Fire
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Transcript:
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Set the fire alarm go off at GHS.
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Did we have a fire department underway or, you know?
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There's the Corps responding.
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There's the Corps responding.
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It looks like they are dispatching now.
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They were trying to reach the fire watch[2] contact and weren't successful.
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They're in route now.
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Okay. One inch of five district one foot one straight respond to high passenger fire alarm[1] at Gainesville High School 1900 northwest 13th Street 1900 northwest 13th Street this location was on fire watch[2] however we essentially contact the facility three times and got no answer half one
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Or EMS, both female, conscious and breathing,
00:33
may have taken some signal 19.
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This is called in by the alarm service, a general fire alarm from Zone 2, 8.05 hours.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
high passenger fire alarm: High occupancy fire alarm
[2]
fire watch: Facility under fire watch (enhanced monitoring)
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Location mentioned:
Near NW 13th St, Gainesville, FL 32609
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