False fire alarm sparks swift response at Hilltop Life Center, Grand Junction CO
At Hilltop Life Adjustment Center near Wellington Avenue, a fire alarm triggered a rapid multi-unit response and investigation, but it appears to be a false alarm.
Audio|Source: Mesa County and Grand Junction Police, Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
00:00
Cliffs and Fire automatic initially requests for Grand Junction respond to Hilltop Life Adjustment Program, near Wellington Avenue for a fire alarm activation, timeout 3046.
00:14
Dispatch Battalion 1, is engine 8 not available to take that fire alarm?
00:19
Negative, they're on the structure at Grand Manor.
00:24
Back to and see if they can clear it sounded like they were wrapping that one up.
00:29
Copy.
00:32
Did he stress on that account?
00:34
Okay.
00:36
Okay.
00:38
Okay.
00:43
Go ahead.
00:46
Can you cut engine 8 loose to a fire alarm so we don't have to use Clifton?
00:52
Affirm, Engine 8 copy, Bert.
00:58
Affirm copies, they're switching back to primary.
01:02
Dispatch copies.
01:09
Station 21, copy.
01:12
Station 21, you can disarm...
01:15
Thank you.
01:20
June 8, we're up to Hilltop Life Adjustment Program near Wellington Avenue for a general fire alarm and then a pole station community fire alarm.
01:30
We've attempted to call inside and didn't get an answer.
01:37
Hey, Tom, I don't know 208 in a quarter of Patterson.
01:39
Dispatch and Janete.
01:45
Engine 8's on scene at Hilltop Life Adjustment Program.
01:49
We've got a small, medium, two-story commercial building.
01:52
We do have strobes active.
01:55
We'll be investigating.
01:57
I copy, and there's a keyholder responding in about five minutes in a red Ford expedition.
02:03
Command from dispatch.
02:08
Go ahead.
02:10
20 minute part check.
02:16
Copy all units, 4, 4.
02:19
Copy, Azure 52.
02:22
Brooke Willow Drive, I was calling from unit number eight and hearing subjects below them, screaming at each other and possibly throwing things.
02:33
He knows that there's at least one child in the house as well, and then talks, unknown weapons.
02:41
As I could see.
02:47
Truck one crew, we're going to shut your water line off.
02:54
Savage, Enginate.
02:57
Engine.
03:00
I do have an RP on scene advice that they believe it's just a full station, no hazards inside.
03:05
We're going to continue to investigate.
03:08
Copy.
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Location mentioned:
Colorado Ave, Grand Junction, CO 81501
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