Fire alarm at hardware store caused by broken vent, Groton CT
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to an alarm at Johnson's Hardware in Groton. They found no fire; a broken dryer vent was blowing onto a smoke detector, causing the alarm. The system was reset and maintenance will fix the vent.
Audio|Source: Groton Fire
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Transcript:
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Units at Johnson's Hardware and additional zone from the alarm company front doors.
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All right.
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We are unsecure 22 in the rear.
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We'll be calling the building.
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Signal 3.9.
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All right. All right.
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To any of the HCP cars 95 south in Oldline? I'm sure.
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Can you start to her finishing?
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Great, Fireland.
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C38?
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To the 360 of the building,
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we found no obvious reason for any activations.
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We had one strobe going off in front of unit 220.
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There's no issues in that unit.
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We reset the system and it's holding.
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So we're going to go under control.
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If you can contact maintenance,
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they can come out in the morning.
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into the fire alarm panel room.
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There's a dryer vent that's broken.
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That's venting right down onto a detector and the fire alarm panel.
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We see G38 reporting a 360 of the building, one activated strobe outside of unit 220, no issues in that unit.
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We'll contact maintenance regarding the dryer vent, blowing directly down onto a detector and the fire alarm panel.
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Location mentioned:
Near Fort Hill Rd, Groton, CT 06340
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