Multiple false fire alarms at Hartford shopping plaza, Hartford CT
Fire & ArsonMultiple fire alarms were triggered at Walmart and nearby stores in a Hartford shopping plaza, but no signs of fire or smoke were found. Maintenance and alarm companies were notified to investigate and reset the alarms, which kept reactivating. The alarms were silenced while the issue was being handled.
Audio|Source: Newington Police, Fire and EMS
05:16
Transcript:
00:00
Walmart command on Opts 2 on Outdate.
00:04
I'm not too sure.
00:05
The employees said they arrived at the alarm's going off, so I'm not too too sure if it's related, but more than likely it is.
00:14
Okay, thank you.
00:17
Chucky cheese dispatch.
00:20
Two o four.
00:22
Dispatch.
00:24
Oh.
00:26
There are no reason for activation, alarm reset, and holding.
00:30
Crews to be taken up.
00:37
1045.
00:39
1065.
00:41
You break at I-6.
00:47
3275 for the front interior motion at 848.
00:50
No key holder.
00:52
Roger. I do.
00:58
Enter 4 is going back to ouch.
01:05
Dispatch, truck one's on scene.
01:08
Civil story,
01:10
Marshall,
01:11
dispensary,
01:12
not the show, and we'll be on checking.
01:15
Ten for, truck one.
01:19
Four, I'll be 23.
01:21
Ten for.
01:24
Four. Four, uh,
01:26
Chuck EGs, come in.
01:28
Base pass truck one will be on ops one incident four.
01:33
Ten part.
01:39
14 engine four, incident three.
01:43
Incident three.
01:45
Go ahead.
01:58
We'll mark the interband to Dismatch or not Stu.
02:02
Jeff, if you're good there,
02:05
just check the remaining plaza and just make sure none of the other alarms have gone off.
02:14
Cart 22 is in FedEx and I guess Joanne's is active,
02:20
but we didn't get that one called in.
02:24
Can you add the person to the cat, please? I'm sorry, time nine?
02:31
All right, Cap, we'll take a walk.
02:35
Thank you.
02:37
Can you add the person to the cat, please?
02:41
Just as Chuck T's on the scene.
02:43
Go on the scene.
02:44
Go ahead.
02:48
Cartoon is on the scene, suddenly.
02:51
Dispx from Car 3 and Opts 2?
02:54
Go ahead, Car 3.
02:55
Walmart command to Car 3.
02:57
We had a thermal run by rooftop Unit 13.
03:00
We resided it a couple times.
03:01
It's still going off.
03:02
Maintenance is here.
03:03
The alarm company has been notified.
03:08
Walmart command.
03:10
Dispatch,
03:12
I may not have heard your transmission.
03:14
Try it again because they just picked up on me.
03:16
I was contacting them to see if they heard you.
03:25
So on a Walmart command, roof 713 shown normal operations, no readings on the thermal.
03:30
We reset the panel multiple times and it's still reactivating.
03:34
We're going to keep it on silent.
03:37
Maintenance here, they're going to contact our alarm company and all the via FMO.
03:47
Cart two dispatch.
03:49
You have a key holder for Zemite?
03:52
Negative.
03:54
Hey Jeff, this light's good.
03:57
Okay, 10-4, I got that message.
03:59
I'm sure to dispatch gets that information.
04:01
Okay,
04:03
someone just appeared.
04:05
Thank you.
04:07
Sorry, two copy, thank you.
04:11
Dispatch from car three.
04:14
From car three.
04:16
For the unit requesting,
04:19
keyholder information presently, the business is open, the party inside the business.
04:25
Yes, she just came out, thank you.
04:29
For a building secure.
04:31
I'm not sure why you were not receiving Card 32 command at Walmart.
04:36
They've tried to do a reset on the system multiple times, and it keeps going off.
04:41
Maintenance is on the scene.
04:43
They're going to keep the alarm in silence until they can get that reset.
04:48
10-4.
04:50
Card 3 to Card 32, command.
04:55
32, go ahead.
04:58
I relay the message to dispatch.
05:00
I'm not sure why they can't hear you.
05:02
I'll remain in my location across the street until you guys are cleared that building.
05:07
Copy. I heard that over off still on my portal.
05:10
We're ready for 41 to get back down from the rooftop and we should be clearing up.
05:14
The alarm's going to be in silence.
05:15
It's still going to be activated.
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Location mentioned:
Near Flatbush Ave, Hartford, CT 06106
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