Fire alarm triggered by suspected power surge, Michigan City IN


A fire alarm went off at a building in Michigan City. Responders investigated, suspecting a power surge or a blown transformer. No fire or threats were found, but they restricted access to the building until checks were complete.
Audio|Source: Michigan City Public Safety
04:12
Transcript:
Here you can do three carton. County, engine three is en route to Bentton. Engine three, engine four is taking that already, you can clear. Sent Fort. Thank you. Go ahead and stage the admin building, don't I tell you otherwise. Transporting route. Portable 1[2], Carcton, do you have for traffic? Negative cartoon. Portable 1, I sent the latter crew around to that side of the building on the outside to check for a possible blown transformer or something. 10.4. Portable 2[3] for 10 your status. Chief, Chief, you're checking the second 4th. Portable 1 for 1502. Go ahead. You guys in the basement are you got? Negative. We're locked out. We're waiting on the Bob. Yeah, I'm gonna tell you. Four authority medics you can disregard. One other one, Card 10. You find anything on the other side of the building? Car 10[1], we didn't find anything. scan that side, return to the lobby. Starfighter gains, portable 1. Site 1. We're going to be back back at the alarm panel. Our 10, second floor is clear, making our way to the first floor. And four, let's try and activate as quickly as you can. We're going to be delaying four here pretty quick. Go ahead. What was the indication on the alarm panel? Pump run, but there's also a supervisory that says they lost power. I believe this was a power surge. I want to say everything is tenfold. All right, let's clear that first floor there and then... Let's exercise as we can so we don't delay toward anymore. 104 Karkin. Kirti Karkin. Karkin. We good to let people catch in or is still holding off. Can you repeat the transmission trace? Are we good to let people back in the building or are we still waiting? Still waiting. We're still trying to step the fire along. Simple.
Here you can do three carton. County, engine three is en route to Bentton. Engine three, engine four is taking that already, you can clear. Sent Fort. Thank you. Go ahead and stage the admin building, don't I tell you otherwise. Transporting route. Portable 1[2], Carcton, do you have for traffic? Negative cartoon. Portable 1, I sent the latter crew around to that side of the building on the outside to check for a possible blown transformer or something. 10.4. Portable 2[3] for 10 your status. Chief, Chief, you're checking the second 4th. Portable 1 for 1502. Go ahead. You guys in the basement are you got? Negative. We're locked out. We're waiting on the Bob. Yeah, I'm gonna tell you. Four authority medics you can disregard. One other one, Card 10. You find anything on the other side of the building? Car 10[1], we didn't find anything. scan that side, return to the lobby. Starfighter gains, portable 1. Site 1. We're going to be back back at the alarm panel. Our 10, second floor is clear, making our way to the first floor. And four, let's try and activate as quickly as you can. We're going to be delaying four here pretty quick. Go ahead. What was the indication on the alarm panel? Pump run, but there's also a supervisory that says they lost power. I believe this was a power surge. I want to say everything is tenfold. All right, let's clear that first floor there and then... Let's exercise as we can so we don't delay toward anymore. 104 Karkin. Kirti Karkin. Karkin. We good to let people catch in or is still holding off. Can you repeat the transmission trace? Are we good to let people back in the building or are we still waiting? Still waiting. We're still trying to step the fire along. Simple.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Car 10: Unit Identifier
[2]
Portable 1: Unit Identifier
[3]
Portable 2: Unit Identifier
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Michigan City, IN 46360
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