Fire alarm activated at mall with no fire found, Myrtle Beach SC
Fire & ArsonFire alarm activated at a shopping mall due to possible smoke in the food court. Firefighters checked the sprinkler system and found no water flow or pressure loss. Investigation revealed no fire or hazard. Alarm was reset and held, with no active emergency found.
Audio|Source: Myrtle Beach Fire Rescue
03:49
Transcript:
00:00
And engine one.
00:02
Good.
00:04
We gained access to the riser room, no water flow, and the system still has pressure.
00:09
Ten four. I copy no water flow, system still pressure us.
00:19
And your ten minutes into the time.
00:27
Engine 3, command.
00:31
Go ahead.
00:32
Hey,
00:34
what did the alarm panel say when you guys first got here?
00:38
Water flow sprinkler activation.
00:43
Ten four.
00:56
Who's on scene staging?
01:03
Logistics one on scene switching to type of me.
01:06
Copy.
01:11
And rescue one, all the favors are cleared.
01:18
If you would circle back to the alarm panel chief, you can maybe help narrow down where it was say in the sprinkler activation and water flow was.
01:28
It could be an alarm malfunctioned by the original caller.
01:32
Engine 1, correction.
01:34
Engine 3 Rescue 1.
01:39
Go ahead.
01:41
I want to attempt to reset just to see what happened.
01:47
Engine 3 Rescue 1. Have you checked the riser room, see if there was any dropping pressure?
01:56
Somebody said they checked it already and it wasn't me though.
01:59
They said it looked normal.
02:04
Rescue on command.
02:06
Yeah, the rosal room has been checked.
02:08
There's no water flow and pressure for the tank.
02:13
Okay, the alarm is reset and appears to be holding.
02:22
Has anybody been able to make contact with the 911 callers that they saw smoke? Maybe talk with them a little bit.
02:34
Just you want to repeat.
02:37
I'm with the caller now. She originally stated that she thought she saw smoke in the main food court of the mall.
02:43
But she was under the assumption she was just cooking. She did not know why the alarm was going off in the movie theater.
02:48
But at this time the alarm has been reset.
02:55
I copy.
02:56
Smoke in the food court, incidental.
03:00
Sounded like a separate issue from the alarm.
03:02
Engine 3, command.
03:05
Go for engine 3.
03:09
You guys get hold on with Station 3 units, maybe a unit from 1, I can start cutting people loose.
03:14
That's affirmative.
03:19
Station command.
03:22
Command.
03:26
We're going to hold with Station 3 units Rescue 1 and myself, the plus bounce service.
03:32
10-4[1], holding all station 3 units rescue 1 in yourself.
03:42
For BMI, that's after investigation, we can find no hazards. The alarm is reset is holding.
03:48
We'll be on soon if you want to know.
Police codes explained
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment / Affirmative (Message received)
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Location mentioned:
Near Coastal Grand Cir, Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
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