Broken sprinkler pipe triggers alarm in building, Oakland CA
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews in Oakland responded to a broken sprinkler pipe that caused water flow and set off alarms inside a building’s electrical room. Personnel located the damaged section and shut off the riser, stopping the water leak. No significant water damage was reported, and the alarm was silenced after inspection.
Audio|Heard on: Alameda CA Fire-Tac Group Calls
Listen to dispatch call
01:28
Transcript:
00:00
Yeah, I'm talking with the individual over here.
00:02
He's saying it's inside the electrical room on the Alpha Bravo side.
00:07
The riser is shut off here and the water is slowly flowing out.
00:14
Captain 32,
00:16
Engineer 32.
00:18
Five.
00:20
I made access over to the location where the broken pipe is.
00:26
Looks like the actual pipe that goes down to the sprinkler head was just bent and it's broken at the joint.
00:32
I got two individuals over here working on it.
00:36
Not really any water damage as well.
00:40
Copy, we'll make our way over after we silence the alarm.
00:45
This is Deputy Captain from Ahern IC.
00:48
We can't find this electrical room.
00:50
I found the fire riser room, the server room, but there's no fire alarm control panel in there.
00:56
So I'm taking a 360 around the outside.
01:00
I copy. You have an assessor reporting he’s making his way to your location.
01:08
I copy.
01:10
We've located it as the annunciator panel.
01:13
There appears to be two separate, but we're unable to silence it on this end.
01:21
I copy you shut down.
01:23
Oh, there it goes silent.
01:25
Confirming you shut down the OS and Y and you opened the drain.
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This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
E 31st St, Oakland, CA 94602
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