Fire alarm triggered at Portland location; no actual fire found, Portland OR
Fire & ArsonEmergency crews responded to a fire alarm at a Portland location. However, it was determined that there was no actual fire, and the situation was possibly a drill or a system test.
Audio|Source: Portland State University Police and Portland Police Service Desk
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Transcript:
Rare attach This one is a drill Our protocol is to announce it just as an alarm Not quite sure whyI was just wondering because on the list we had a RICO[1] at (number withheld) today.Gotcha, I know that (name withheld) is down there working on the alarm so it could be a test instead of the actual drill.Either way it's not actually on fire.Okay.1626, can you repeat?Copy.Copy. Copy.C-1-15-0-1-190-1.30405[3], 1079.1779.1610[2].higher your talker-boeops 1 into 29 on a power line down 6.005 Philadelphia on a truck that took out an electrical line and there was some sort of fire your talk about will be ops 1 at 1610For some (name withheld), 16x.For clarification, this is apparently not part of the fire drills, but they are working on the system.So I am assuming that it is not actually on fire, but please do respond and double check.Contact (name withheld).Why later, Roger? It's not on fire.Glad to hear at 61.
Rare attach This one is a drill Our protocol is to announce it just as an alarm Not quite sure whyI was just wondering because on the list we had a RICO[1] at (number withheld) today.Gotcha, I know that (name withheld) is down there working on the alarm so it could be a test instead of the actual drill.Either way it's not actually on fire.Okay.1626, can you repeat?Copy.Copy. Copy.C-1-15-0-1-190-1.30405[3], 1079.1779.1610[2].higher your talker-boeops 1 into 29 on a power line down 6.005 Philadelphia on a truck that took out an electrical line and there was some sort of fire your talk about will be ops 1 at 1610For some (name withheld), 16x.For clarification, this is apparently not part of the fire drills, but they are working on the system.So I am assuming that it is not actually on fire, but please do respond and double check.Contact (name withheld).Why later, Roger? It's not on fire.Glad to hear at 61.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
RICO: Referenced event code (potentially fire drill/test)
[2]
1610: Possible unit/time marker for incident
[3]
405: Possible location/time or unit
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Location mentioned:
Near SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97201
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