False alarm from faulty smoke detector in dormitory, Richmond VA
Fire & ArsonFire department responded to a smoke alarm on the fourth floor of a dormitory-style building on Broad Street. Students evacuated the building, but no smoke or fire was found. The alarm was caused by a faulty smoke detector and the building was cleared for re-entry.
Audio|Source: Richmond City Fire Dispatch
04:59
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 10 is on scene, four-story, dormitory-style building. Nothing visible from the Alpha or Bravo side. We do have students evacuating the building. Engine 10 will have Command[1], Broad Street, Command, and be investigating. Check copy. Engine 10 on scene, four-story, dormitory style, nothing visible from the Alpha-Bravo side. We'll investigate and have command, 159. This is from Broad Street.
00:28
Wall Street Command[1], go ahead. Fire panel is showing smoke on fourth floor. The engine team will go up on the fourth floor to investigate. Richmond copies fire panel showing smoke on fourth floor. Engine team going to the fourth floor to investigate. Zero 200 hours. Engine 12. Chest. Pain.
00:56
West Main Street in North Robinson Street. Engine 12. Chest, pain. West Main Street in North Robinson Street. Contact Channel 2. Timeout, 0201. Welcome, please return to service or 201.
01:23
Post your command. Do you have any contact information for this building? I could see if only the site number and was unable to reach anyone. Raise you.
01:49
Good. All right, I'm being told that this happened last week and it was a faulty detector.
01:53
They took it offline, cleaned it, and put it back.
01:55
Where do you find it?
01:56
We're on the fourth floor doing a walk around right now.
01:59
I figure out which room it is.
02:00
I copy. You have any evidence of smoke or anything like that?
02:03
Negative. All right, we have a good reset with the information I have.
02:07
Engine 10 can handle.
02:08
Everyone else can return the service.
02:09
Richmond copy.
02:10
A good reset engine 10 to handle all companies can return the service to zero to zero four hours.
02:14
Agent 10 from engine 6.
02:16
Go ahead, take.
02:17
Yes, sir, reference.
02:18
We were first on this the other morning.
02:20
For us, it was going to be fourth floor, a rear stairwell in the open air area.
02:25
A detector up there that had gotten some dust and stuff, and I believe it's going to be the central corridor, rear, fourth floor, stairwell.
02:31
I copy. The gentleman told me that, yeah, that's exactly what it was.
02:34
Appreciate it.
02:35
Is the occupants able to return?
02:38
Can you repeat that?
02:40
Can the occupants go back in?
02:42
One time from 10 Bravo.
02:45
Go ahead.
02:46
What do you have? Have been good or what do you got?
02:48
I mean, we've walked the whole entire fourth floor and we can't find anything.
02:51
All right, I continue to send the service.
02:52
You can go ahead and let everybody back in.
02:54
Frenchman called straight command.
02:55
Hello, Street Command[1].
02:56
We're able to make contacts with building maintenance.
02:58
They have the alarm company on the way here.
02:59
They were aware of an alarm issue in 1420, Bravo.
03:03
Engine 17 is going to be return to service.
03:04
There's no signs to smoke or fire.
03:05
Man terminated.
03:06
I reach for copies.
03:07
I'm able to smoke or fire.
03:08
I'm able to reach on call maintenance.
03:09
A known issue with the alarm company.
03:12
All companies turn to service are two zero eight hours.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Command: Incident Command Established
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Location mentioned:
W Broad St, Richmond, VA
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