Fire alarm sounds at Rams Apartments with evacuation, Richmond VA
Fire & ArsonA fire alarm sounded at Rams Apartments near West Broad Street, prompting evacuation. No smoke or fire was found, but the alarm continued to sound for about 10 minutes.
Audio|Source: Richmond City Fire Dispatch
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Transcript:
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Engine 5, engine 6, engine 10, truck 3, and battalion 1.
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Fire alarm[1].
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Near West Broad Street, at Rams Apartments.
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Engine 5, engine 6, engine 10, truck 3, and battalion 1.
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Fire alarm[1].
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Near West Broad Street, at Rams Apartments.
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Cross street, North Laurel Street and Schaefer Street.
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On tap Channel 2.
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Timeout, 1255.
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Time 1 is responding.
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I'll tell you en route, 1256.
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Company to mark the route,
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Near West Broad Street and Rams Apartments for the general fire room.
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Complaining by the problem of going off in the building, unknown activation point.
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Going off approximately 10 minutes, no smoke, no fire.
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Companies are out 1257.
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Richmond, Engine 5 is arriving on scene.
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We don't have any indications of smoke or fire.
00:45
We do have an alarm and people evacuate and it looks like VCU might already be on scene and Engine 16 will have command.
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Correction, Engine 5 will have command.
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Received five or seen, nothing visible, building evacuated, engine 5 will have command.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Fire alarm: Automatic fire alarm activation
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Location mentioned:
Near W Broad St, Richmond, VA 23220
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