Fire alarm at DCU dormitory on West Marshall St, Richmond VA


Fire alarm activated at a DCU dormitory near West Marshall Street. No fire or smoke was visible when the fire crews arrived. The cause is under investigation.
Audio|Source: Richmond City Fire Dispatch
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Transcript:
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Engine 5, engine 6, truck 6, and battalion 3.
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Fire alarm. near West Marshall Street.
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Engine 5, engine 6, truck 6, and battalion 3.
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Fire alarm.
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near West Marshall Street.
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Cross streets are north, Harrison Street and Norton Street.
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On tap Channel 2.
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Time out, 1345.
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In the battalion, police from engine six.
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Three alarms yesterday.
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They were testing the system yesterday.
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They will be testing the system for three more days, and the alarm went off three more times yesterday.
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Let's go ahead and that one company going emergent, everybody else going on emergent.
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And Richmond copies one company response emergent and the other is non-emergent, 134-6 hours.
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Richmond confirmed five is my first two, correct?
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Sounded three, that's correct.
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Edge of five is first two.
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All right, copy.
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Five from Battalion Three, you copy sixes.
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Five times.
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If we've confirmed this is going to be the same issue that we've been going on, we'll go ahead and request the fire motion to respond that there.
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Is this a state property or is this just a...
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Some apartments.
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DCU dormitory.
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No, I disagree on the fire marshal.
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Five is arriving.
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Nothing visible from a four-story apartment.
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Five is investigating and has command.
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And if I'm saying nothing visible from a five-story apartment will be investigating, has motion to command.
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34 hours.
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Location mentioned:
Near W Marshall St, Richmond, VA 23220
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