Construction triggers sprinkler causing water damage, Richmond VA
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a waterflow alarm at a building near Chamberlayne Parkway in Richmond. They found no fire. Construction workers on the third floor accidentally triggered the sprinkler system, causing water damage that affected the second-floor MRI area. Firefighters worked to isolate the sprinkler and stop the water flow.
Audio|Source: Richmond City Fire Dispatch
03:14
Transcript:
00:00
This may copy. Waterflow along with a third floor investigation in the left for nine hours.
00:08
Welcome, Truck, we got water flowing on the third floor.
00:15
Truck, me, be advised.
00:16
You're on Tackery.
00:21
800, Chamberlain Parkway.
00:24
Engine 5. Breathing.
00:26
(number withheld), Chamberlain Parkway.
00:29
Cross streets are School Street and Paswell Street.
00:32
On tap Channel 2.
00:34
Time out, 1151.
00:40
No fire.
00:42
They're working on the third floor.
00:43
It was out of the building.
00:46
Working on shutting you down now.
00:52
Am front room.
00:55
Go ahead.
00:58
You made the pull yet?
01:04
I would recommend holding it with one-in-one.
01:08
No fire. Like I said, they were doing construction up here on the third floor and they actually hit the sprinkler head.
01:16
Water all over the place.
01:17
But they're in the process.
01:18
Trying to shut it down and move the water.
01:23
All right, command received, engine 12 and truck three can handle.
01:26
All units can return from it.
01:31
Richmond Coppies, Engine 12 and Truck 3 to handle all of the units can return service at 11.50 hours.
01:38
12 officer from 12 driver.
01:43
Go ahead.
01:47
We're all able to isolate it up there to leave this system on?
01:52
We're working on the control valve now.
01:57
Cover that.
01:58
Cover that.
02:03
Road and Breconridge Road.
02:05
On tap Channel 2.
02:07
Timeout, 1157.
02:13
Okay.
02:17
Yeah, whenever he's doing looks like his work and the water's slowing down, but it doesn't appear to be shut off completely just yet.
02:26
All right.
02:32
3 from 12 Bravo.
02:33
It looks like the water shut off.
02:35
All right, 12 is driving from command.
02:40
Go ahead and shut the system down.
02:42
We do have water steeping in the second floor, which is the MRI.
02:45
So it divides me to shut the whole system down.
02:49
Copy that. I'm going to kill it and I'll open up the drain if y'all cool with that.
03:04
12, hold off on shutting the whole system.
03:06
Hold on shutting the whole system.
03:10
We got it up here.
03:14
Tommy.
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Location mentioned:
Near Chamberlayne Pkwy, Richmond, VA 23220
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