Fire alarm triggered by minor water leak at residential building, Rockland County NY
Fire & ArsonA fire alarm activated at a residential building due to a small water leak near the boilers in the basement laundry room. Building maintenance and fire crews investigated and found no evidence of fire or danger. The leak was described as a mist from a pipe with no significant water on the floor, and the boilers were not affected.
Audio|Source: Rockland County UHF Fireground Tact 2
04:50
Transcript:
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Okay, did anybody make it over to the laundry room?
00:07
Gary, to command.
00:10
Go ahead.
00:11
I'm here with building maintenance. They said the alarm, he said he knows about the problem already. The alarm should be taken, it was supposed to be taken offline.
00:20
And they've been having a phone for about two weeks, and they don't know why it's back online.
00:27
Okay, receive, if you want to come around to the area of Unit 20 to 0 by Building B,
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there is access to the laundry room here.
00:38
Receive a little second.
00:44
Fire panel to command, we were unable to silence.
00:50
Released, I'll get in touch with the fire inspector.
00:53
Thank you.
00:58
And is you by the outside enunciator or the inside one?
01:02
Outside.
01:04
You can't silence it from the outside. You have to go into the basement and there you can silence it.
01:12
Do you know where the access is to that?
01:16
Now you're asking too many questions.
01:20
I'm staring to step before.
01:23
We have a crew going into the basement now anyway for the laundry room. We'll advise.
01:28
Exeter 7.4.
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Exeterity 7.4.
01:35
Side exterior.
01:37
You still need to see the homeowners in one of the apartments?
01:43
Negative. But when you get out, if you could tell me what apartment you're standing next to you, so you could show me the crawl space access for the future.
01:50
I'm next to 038.
01:54
Okay, I'm on my way over.
01:57
Pull on, Brian, and come out.
02:00
Go ahead, panel.
02:04
We have the panel here, so this luck.
02:10
Pull on the door hard. If not, we'll try to send somebody over to building maintenance and circle back around there after they drop their pack.
02:20
We've got it up.
02:25
Randy, were you located in reference to the tower?
02:34
We're on the...
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standby.
02:45
Ray, if the tower is the one side, we're on the 2-3 corner by apartment,
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2-0. You'll see a door and you can send the other.
02:54
Got it, thank you.
03:03
Basement at the 7-4.
03:05
Go ahead.
03:07
Yeah, we have an active week over here by the laundry room,
03:09
by the heaters.
03:11
By the heater, by the boilers.
03:21
All right, are the boilers compromised at all?
03:28
Nah, it doesn't look like it.
03:32
Okay,
03:33
we'll circle back around with building maintenance after you guys, secure your packs. If you could have them come meet me over by the (number withheld), please.
03:40
You can make your way up.
03:44
I got the info, do you need it.
03:48
Okay, yeah, I just want to do a face-to-base with building maintenance before we leave the condition the way it is, but we can put back all the tools in packs.
04:01
We did... 74 to basements.
04:05
The basement just left.
04:07
All right, can they just give us an idea of whether the leak is a fast leak, if the water levels rising near the boiler?
04:20
It's like a little mist that's coming from a pipe,
04:23
but nothing too much water on the floor.
04:28
Okay, thank you.
04:35
Do you know where the building maintenance got live?
04:40
Negative.
04:43
I'll drop my tools in my pack and I'll come.
04:45
Like where you live.
04:48
Brick!
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Rockland County, NY
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