Fire alarm activation at school with occupant inside, Schenectady County NY
Fire & ArsonFire and emergency medical units responded to a fire alarm activation at O'Rourke Middle School near Lake Hill Road in Burnt Hills. There was no visible fire on arrival, but an occupant with Alzheimer's was still inside, complicating evacuation efforts. Occupants appeared to be evacuated otherwise.
Audio|Source: Saratoga County Fire and EMS
03:33
Transcript:
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Burnhill's fire,
00:02
mutual eight, one engine,
00:04
near Lake Hill Road, the O'Rourke Middle School for general fire alarm activation.
00:11
Act 41221.
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Amon 1351?
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Has fire calling route? Yeah.
00:18
Found 5838.
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They have not called them row.
00:22
Can you advise them that we still have an occupant within the residents?
00:27
Occupant has Alzheimer's, so it's going to be difficult to get them out.
00:33
So we need them here fairly explicitly so we can evacuate residents.
00:38
Very soon.
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Firecom 16-0.
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Firecom 16-0.
00:48
There it is, Madage, 565-2.
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Right, dispatch.
00:52
Transporting to the shed.
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Transporting, 1222.
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EMS 5854. FD.A.50.
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Sheriff's on Railroad, McGeechepard.
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1222.
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1553 MS.
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1353. We're going to respond to 900 rocks the road.
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1222. Firecom 16-0.
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You can show me in route.
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Oh, there. Details on this call.
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Automatic daytime mutual aid for a fire alarm activation.
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You know, work, middle school.
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Reesie. Here in Route 12, 22.
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First statute, U-561.
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All right, Matt.
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Bune-round Cisterthago.
01:29
One off the engine.
01:30
One off the engine.
01:34
1363, 1351 on text screen.
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1363, 1351 on text ring.
01:41
5-1. 5-1. Let me start that way to assist with that resin still in the home so you can transport.
01:49
I'm still determining whether we're transferred or not.
01:52
You could probably cancel the other ambulance and if you want to respond here, that way we have an extra person that would be great.
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Oh, towards.
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Firecom 532.
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Firecombe. We'll be in route.
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1353, cover the cancellation or I contact me.
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1381 EMS. A.M.S.
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I'll be in road to United Rock City.
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You can also return 1353 service.
02:18
Bruce,
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if you're not at 1224, EMS is on scene advice and do have one patient still inside the residence.
02:26
The patient has Alzheimer's.
02:29
1353 MS.
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I copy your return.
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23.
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1224.
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Firecom 531.
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Firecom 531.
02:44
The same traffic we copied the resident still inside.
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3-6Ber in Rock 1224.
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Firecom 16-0.
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Firecom 16-0.
02:54
Has the Connecticut County Department acknowledged the call?
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The known I can check with UCC.
03:05
I don't know.
03:08
This is part happening for two weeks of calls.
03:12
Charlie inability from Stanley's practice at 939, Route 146,
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and a Charlie stroke at 621 Brooms Road, 1224.
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Paragrom 16-0.
03:26
I'm driving single story academic structure.
03:29
Nothing showing peers to be evacuated this time.
03:32
All right, 12, 25.
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Near Lake Hill Rd, Burnt Hills, NY 12027
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