Fire alarm triggered by steam at university dormitory, South Bend IN
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a fire alarm at Farley Hall on the University of Notre Dame campus. The alarm was triggered in the basement north hall south storage area. After investigation, no fire was found. The alarm was likely caused by steam when the heating system turned on. The building was evacuated as a safety measure.
Audio|Source: South Bend Metro Fire
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Transcript:
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Notre Dame Fire.
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Information for police.
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Fire is going to respond to Farley Hall on a fire alarm showing basement North Hall, South Storage.
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Farley Hall, Basement North Hall, South Storage.
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Fox 3-4-2.
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Notre Dame 1140, you'll be on the scene,
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medium-sized four-story dormitory, no visible signs exterior structure is being evacuated.
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1140, you'll have firely command, all you know-ins and investigating.
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Morning on the scene of the medium-sized dormitory,
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no visible signs, and inside the structure.
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Forty off-command, all you have been investigating building the same evacuation.
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Click.
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Click.
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We also put 1141 on scene with 1140.
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Dan, what's your moment?
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On scene two vehicle accidents.
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We'll have bypassed the man to be investigated.
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I'm Brandon 11 onsen 02 vehicle accident.
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We'll have to remain currently investigating.
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Dispatch 1183 will be in service at the Joyce for Women's Volleyball.
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1183.
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Trouff 6, command.
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Go for truck 6.
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You just want to hang there and block for a minute.
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I don't think we'd do anything else up here.
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Sounds good.
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Is that a room number on that? South storage?
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By the dispatch engine 22?
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Engine 22. Yeah,
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we're in the area, we're investigated.
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Clear.
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Dispatch engine 22.
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Go ahead.
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You want to send PD not emergent.
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Quick.
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Do you have a room number?
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Yeah,
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that's what I'm looking for.
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I thought you could show me.
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Negative, I'm telling shit back.
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1141, it's just showing the basement north hall south street.
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40 and 41. I just walked that north end.
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One of the windows looks pretty fogged up on that north end of the basement.
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Okay, they got a bunch of water on the floor down here that they're backing up, but I don't find the detector yet.
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Detector says it's normal.
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It is normal?
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Affirmative.
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I'm wondering, I'm loving one of you out.
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Farley Hall.
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Oh, no.
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Ideal was outside.
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They said they just turned the steam on and then the...
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And then it went into alarm.
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So it's got to be...
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I wonder if there's a steam leak at the windows we plug up.
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Location mentioned:
Farley Hall, South Bend, IN 46637
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