Sprinkler system leak causes smoke and water flow, Strasburg VA
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a multi-family building near Hailey Lane for an alarm and smoke report. The cause was a broken pipe activating the sprinkler system, causing water flow and minor smoke. The water was shut off and no fire was found.
Audio|Source: Shenandoah County Fire and Rescue
05:32
Transcript:
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Company 51 and 12 for a truck, near Haley Lane, possible structure fire, all operations for 1533.
00:11
Engine 12 is going to be laying out at the green top, throwing on to Haley Lane.
00:23
Wagon 51 is on scene,
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three-story multi-family, nothing showing, we'll be out checking.
00:30
Wagon 51 on location, three-story,
00:34
nothing showing at 1534.
00:41
Dispatch to a wagon 51 law enforcement on location advise.
00:46
Plummer was working in between apartments H6 and H10.
00:51
They do have the water cut off now.
00:56
Dispatch, rescue and 51 is on the scene.
00:59
Go ahead and show firefighter breeding, establish, a hail and command.
01:05
He's time for 15505 we're going to have to split lay we're running out of hoos yeah
01:17
let me see club one in the same
01:24
1555 flagged 51 commander
01:30
Agent 12, how far did you make it with your leg?
01:38
51 in the command.
01:41
Go ahead for command.
01:48
We do have an audible alarm with a slight slow smoke.
01:52
Residents are advising second floor,
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apartment 8.
01:57
Crews are moving up that way to go now.
02:01
Command is direct.
02:02
Lagon 51 is going to be deploying the apartment lines.
02:05
And from engine 12.
02:14
It's like we have a broken pipe up above the A-track system,
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second floor,
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and room H-4.
02:24
I'm going to try to mitigate the problem up here that we can.
02:27
Find a water set off.
02:29
Correction, H-6, room H-6, second four.
02:35
Indirect.
02:41
Wagon 51 operator from rescue engine 51.
02:44
Let me go when you're ready for water.
02:50
Dispatch, car one of three-thorn location.
02:53
Ten four-year-all location, 1538.
02:58
Command from Rescue and 51 is here.
03:02
I'm good, ma'am.
03:05
Pretty significant water flow.
03:07
I'm able to cut it off at the apartment.
03:09
You can cut the main water.
03:17
Truck 12, 3.1.
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Truck 12, responding 3 and 1, 1538.
03:29
Dispatch, Amplands 5-2s and RELF SMAX, Priority 3.
03:35
That's the next priority three, 1539.
03:42
And one's a Haley-Lang command.
03:46
Go ahead for command.
03:59
Hey man, we're going out of Townsbrook.
04:01
If you need a ladder truck, we can stop by 51 and grab that if you need it.
04:09
Greg, just now go ahead and south there get a ladder truck out of us further.
04:12
Once you figure something else up.
04:18
I couldn't copy.
04:19
Do you say two stop and grab it?
04:22
Yeah, direct, go ahead and grab that.
04:24
Once we'll give you a little situation up there, report, I'll give you another update.
04:29
Sounds good.
04:30
Dispatch 10 was now at Station 51 from the drop.
04:35
The 10-4[1], 1540.
04:36
Yeah.
04:40
Dispatch from Wagon 9,
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more arriving on the scene.
04:47
A Wagon 9, 15, 40.
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Command from Interior.
04:55
Go ahead, Interior.
04:59
Maybe a busted sprinkler head.
05:01
We're saying a couple of people downstairs check the other units.
05:07
Do they have it?
05:15
Interior, you guys, the sprinklers want all if you have other people checking apartments.
05:21
That's true.
05:22
We have an active sprinkler application in H6 sends a minute to the lower floor to check for extension.
05:29
I'm direct.
05:30
Do you have Chalks to stop that sprinkler?
Police codes explained
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10-4: Acknowledgment/Affirmative
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Location mentioned:
Near Hailey Ln, Strasburg, VA 22657
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