Fire alarms trigger but no active fire found at two sites, Tigard OR


Fire units responded to two commercial fire alarms: one at the Jory Charles Apartments near Ash Meadows Road triggered by a dry system water flow with no contact available, and another near Southwest Commercial Street by the Tigard Transit Center where a caller reported smoke from a warehouse-type building. No active fire was found at either location.
Audio|Source: Washington County Fire and EMS
03:12
Transcript:
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9252. You're going on a commercial fire alarm at the Jory Charles Apartments.
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8750 Southwest Ash Meadows Road, crosshood touring to Greenway.
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It's going to be building 8620.
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It's the dry system water flow.
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Unable to contact anybody at this time.
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Any advice you copy.
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Thank you.
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151, truck 51, engine 53, truck 67, and chief 6.
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Respond to commercial fire.
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8960 Southwest Commercial Street.
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Cross streets are Tigard T.C.
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and Southwest Main Street.
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Working Channel Ops, 35.
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Firecom with the Commercial Task Force, 8960 Southwest Commercial Street, Cross the Tigard Transit Center.
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This is a nearby location.
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Caller says if facing the transit center, there's a building on the left that appears to have smoke coming out of the windows.
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A caller says it looks like a warehouse type structure.
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Our caller saw the smoke about five minutes ago and walked to the nearest fire station to call.
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So far, just the one caller and no further information.
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The assignments are Engine 51, Engine Pipe 3, Squad 70, C6, Truck 6, and Truck 5, and Truck 51.
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C6 copies.
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We're on truck 5-1.
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Track 5-1, go ahead.
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Do you have any more information on this? We are in the area, police are in the area, and so far we're UTL.
02:03
Yeah, yeah, we just have the one caller who said they saw this while walking on the Santa Creek Trail.
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And then they walked to station 5-1 to call and report it.
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They said it was, if they've seen the transit center, it was a building to the left.
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Oh, thank you.
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Station 5-1-9-1.
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Truck 5-1.
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But I'll drive through the mobile home park just to make sure, but...
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There's something over there.
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In truck 7, the caller thought possibly it was the dance studio, which should be 8,900.
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Southwest commercial, but there's two Tigard Police Officers sitting in that parking lot, and they haven't said anything either.
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Yeah, we just talk with them as well.
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Before nobody can find anything.
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Copy.
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Near SW Commercial St, Tigard, OR 97223
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