Fire alarm prompts evacuation at conference room
Fire & ArsonA fire alarm in a conference room at a two-story commercial building prompted an evacuation. Fire crews arrived, reported no visible fire from outside, and began investigating.
Audio|Source: Westcom Fire and EMS Dispatch
01:53
Transcript:
Engine 2.20, Ladder 2.15. Fire alarm[1], 5820, West Town Parkway. Engine 2.20, Ladder, 2.15. Fire alarm, 58, 20, left town, parkway. Cross streets are, 60th Street and Left Lakes Park. On arrival use, TAC-5, timeout, 853. It's the Rother West now, this is (name withheld), and it's showing the HVCC South Conference Room 31. Parlor. $2.29, South Conference Room, 31. 855. Convention 220. Engine 220. You know, is this the office building or the convention center? Standby, I just stuck. Well, it says a conference room. I'm not sure we can call them back. All right, we're showing up, but there's people out front. So, 220 has arrived, two-story commercial structure. Nothing's showing from the exterior. We do have evacuation. (name withheld) will take Westdown Command. We'll be out to investigate, switch into Attack 5. Heavy, unseen, two-story commercial, nothing's showing. It has been evacuated at 8.57.
Police codes explained
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Fire alarm: Fire alarm activation
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Location mentioned:
Near Westown Pkwy, West Des Moines, IA 50266
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