Fire alarm at large hospital was a system test, West Des Moines IA
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a fire alarm at a large hospital near 60th Street in West Des Moines. Upon arrival, no fire was found but alarms were active. The alarm company later confirmed they were testing the system and canceled the call.
Audio|Source: Westcom Fire and EMS Dispatch
02:28
Transcript:
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Engine 2.20.
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Engine 2.10.
00:03
Fire alarm.
00:05
Near 60th Street.
00:07
Engine 2.20.
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Engine 2.10.
00:10
Fire alarm.
00:11
Near 60th Street.
00:13
Cross streets are 59th place and University Avenue.
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On arrival use, tack 5.
00:20
Timeout 2146.
00:26
Engine 220, Engine 210, you're responding to near 60th Street for a fire alarm.
00:33
Follow your agency protocol for your response.
00:36
Looks like it's coming in from an alarm monitoring company.
00:38
Zone is going to be Zone 533.
00:44
220, copies.
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2148.
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S.combe, engine 220.
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Engine 220.
00:58
220's arrived, a large hospital,
01:02
nothing shown, do have strobes.
01:05
Munson is going to establish Methodist command,
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passing it to Engine 210.
01:13
Engine 220 is going to be out to investigate on 5.
01:20
Copy arrived, large hospital, nothing's showing, strobes active, Methodist command,
01:27
passing to engine G10 when they get there to investigate on TAC-5[1].
01:32
The engine 210 copies,
01:39
taking six-o-stream command on TAC-5[1].
01:46
Copy. Engine 210,
01:49
did you say 60th command or Methodist command?
01:57
Student 220 for Engine 210 210 on TAC 5.
02:05
Go ahead on TAC 5.
02:08
We did just get an update on NDP that they're on site testing, requesting to cancel,
02:15
just for your information.
02:21
Knowledge, we're not seeing anybody on site yet.
02:25
Just continue on emerging for now so I can verify what's going on here.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
TAC-5: Tactical radio channel 5 for on-scene operations
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West Des Moines, IA
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