Fire alarm at Smith Middle School in Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill NC
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, a commercial fire alarm activated at Smith Middle School near Seawell School Road in Chapel Hill. Fire units responded promptly and established command on scene around 15:35. The alarm was triggered by a smoke detector in a storage room. No fire was confirmed upon investigation.
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04:14
Transcript:
00:00
Ladder 74, Engine 32, Battalion 2, near Seawell School Road, at Smith Middle School, commercial fire alarm.
00:10
Ladder 74, Engine 32, Battalion 2, near Seawell School Road, at Smith Middle School, commercial fire alarm, cross streets High School Road in Hanover Place.
00:24
Ops 2, time out 1529.
00:31
Tate 2-2-1-Rourn-4-rout.
00:43
2, Battalion 2, in-rout 2, Stool School Road.
00:47
You're taking a call in place for staying 2.
00:50
Section Battalion 4 in route in place with Battalion 2 to near Seawell School Road at 1531.
00:57
It's responding to near Seawell School Road.
01:03
This is an audible smoke alarm.
01:07
Received from the alarm monitoring company.
01:11
Zone of activation is storage room 739 smoke detector.
01:20
You guys Inger 31 on scene South Estes.
01:23
31 on scene South Estes at 1534.
01:33
Communication.
01:40
Communication into 32's on scene.
01:43
Got a large middle school, nothing sure if the two sides, the office side will be the stat 32 zone.
01:49
See on investigating establishing people's school command.
01:56
Two, on-scene school command,
01:59
civil school road,
02:00
establishing command at 1535.
02:07
Are you in 739 storage room and ropes? Thank you, 4.739 storage room.
02:18
That's the case.
02:20
Command from the battalion, can you get a better location where that's going to be?
02:28
To be. We're not too sure.
02:29
Take towards the back of the building.
02:30
We're not too sure.
02:31
Take towards the bus lot of where we're heading.
02:35
Yeah.
02:40
Communication, 74 is on, same.
02:42
Twenty-four is on, same.
02:44
Twenty-four, thank you, right.
02:47
Ladder 74 and Battalion Four on scene, 1537 at near Seawell School Road.
02:55
S-11 from Communications on Primary.
03:01
First eleven, go ahead.
03:07
79 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill Post Office.
03:11
The care team is on scene with a 67-year-old female suicidal ideations requesting EMS.
03:18
No other medical complaints?
03:22
Copping sends closed units.
03:26
EMS 11, copy, sending close to unit.
03:35
Medic 3.179, East Franklin Street, at Chapel Hill Post Office.
03:41
Mental disorder.
03:43
Medic 3.
03:44
179, East Franklin Street, at Chapel Hill Post Office.
03:49
Mental disorder.
03:50
Cross streets North Columbia Street and Henderson Street.
03:54
Up 1. Time of 1538.
04:01
Postal Command, go ahead.
04:05
Clear all units for the exception of 32.
04:07
The school command is copy, clearing all units for the exception of end to 32 at 1539.
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Location mentioned:
Seawell School Rd, Chapel Hill, NC 27516
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