Fire alarm triggers water flow in Dulles basement, Dulles VA
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Fire & ArsonAn automatic fire alarm near Alpha Road in Dulles caused multiple flow alarms to sound. Fire crews investigated and found water on the basement floor, likely from the sprinkler system. No visible fire was found.
Audio|Heard on: Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) Public Safety
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02:42
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 303, Vox,
00:05
automatic fire alarm,
00:07
near Alpha Road, IAD,
00:12
on Channel 3 Bravo.
00:27
Superfire permission 303, could you contact the AEM shop and see if they're doing work in the area?
00:35
Fire okay, so far out.
00:41
DC4, moving out service for a few minutes, please.
00:45
Direct break.
00:47
Adam Sesameby, are you, Ocean King?
00:51
Copy, I'm Ocean King.
00:53
Uh, Adam 27 is that with me.
00:56
120.
01:02
We're fired an engine 303.
01:05
There's four total of alarms going off.
01:09
The same node, 81, just different device numbers.
01:12
And we did talk to Matt and AM shop if they're not working in the area.
01:19
They all look like their flow alarms.
01:22
We need 1.30.
01:24
Opening gate 130.
01:31
Fire to engine drill 3.
01:32
Do you want to be closed gate 130? Sorry?
01:35
5 minutes.
01:37
Fire OK, closing gate.
01:39
Here from fire from engine 303.
01:40
We're on the team.
01:41
We've got nothing evident from the exterior that's all.
01:43
We'll be out investigating with 303.
01:47
Player okay, the 303 is on team.
01:49
Nothing evident.
01:50
Investigation crew is three.
01:51
It's 1222.2.
01:57
We'll fire to engine 303.
02:01
Good.
02:04
We had a call from a Swiss thing that there was a lot of water on the ground.
02:12
I see if it's related with a sprinkler alarm there.
02:18
Did they give a location?
02:22
He just said it was in the basement.
02:31
I'm taking 3.3 for M.S.
02:33
3.3. I'm here in Cape 130.
02:35
You want me to drive down on the base and get your better location?
02:42
We're okay.
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Location mentioned:
Alpha Rd, Dulles, VA 20166
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