Fire alarm activation with no fire found at Mid-City Towers, Erie PA
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Fire & ArsonFire alarm was activated near East 9th Street at Mid-City Towers. Multiple calls reported a smoke detector sounding on the sixth floor. Fire crews investigated the building but found no visible fire or other hazards.
Audio|Heard on: Millcreek Fire/EMS, East County Fire/EMS, Erie City Fire
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04:57
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 8. Engine 11.
00:02
Power 2. DC-24.
00:05
Operations on TAC1.
00:07
Fire alarm, near East 9th Street.
00:10
Engine 8, engine 11.
00:12
Power 2. DC-24.
00:15
Operations on TAC1.
00:17
Fire alarm, near East 9th Street, between State Street, West 9th Street and French Street, AGOA Place.
00:29
324 responding Mid-City Towers.
00:35
Obviously, 324 responding Mid-City Towers.
00:39
Your cross streets are going to be State Street and French Street.
00:43
Multiple calls reporting a 6th floor smoke detector.
00:47
If needed, your hydrants are going to be the southeast corner of State and 9th and the northwest corner of 9th and French.
00:58
and 324 copies.
01:05
Talk to you around.
01:09
Leather responding.
01:13
It's responding.
01:19
24 is on location, multi-story, multi-residential, nothing this little of us today.
01:23
324 as a command.
01:29
Disable from the Interior investigating.
01:32
Sorry,
01:36
it should be on one now.
01:38
Plug the hole on the saddle tank.
01:40
We're going to try to get it into the truck stop real quick and clean up some of this diesel on the road so we can open depot back up.
01:50
Copy. And 220BVis are now intact to 2.
01:53
2-2 knives in a route from Station 2 for the spill trailer for about 7 minutes.
02:01
Copy that, not looking at the radio on front of knobs.
02:09
This is 354.
02:13
That's the formative of grabbing in here.
02:20
I am I on one now?
02:23
Hey, Firmative, Chief.
02:32
Thank you, sir.
02:38
229-220. Go on.
02:43
Pass and Klein School,
02:45
correction, Clark School,
02:47
where do you want to come up and tie that?
02:52
You can pull in right beside 228.
02:55
We're just going to need a bag or two oil director.
03:00
Copy.
03:01
C29, we're in the passenger side of TIA.
03:09
Man, internet is on location, stage fifth hydrant.
03:16
11 stage at 9th and stage.
03:24
Command Towers on the 6th floor.
03:27
Elevator lobby was activated.
03:29
We don't see anything.
03:31
Did she say there were multiple calls on this?
03:35
I'm guessing it's from the residents.
03:38
Dispatch is that correct? Residents were calling you directly? Were there any alarm companies calling you?
03:47
Alarm company called in once.
03:54
They indicate any other location other than 6th floor?
04:01
No, just the 6th floor.
04:05
Come in, Tyrus.
04:06
We got the elevated lobby, so if they're attached for activated, but no reason.
04:09
We'll go see if we can release time and sit, and if they have a key holder come to reset.
04:16
Copy. Dispatch.
04:19
Did the alarm company state the sixth floor or just the callers were calling from the sixth floor? Because we have a detector head down on the lobby activity.
04:27
That's always the fine right now.
04:33
The alarm company just stated on the six-floor smoke detector, residents were calling from the first floor and a couple other floors, I think.
04:45
All right, did you get a hold of the key holder at the time of this match?
04:52
We're on the phone of them.
04:56
Okay.
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Location mentioned:
E 9th St, Erie, PA 16501
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