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Fire alarm at UConn L building caused by water flowFarmington CT

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audio iconFire & Arson
Farmington Ave, Farmington, CT 06030

According to the dispatch call, fire alarm activated in the basement cage wash area of UConn L building. The alarm was triggered by water flow related to a previous shutdown of building systems. Fire department crews responded and addressed the issue by shutting off the fire pump to resolve the false alarm.

Audio|Heard on: University of Connecticut Fire
Listen to dispatch call
02:27
Transcript:
00:00
We see car 3 confirming fire alarm is in the L building.
00:11
What do you have for a fire alarm?
00:19
L building basement cage wash water flow.
00:29
Negative on the opposite side of the building that might be dealing with place.
00:34
Engine 1 has to their shutdown.
00:49
Station Uc.C.
00:50
To the UConn Fire Department Engine 1 response to the L Building, cage wash for the water flow.
00:58
Yeah, you see that is related to the shutdown that we did before.
01:01
My apologies.
01:11
Okay, so we're disregarding the fire alarm, correct?
01:15
From what I had, you were in the K building for your shutdown, and R3 is in the F building, Kanzanetti.
01:22
So I apparently don't understand what's going on in L building.
01:27
Beattos, we'll go out there.
01:28
There's a...
01:29
One of the farewell is over that way, but recede, you'll go check it up.
01:35
See. Okay.
01:42
Do you see cars?
01:45
Go ahead, also we have a fire pump running.
01:48
Yeah,
01:49
Roger, we just have an increase the pressure over your...
01:56
I'm going to head over and shut off the fire pump.
02:00
Okay.
02:02
And your radio is very unreadable.
02:11
Car 3 Anger 1, I'm going to go over the firephone to shut that down.
02:14
There's got to be an issue with the shutdown that you did over in the cable, but...
02:25
Great Chief Cratchery, thank you.
02:26
You can show him to one respondent.

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Farmington Ave, Farmington, CT 06030

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Incident Timeline

  1. Units Clear and Return to Service
  2. Alarm Determined to be False
  3. Contractor and Maintenance Coordination
  4. Investigation and System Checks
  5. Fire Department Units Respond
  6. Initial Fire Alarm Reported at L Building

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