Fire alarm at Harrisburg Hospital found false, Harrisburg PA
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Fire & ArsonA fire alarm was activated at Harrisburg Hospital at 111 South Front Street. The alarm company and Emergency Department reported the activation. Emergency responders arrived and confirmed there was no active fire. Maintenance handled the alarm reset.
Audio|Heard on: Dauphin County - Fire (Dispatch, Firegrounds, and Fire Police)
Listen to dispatch call
02:40
Transcript:
00:00
Box 1-1[1], Harrisburg Hospital, near South Front Street off of Chestnut Street, South Fire Alarm, Class 1[2].
00:07
Squad 8, Wagon 4, Towers 1 and 2, T6, 1943.
00:15
Tower 1.
00:17
8, Tower 1, 8, Tower 1.
00:24
Everybody's a 1-1-1-11 South Front, an initial call from the alarm company, a general alarm of fire from Zone 1.
00:31
We also got a call from the Emergency Department, reporting that's where the alarm was activated,
00:35
and UPMC Police also called over.
00:37
They'll be waiting to meet you at the Emergency Department entrance.
00:40
Ops 2 for operations, fire ops number 2.
00:47
County, Squad 8 arriving normal conditions.
00:50
Squadies arriving, normal conditions, 1946.
00:57
26's arriving.
01:00
Chiefs arriving, 1947.
01:02
Towers, Tower 1,
01:04
1940.
01:10
Wagon for arriving.
01:11
Okay, Wagon for, arriving.
01:15
Okay, Wagon for.
01:17
Okay,
01:19
Wagon, Lieutenant.
01:34
If it's a duct detector in the ER, there's no obvious issue, you can hold it to the squad.
01:42
Copy that, Lou.
01:43
Guy from Chief 6, you can give us control.
01:45
Hold Squad 8, the balance could return.
01:48
Copy the 1-1-box Chief-6, marking control.
01:51
Holding squad 8 to Remainters in service 1950.
01:54
Copy the 1-1-box, G-6, marking control.
01:57
Holding squad 8 to Remainters in service 1950.
02:00
Lou,
02:01
are you ready for a reset?
02:13
See from Lieutenant A maintenance is going to take care of the reset.
02:18
Copy that.
02:23
C6 returning.
02:26
Okay, G6, 1952.
02:28
Okay,
02:29
T-6, 1952.
02:32
A tower one, turning.
02:36
Lagon 4 available.
02:38
Tower 1, Wagon 4, 1952.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Box 1-1: Box alarm/response area designation for a specific geographic assignment
[2]
Class 1: Priority classification level 1 for the medical problem (lower severity)
Disclaimer:
This transcript was automatically generated and may contain inaccuracies. Please verify the information independently.
Location mentioned:
S Front St, Harrisburg, PA 17101
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