Accidental fire alarm triggered by construction work, Hartford CT
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Fire & ArsonA fire alarm was triggered at 190 Trumbull Street in Hartford during construction work. A plumbing contractor accidentally activated a valve causing the alarm. No fire was found and the alarm was accidental due to construction activities.
Audio|Heard on: Hartford Fire Department
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04:14
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 2, engine 1, engine 7, ladder 3, ladder 6, Attack 1, district 2, 190 Trumbull for the alarms activated.
00:09
Cross the asylum and Pratt incident 2.
00:17
For engine 2, engine 1, ladder 3, ladder 6, attack 1, district 2, 190 Trumbull for the private central station.
00:25
General fire alarm, zone 173.
00:29
Asylum and Pratt, incident 2.
00:33
Tech 1 is en route.
00:39
Copy attack.
00:40
District 2, District 1, District 1.
00:47
Go ahead.
00:51
Do you want me to take that or are you stepping out?
00:58
Yeah, can you grab that for me?
01:03
Yep, that's work.
01:04
Copy fire army and put District 1 in Trumbull.
01:08
Copy that guy.
01:09
Okay.
01:13
Lot of two dispatch.
01:16
Gladitude.
01:18
You canceled PD for that assault on Park Street.
01:23
Copy, sir. Bus left, everybody else said?
01:28
Correct, correct.
01:30
Temple.
01:36
A long addition one.
01:41
Mr. 1.
01:43
Sir, just an update for Trumbull, a predate key holder stepping on site that it possibly may have been set off by construction.
01:53
That's one.
01:59
This one's on scene at a four-story groundstone, Nelson Schallon, now checking and command.
02:04
Provision 1, 1319.
02:08
District 1A to District 1? I'm going downstairs with construction guys here.
02:20
They say they tricked the alarm by mistake.
02:23
I'm just going down to confirm it.
02:25
All right, time 4.
02:27
A lot of 3 is walking right behind you.
02:30
Stop.
02:36
Man from Trek 3.
02:41
Ladder 3.
02:43
Yeah, a plumbing contractor says he gave a slight twist to the OS and Y valve and the alarm originated from that.
02:51
We got nothing going on other than some construction.
02:54
You can drop it down 101.
02:57
I received.
02:58
Is it an alarm or is it just a trouble?
03:02
I don't know, you got your driver with the other contractor headed that way.
03:06
Stand by.
03:11
Oh, I'm just your point.
03:16
Accident on activation by contractor 190, Trumbull.
03:19
We'll go down to engine two from letter three.
03:25
Okay. For your reveal about 13.20.
03:31
District 1A from truck 3.
03:37
Command 3, confirmed 1-1.
03:41
Again, activated an alarm.
03:42
It was a tamper switch because of the OS and Y.
03:45
We can handle.
03:50
All right, 10-4[1].
03:51
Got 1-01.
03:53
Did it actually activate the alarm to the building or just a trouble alarm? So I'm trying to go.
03:59
I believe it activated the alarms and they were silenced by the contractors here.
04:06
Okay.
04:07
Advice 2 is I'll start an FMO out for them so they can correct that programming.
04:12
All right, 104.
04:13
Sounds good.
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10-4: Acknowledgment or confirmation that a message was received and understood.
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Location mentioned:
Trumbull St, Hartford, CT 06103
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