False fire alarm at Home Depot caused by valve repair, Ithaca NY
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, fire units responded to a fire alarm at the Home Depot near Elmira Road in Ithaca. Investigation revealed no fire. The alarm was accidentally triggered when a technician replaced a frozen drip valve and the system was not put in test mode as required.
Audio|Heard on: Tompkins County Fire/EMS
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Transcript:
00:00
Ask Engine 1, Engine 4, 942, and the truck,
00:04
near Elmira Road, the Home Depot, across Spencer Road and West Buttermilk Falls Road.
00:11
Fire alarm showing zone 12.
00:14
Again, that's for Engine 1, Engine 4, 942, and the truck.
00:18
Near Elmira Road, the Home Depot,
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across Spencer Road and West Buttermilk Falls Road.
00:26
Fire alarm showing zone 12.
00:29
Time is 1358.
00:34
Hopkins, please show 942 around.
00:38
Cabbie, you're en route, 1400.
00:45
Does anyone know where the panel is in Home Depot?
00:53
They have an enunciator up front, main panel out back.
01:01
Up front by the covered entrance or the other one?
01:10
I'm never correct, it's near the main entrance.
01:18
One's arriving on the scene.
01:20
Home Depot shows nothing, moving to offensive strategy, investigating.
01:26
Looks like there's a fire protection company here.
01:35
(number withheld) I imagine he was doing some testing or something. We'll do a quick investigation.
02:07
Drive around 360, all clear.
02:16
The technician said he was replacing a frozen drip valve.
02:21
It must have tripped the system as he was putting it back online.
02:24
I'll just walk in quickly to meet with him, but he said the manager was supposed to put it in test mode and apparently did not.
02:33
So we can handle it with just Engine 1.
02:38
All right, copy that NG1.
02:40
All units either on scene or en route, other than one. See you may return.
02:50
942, please show us back in service.
02:53
Cabby your bank in 14-0.
02:55
I hope that one is clear.
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Location mentioned:
Elmira Rd Bldg 1, Ithaca, NY 14850
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