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Audible alarms and flashing strobes reported at a location; crews investigated and found water leaking from the ceiling between the second and third floors, leading to sprinkler system shutdown.Lake County IN

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Lake County, IN

According to the dispatch call, audible alarms and flashing strobes reported at a location; crews investigated and found water leaking from the ceiling between the second and third floors, leading to sprinkler system shutdown.

Audio|Heard on: Lake County Indiana Public Safety - Schererville, Lowell and Cedar Lake - Police & Fire Dispatch
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02:26
Transcript:
00:00
Southcom 8061.
00:01
You can show us en route to Berra Street.
00:08
Nice to 55.
00:10
Southcom 8011 and route.
00:14
Nice to 55.
00:20
Southcom, 861.
00:22
We're on scene.
00:23
We do have audible alarms going off at the moment and flashing strobes, no evacuation.
00:28
We'll be out investigating.
00:29
Okay,
00:30
16.
00:34
City 11, 851.
00:38
Go ahead.
00:43
We have water leaking from, uh,
00:47
looks like to be the second floor, into the lobby of the first floor.
00:53
We're on the second floor now investigating.
00:56
Clear. Southcom 8011 will be on scene.
01:00
Nice to date. 1243 13164 13164 13164 13154 13164 13164 13164 no 37
01:20
signal 308 c8 8018 cade 11 8 861 861 861
01:37
So the second floor there's a that there's water filling that's filling up with water, we're on the third floor now.
01:50
Okay, you're on the third floor.
01:51
What do you have on the second floor?
01:57
There's a lounge on the second floor that has water coming from the ceiling.
02:03
We are on the third floor, just above that lounge now,
02:10
and it's dry up here.
02:12
Clear.
02:18
Six from 11, we're going to shut down the sprinkler system.
02:25
This is excellent, scotty.

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Incident Timeline

  1. Pump and water supply shut down
  2. Sprinkler system shutdown initiated
  3. Team moves to third floor above affected area
  4. Water leak discovered in second‑floor lounge
  5. Investigation initiated
  6. Audible alarms and flashing strobes reported

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