No person trapped in elevator after false alarm in Los Alamos, Los Alamos NM
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According to the dispatch call, firefighters and police responded to a report of a person possibly trapped in an elevator at a facility in Los Alamos. After checking all elevators, they found no one trapped and discovered the situation was caused by a miscommunication.
Audio|Heard on: Los Alamos Police and Fire
Listen to dispatch call
03:37
Transcript:
00:00
Coming out from battalion, one on type four.
00:03
Good.
00:08
Yeah, Cap, on this PIP is showing that we have four freight, four regular passenger elevators, and then we have one freight on the southwest side, subdivision one.
00:18
I copy that, we're at the freight now.
00:20
Thank you, sir.
00:22
No problem.
00:23
Phil's awful, C-G.
00:25
Go ahead. Go ahead.
00:27
From time of receiving call to my arrival, how long was that? Grant from Liza.
00:36
So much. Good.
00:42
I just be advised EOC called advising that a (name withheld) caller called to confirm that there was an individual stuck in the elevator.
00:51
AOC did not give an elevator number or location to their party.
00:58
Only 18.
00:59
It was 8 minutes from phone pickup.
01:04
to Turnicot.
01:06
Call to eight minutes from call to Turnitkit.
01:12
I copy so there was someone stuck in the elevator.
01:17
Are they unstuck? Affirmative.
01:22
Negative of the second.
01:24
And what sign was that?
01:27
Call was received at 2048.
01:31
Okay. Okay.
01:32
So at this point we are unsure if there's somebody stuck in the elevator.
01:40
Is that correct?
01:42
Correct.
01:47
That's on the light fire.
01:50
Good.
01:55
Just be advised, EOC did give us a number for that third party caller.
02:01
Advising of that individual that was stuck in the elevator.
02:05
We could try to contact it and unable to get through.
02:08
I have that number when you're clear.
02:10
Good.
02:11
(number withheld).
02:15
Okay, thank you.
02:21
Matt from LIF.
02:24
Good.
02:29
...off the phone with EOC, advising that the facility manager...
02:35
...confirmed that there is no longer a person stuck in the elevator and that there was a miscommunication.
02:40
If you wanted to go ahead and swim back around, they can better explain the situation.
02:46
Copy.
02:56
We cleared the four passenger elevators as well as the freight elevator.
03:02
There's nobody inside.
03:03
We confirmed with the reporting party that it was a miscommunication and that there's nobody stuck inside the elevator.
03:10
Buildings turned over to the building manager.
03:12
The grant is terminated, engine one's available.
03:17
Correct.
03:19
2140.
03:24
Early fire engine four.
03:26
All right.
03:29
Yeah,
03:33
where is not complete.
03:34
You can put engine four available in this much.
03:36
Correct. 2148.
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Los Alamos, NM 87544
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