Fire alarm activation at Mount Carmel Elementary school, Northumberland County PA
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, a fire alarm was activated at Mount Carmel Elementary School in Mount Carmel Township. Multiple fire units were dispatched, but upon arrival, no fire or smoke was found. Only Ladder 2 remained on scene while other units were held in quarters.
Audio|Heard on: Northumberland Public Safety
Listen to dispatch call
02:20
Transcript:
00:00
Mount Carmel Township, near West 5th Street, Mount Carmel Elementary,
00:05
commercial fire alarm, the box 22-0-01.
00:09
Mount Carmel Township Fire Department is due.
00:12
Ladder 2, Rescue 521, Opsolent 2, 511.
00:21
26, 2, respondent.
00:26
512.
00:27
County, ladder to respond.
00:31
Ladder 2 responding, Ops 2[1], 516.
00:38
He's 24 from county.
00:43
Good, go.
00:44
Sir, your units are coming up for their fail mark.
00:47
Delta units on scene, nothing showing.
00:49
The only fire apparatus I have out is ladder two.
00:56
All right,
00:59
I'm going to be there in a minute if you just want to hold everybody in quarters and just let a ladder two commit.
01:08
Okay.
01:09
517.
01:17
Attention units doing the 22-01 box.
01:21
Chief 24 holding everyone in quarters with the exceptional ladder 2.
01:26
517.
01:32
24, I'm on Seattle's Command, confirming the delta's.
01:40
Copy, 518.
01:46
A ladder two.
01:50
Cut ladder two.
01:52
Chief Anderson has to come in the elementary school entrance.
01:57
Yeah, that'll probably be the easiest for you.
02:03
I copy. Just pass employers.
02:09
Ten-four.
02:14
County Ladder to arrive.
02:18
Ladder 2, 520.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Ops 2: Operations Channel 2 (assigned tactical radio channel for the incident)
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Location mentioned:
Mount Carmel Township, PA
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