False fire alarm at meatpacking facility in Omaha, Omaha NE
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Fire & ArsonA fire alarm was activated at a large meatpacking facility on L Street in Omaha due to a broken sprinkler head in the elevator shaft. Fire crews stopped the water flow, reset the system, and turned the scene over to maintenance. The incident was confirmed to be a false alarm caused by a faulty sprinkler head.
Audio|Heard on: Omaha Fire (OFD Fire)
Listen to dispatch call
02:29
Transcript:
00:00
We're doing three, it's the elevator, top of elevator shaft spoke alarms.
00:09
Elevator shaft alarms, understood.
00:17
Engine one captain from engine one fire alarm system reset, looks like it's holding up this time.
00:24
Understood.
00:31
Truck 31 on location, nothing showing for the large meatpacking facility.
00:35
We'll be establishing L Street command investigating.
00:38
Truck 31, nothing showing, command.
00:40
They're not to be...
00:45
Battalion 3 on location.
00:50
I'm off-fire, night street command.
00:57
Water flow has been stopped in the broken sprinkler pipe.
01:00
The system has been reset.
01:02
Seems been turned over on-site maintenance.
01:03
Command is terminated.
01:04
Battalion 1's back in service.
01:05
Good alarm.
01:06
Battalion 1.
01:07
Good alarm.
01:08
Battalion 3 have a third.
01:10
The Italian 3rd.
01:14
The Italian 3 alarm company just called back in.
01:17
They've got a rep on location.
01:19
(name withheld), advisors, a pad detector above the elevator, and they're going to place the system and test.
01:28
Battalion 3 understood.
01:31
Battalion 3 is in service.
01:40
5%.
01:44
Ten hundred.
01:49
Truck one in service.
01:51
Ten hundred.
01:54
Major one in service.
01:59
Major one in service.
02:05
Omaha fire from L.C.
02:07
Committee.
02:15
False alarm, faulty head in the elevator,
02:18
positions on hold until we can get it repaired,
02:20
car watch is established, command is terminated, truck 31 is going to return to service,
02:25
false alarm.
02:27
Check for the one, false alarm, 10.03.
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Location mentioned:
L St, Omaha, NE
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