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Patient smoking triggers fire alarm at critical care tower, Pittsburgh PA

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Friendship Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15224

According to the dispatch call, a fire alarm activation at the West Penn Critical Care Tower was caused by a patient smoking in a bathroom. Emergency responders investigated and found no fire.

Audio|Heard on: Pittsburgh Fire / EMS Fire Dispatch Ch 1
Listen to dispatch call
01:31
Transcript:
00:00
Zone 36, working commercial fire alarm activation at the West Penn Critical Care Tower, 333 South Millvale Avenue off Penn and Liberty.
00:08
Play of activation says zone 993, but no location given.
00:13
It's all companies standby for a.
00:15
Fire 1 dispatch,
00:17
zone 36, now working commercial fire alarm activation at the West Penn Critical Care Tower.
00:22
333 South Millville off amend.
00:25
Play of activation, zone 993, no location.
00:28
given.
00:29
Responding up is going to be engine 6-8-7, 6-8-7, 6 truck of a tiny 3.
00:34
All companies respondent in on 4-1.
00:36
Your dispatch time is 23-41.
00:39
Six engines in.
00:41
Six engines in.
00:45
Seven engine in.
00:48
Seven engine in.
00:51
Eight engines in.
00:54
And engineing.
00:56
Six trucks in.
01:00
Six stroking.
01:02
Italian three soon.
01:05
Starting three in.
01:11
Six engine on scene.
01:14
This is that six engine.
01:15
You can return all companies.
01:16
We met with security.
01:18
This was just the patient smoking in the bathroom.
01:20
We're going to show us back as well.
01:25
Copy. All companies present three six return.
01:28
As all companies are done three six for return.
01:29
Patient smoking in the bathroom for security.

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Friendship Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15224

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