False fire alarm at building elevator lobby, Richmond VA
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, a fire alarm at a building near W Broad St was triggered on the fourth floor elevator lobby. Responders found no hazards. The alarm was caused by a faulty smoke detector.
Audio|Heard on: Richmond City Fire Dispatch
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04:27
Transcript:
00:00
A couple of things about the 300 West Broad Street for the general fire alarm.
00:05
Point of activation is the fourth floor elevator lobby at 1301 on.
00:11
Battalion 2 has arrived.
00:18
Got nothing visible from a 5-story.
00:27
Residential over commercial battalion two is going to be on the delta side of the structure engine 10 will be investigative group did hear an audible alarm when I was on the bravo side of the structure command post again is going to be on the delta side.
00:54
Truck 6.
00:56
Overdose, (number withheld) Chamberlain Parkway.
01:00
Truck 6.
01:01
Overdose.
01:03
(number withheld), Chamberlain Parkway.
01:05
Cross streets are School Street and Paswell Street.
01:08
On tap Channel 2.
01:10
Timeout, 1303.
01:22
Go ahead.
01:25
Truck 6, he's been canceled by your M.S.
01:29
Next truck, thanks.
01:32
Six months drive.
01:37
On-pack, Channel 2.
01:39
Timeout, 1304.
01:46
Truck 7 is going to join Engine 10 as an investigative group.
01:54
(name withheld), Truck 7 and Truck 10 investigating, or Engine 10, Investigating, 30-05-hour.
02:02
Engine 11. Trash, Fire.
02:06
(number withheld), East Main Street, at Main Street Train Station.
02:10
Engine 11.
02:11
Trash, Fire.
02:13
(number withheld), East Main Street at Main Street Train Station.
02:17
Cross streets are South 15th Street and South 17th Street.
02:21
On tap Channel 2.
02:23
Timeout, 1308.
02:29
One into a living around to (number withheld) East Main Street for the debris trash fire.
02:38
It implies of a dumpster on a possible dumpster off fire east side of the station.
02:44
13.09 hour.
02:45
Enterton.
02:49
Go ahead, Engineton.
02:55
Fire control panel is in the office, which is locked.
03:00
The Knox key is not working to get us into that.
03:03
Do they have a contact person here?
03:10
Richmond, do you have a file a contact for this address?
03:17
Negatively, alarm company annotated, no responders.
03:23
Forestry command from engine six.
03:26
We gain access to the fire control panel.
03:29
The alarm do say garage fourth floor elevator.
03:37
You say garage fourth floor elevator?
03:41
That's correct, sir.
03:44
I copy. I'm going to reposition back around to the Charlie side.
03:49
That's the garage side.
03:51
Units are going to investigate that.
03:57
We are near the garage.
03:59
We are going to investigate 4th floor.
04:05
I copy.
04:11
Voice, we command from Angel 6.
04:15
This is going to be due to a faulty smoke alarm.
04:19
No hazards on the 4th floor.
04:27
I copy.
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Location mentioned:
W Broad St, Richmond, VA 23220
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