Fire alarm triggered by sprinkler system at hotel, West Des Moines IA
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Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a fire alarm at Hilton Garden Inn near South 64th Street. The alarm was caused by water flow in the sprinkler system and there was no active fire. Maintenance was on scene and the alarm was canceled.
Audio|Heard on: Westcom Fire and EMS Dispatch
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02:15
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 190.
00:01
Engine 180.
00:03
Fire alarm near South 64th Street.
00:06
Hilton Garden Inn.
00:08
Engine,
00:09
190, engine 180.
00:11
Fire alarm near south 64th Street.
00:15
Hilton Garden Inn.
00:17
Cross streets are coach light drive and 64th Street.
00:21
On arrival, use TAC 5.
00:23
Timeout,
00:24
(number withheld).
00:29
That's copies are 190s in route.
00:32
Trophy in routes and Hilton Garden near South 64th for fire alarm.
00:37
It's going to be a water flow sprinkler alarm, low attic, dry sprinkler zone 3.
00:44
190 copies.
00:47
(number withheld).
01:03
Ladder 915, carbon dioxide alarm, near Southeast Booth Avenue.
01:09
Ladder 915, carbon dioxide alarm,
01:13
near Southeast Booth Avenue.
01:16
Cross streets are Southeast Oxford Drive and Southeast Sloan Drive.
01:21
On arrival use, pack 6, timeout, (number withheld).
01:31
Westcom engine 180.
01:33
Engine 180.
01:37
We're getting no tones or anything at Sucan 18.
01:44
Copy.
01:46
Engine 190, did you guys get tones?
01:52
Station 19 did you guys get tones? Station 19 did get tones, yes.
01:56
Happy, thank you.
02:02
Engine 190, engine 180 is going to Hilton Garden.
02:05
They called back, requested to cancel, maintenance is working on the system.
02:12
190 copies will continue non-emergent.
02:14
180 can go back in.
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Location mentioned:
S 64th St, West Des Moines, IA 50266
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