Fire alarm triggers at office plaza, no fire found, West Des Moines IA
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Fire & ArsonFire alarm activated near Office Plaza Drive North. Fire units responded and investigated the third floor of a three-story hotel but found no fire or reason for activation. The alarm was reset.
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Transcript:
00:00
Engine 220.
00:02
Ladder 195.
00:04
Fire alarm near Office Plaza Drive North.
00:08
Engine 220, ladder 195.
00:12
Fire alarm near Office Plaza Drive North.
00:16
Cross streets are Office Plaza Drive and Office Plaza Drive.
00:21
On arrival, use Tac 5.
00:23
Timeout 0-018.18.
00:30
Lens 213 headed to 3530 Westtown Parkway apartment 134 response emergent for a 69 year old male constant breathing who had some onset testing.
00:41
2.30 time.
00:47
19 minutes.
00:53
Yes, turning near Office Plaza Drive North to the finesta.
00:57
It's showing zone 993 general.
01:04
Enter 220 counties.
01:07
20 minutes.
01:08
Comprehension G20.
01:10
Engine 220.
01:11
Engine 220.
01:13
Arrived to a three-story hotel, nothing showing, no evacuation.
01:18
The engine 220 will be parked on the Alton side in investigation mode and passing command to ladder 195.
01:25
Three-story hotel, no evacuation, nothing showing.
01:30
No pass command to ladder 195 on top five.
01:37
Command from Engine 220 on Tac 5.
01:44
So for command.
01:48
The alarm panel is showing third floor.
01:52
And that's it, so we're going to head up the third floor and investigate.
01:57
Got to go to third floor.
01:59
Judge on a third floor.
02:07
195.
02:10
We arrived on scene, the whitewater is going to stay on this officer, office close to command.
02:14
W.
02:21
Command from engine G20.
02:26
Go to command.
02:27
Go to command.
02:30
Yeah, we're on the third floor.
02:32
It looks like somebody reset the alarm all rough here, and we've got the building manager with us, so we're not sure what's going on.
02:43
God, Ned, you don't let the alarm panel show it with the detector or anything?
02:49
It showed third floor and we just now found the detector.
02:54
It's kind of in the crook of the L shape, if you will.
02:59
No reason for activation.
03:01
We can go for a reset of 220 drivers in a position to do that.
03:08
Copy going for reset.
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Location mentioned:
Office Plaza Dr N, West Des Moines, IA 50266
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