Fire alarm at apartment building with no visible fire, West Des Moines IA
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Fire & ArsonFire alarm sounded at a three-story apartment building near Stagecoach Drive. Emergency units arrived to investigate but found no visible fire and no evacuation was needed.
Audio|Heard on: Westcom Fire and EMS Dispatch
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02:48
Transcript:
00:00
Ladder 1.95.
00:02
Fire alarm, near Stagecoach Drive.
00:05
Number (number withheld).
00:07
Ladder, 195.
00:09
Fire alarm, near Stagecoach Drive.
00:13
Number (number withheld).
00:14
Cross streets are West Wells Fargo Trail and South Hidden Point Court.
00:20
On arrival use, TAC 5, timeout, 1906.
01:03
Car 429, ladder 425, engine 321, ambulance 553, motor vehicle collision, 4,800, interstate 8035 eastbound, car 429, ladder 425,
01:19
engine 321, ambulance 553, motor vehicle collision,
01:25
4,800 interstate 8035 eastbound, cross street are Douglas westbound 2, IA, 8035 eastbound on rail ramp and i.8035 eastbound off rail ramp two, Meredith.
01:38
On arrival, use TAC 6.
01:41
Timeout,
01:42
1908.
01:48
1909.
01:54
And it's responding to mile marker 127.3 westbound on I-8035 for an MVC injury.
02:02
It sounds like it's going to be a van versus a car versus another car.
02:07
Unknown injuries right now, but we do have multiple calls coming in about it.
02:12
It looks like there is no semi-involved, no semi-involved.
02:19
Number 425, caught the update.
02:22
1910.
02:24
That's Cobb, Latter-195.
02:27
Ladder 195.
02:29
5 is on the scene of a three-story apartment building, nothing visible from the exterior, no evacuation.
02:34
Boy, well, is going to establish command on the opposite side.
02:36
Ladder 105 is going to be out to investigate.
02:42
Copy arrived, three-story apartment, nothing visible and no evacuation, apt to investigate.
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Location mentioned:
Stagecoach Dr, West Des Moines, IA 50266
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