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False fire alarm at Harrison High SchoolWest Lafayette IN

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N 50 W, West Lafayette, IN 47906

Fire units responded to Harrison High School for a fire alarm. It was a false alarm caused by a faulty detector. The alarm was silenced and the panel was reset.

Audio|Heard on: Tippecanoe County Fire
Listen to dispatch call
03:7
Transcript:
00:00
Keeping the fire, Clint 706 is on scene.
00:03
Evacuation is in progress.
00:05
706. 7.06. Additional Battle Ground Fire units at Harrison High School, you can disregard, disregard to run the Harrison High School per alarm company, false alarm.
00:20
711 is cleared traffic, back of service.
00:25
701 732 is clear right yeah with battleground 7231 7231 on 7231 on the other ground
00:46
It's still going off, but they're going down to clear the panel now.
00:50
T-7-5-2-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-8 northbound on the right passenger car, non-term 53.
00:59
Clear, clear, clear, clear, all.
01:00
All right to clear the panel.
01:03
Three from Westminster.
01:04
Okay.
01:08
Tippecanoe Fire, 7-1.
01:11
Seventy one.
01:12
71.
01:17
That one will be in route to I-65.
01:20
701.
01:24
701, 706.
01:31
Go ahead.
01:36
We were on another channel.
01:38
What was the second dispatch?
01:42
150 at the 180 northbound.
01:46
You say a $10.50?
01:50
Topper,
01:53
clear.
02:00
732 will be around station 1 to get 7.5.
02:04
Clear.
02:05
723, 7.3, 731.
02:10
Go ahead, 31.
02:17
I have to check the area.
02:19
We're just going to look.
02:20
Everything is clear. We're going to go.
02:21
We set the panel now.
02:26
724 is an outstation.
02:28
Clear.
02:44
723, 731.
02:48
All right, 31.
02:54
The alarm has been silenced and reset.
02:57
Looks like they got a faulty head upstairs.
03:00
The maintenance man is looking to see if he's got one to replace it.
03:03
But at this time it looks like it's staying in, but it has silenced the alarm and reset the panel.

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Location mentioned:
N 50 W, West Lafayette, IN 47906

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Incident Timeline

  1. Panel Reset and Faulty Detector Identified
  2. False Alarm Confirmed
  3. Evacuation Initiated
  4. Units En Route and Arriving
  5. Fire Alarm Dispatched

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