Broken sprinkler line causes water leak in care center, Westmoreland County PA
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Fire & ArsonA broken sprinkler line in room 127 of the north unit at a care center caused a water leak. Fire units responded to shut down the sprinkler system and manage the water issue.
Audio|Heard on: Westmoreland County Fire
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04:12
Transcript:
00:00
Staff reporting is going to be the north unit room 127, they had a broken water line in the ceiling.
00:05
It's falling down into the lights into the room.
00:09
Okay,
00:11
Is Sergeant 71 over that way?
00:16
I'm not sure I'll be the assistant called her out.
00:19
Acknowledged.
00:22
Whoever get there first, I'm going to the maintenance room and cut the sprinkler system in.
00:28
I'm quite sure it's what's broke again.
00:33
542, fire tackle, up.
00:39
This was Sergeant 71.
00:41
Did you have a room number on that again by chance?
00:46
Room 127 in the north unit.
00:53
7-4, copy. I'm heading down there right now.
00:56
Chief, I'm here, I'll keep you updated once I get down there.
01:02
Sergeant 71 from assistant.
01:03
Get to the sprinkler room and get the sprinkler shut down.
01:06
That's probably what has happened.
01:07
It probably blew another line.
01:11
You got to shut two valves in and you got to open the main drain valve.
01:20
Acknowledged, that's what I kind of figured.
01:22
I'm going to head back right now and get that shut down.
01:28
She's 7-1 from Sergeant and I was just back in the maintenance room.
01:32
It doesn't sound like sprinkler system's flowing, so I'm going to head over there and see what I could figure out real quick.
01:40
What's the pressure say on the gauge?
01:45
It was still over 100 pounds, so I'm running down all right now a little quick.
01:58
71.
02:00
What attack are we on?
02:03
Fire Tac 11.
02:05
Thank you.
02:11
Chief.
02:16
Station 71 from Chief.
02:20
Go ahead, Chief.
02:22
Just hold there, so I, we tell you what to bring.
02:27
If you're going to come over, make sure you grab all the squeegees and the flood sucker, and make sure you bring your garden hose with you.
02:39
71 from Sorghum.
02:43
Good.
02:45
All right in the middle of the hallway.
02:49
Just coming out of the light a little bit right now,
02:52
but the closest thing to it is sprinkler head, so I'm going to shut that in right now just to keep the dust let loose.
02:59
Acknowledged. We'll be there in two minutes.
03:05
And for once you come in the front doors, hang it right,
03:09
go down to the nurse station, make a left, and that will, uh, it's right down that hallway.
03:17
This is in the suite, it's in the main, it's in the regular one, right?
03:23
Correct, this is inside the care center, not the suite.
03:28
Chief, can you get here? Can you silence that along?
03:35
Chief, just sure you're aware, we never got a fire alarm for there.
03:47
County Assistant 71 of you on.
03:54
Dispatch all 57 years will be clear PAA hours.
03:58
Fifty-seven, acknowledged.
04:04
Fire us batch G-71, we just got the fire alarm now.
04:09
Yeah, we did turn to free.
04:11
Break group did from this.
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North, Rostraver Township, PA
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