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False alarm at high-rise building fire pump malfunction, Wilmington DE

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N Market St, Wilmington, DE 19801

According to the dispatch call, fire units responded to a high-rise fire alarm near North Market Street in Wilmington. Upon arrival, no visible fire or sprinkler activation was found. The fire pump was malfunctioning but running. Investigation is ongoing, and no fire was confirmed.

Audio|Heard on: Wilmington Fire
Listen to dispatch call
02:31
Transcript:
00:00
Attention all units near North Market Street, high-rise fire alarm,
00:04
engine 1 inch of 5, ladder 1, battalion 1.
00:06
Attention all units near North Market Street, high-rise fire alarm.
00:11
Engine 1 inch and 5, ladder 1, battalion 1, 033.033.
00:17
Okay,
00:20
1-035.
00:23
There's him.
00:29
The one's responding from 6-6-6-6.
00:33
She was the last one.
00:39
One.
00:45
Respond. Respond.
00:47
Receive the latter one.
00:55
0.935.
00:57
8.05 arrive, 1.000936.
01:07
8.0936. Say,
01:12
winter route to appreciate what's half what I be.
01:18
Receive A1.
01:21
Not a one arrive.
01:27
7. Battalion 1 arrival, commercial high-rise building, nothing evident from all sides.
01:32
I have marked the street command.
01:37
Italian 137.
01:43
Attention all units 268 North Heald Street.
01:47
Difficulty breathing.
01:48
Engine 3A11, medic one.
01:50
Attention on units 268 North Heald Street, difficulty breathing.
01:53
Engine 3A11, Medic1, 0938.
01:57
The other one officer to come in.
02:09
Command.
02:13
Chief Staff on site is advising the issue with the fire pump.
02:16
Please, when the seals is broken.
02:18
The pump is running.
02:20
No sprinkler head burst, just to malfunction the pump.
02:23
We're going to check now.
02:27
Copy fire pump running,
02:29
malfunction with the fire pump.
02:31
Investigating.

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Location mentioned:
N Market St, Wilmington, DE 19801

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Incident Timeline

  1. Fire Pump Isolated and Issue Referred
  2. Fire Pump Malfunction Identified
  3. Units Arrive and Assess
  4. Fire Alarm Dispatched

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