Fire alarm at Barnum School prompts evacuation, Bridgeport CT
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, a fire alarm at Barnum School, near Waterview Avenue in Bridgeport, reported possible electrical fire and smoke. No active fire found. The school was evacuated as a precaution.
Audio|Heard on: Fairfield CT Fire Dispatch Group Calls
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Transcript:
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Still alarm, engine 6, Ladder 6 with 292.
00:02
Still alarm, engine 6 Ladder 6 with 992.
00:04
Engine 6 Ladder 6 with 992, responsive to Barnum School,
00:08
commercial fire alarm.
00:09
495 Waterview, near Goodwin Street and Marjor Drive.
00:13
Engine 6, Ladder 6 to 92 response to the commercial fire alarm, Barnum School, 495 Waterview near Goodwin Street and Marjor Drive.
00:20
You stand with a fire alarm.
00:22
Still arm, engine three, still arm engine three.
00:24
Engine three, respond for the chest pain, 52, handover, three, first four near Parkab and Sealy Street.
00:29
Engine three respond for the chest pain, 52, handover, square, near Parkab and Sealy Street.
00:35
Three of Bridgeport.
00:38
Engine three.
00:41
We'll start responding, but we're just leaving the shopping shop on Main Street, and we can find a closer company.
00:47
Receive. Good support to company going to 495 Waterview Ave, advise is possibly going to be electrical fire.
00:58
Agency smoke no fire at this time.
01:01
The school is being evacuated.
01:04
Did you want me to upgrade that?
01:03
In the end of this time, we're investigating.
01:05
Battalion 2 is not seen 495 Waterview Avenue.
01:09
One-story educational building.
01:11
Correction, 2-story educational building.
01:13
Nothing visible to show the battalion 2 is committed.
01:17
Receive, Battalion 2, 495, Waterview, have 2-story educational building.
01:21
Nothing will be committed.
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This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
Waterview Ave, Bridgeport, CT 06608
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