Automatic fire alarm at Derry Area High School checked, Derry PA
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, units responded to an automatic fire alarm at Derry Area High School that appeared to be triggered by a detector in the ventilation system. The scene was checked and no fire was found. Students were allowed to return inside the building.
Audio|Heard on: Westmoreland County Public Safety
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02:59
Transcript:
00:00
On Allen Station 71, Engine 41 respond.
00:03
988 North Chestnut Street Extension, the Derry Area High School automatic fire alarm.
00:08
Operations Fire Tac 7.
00:14
Like 272 there?
00:17
272's in service.
00:20
That's received at 813.
00:26
On Allen Station 71, Engine 41 respond.
00:30
North Chestnut Street Extension, the Derry Area High School automatic fire alarm.
00:34
I think 71 on Fire Tech 7.
00:41
There's one chief sitting on 7.
00:44
Damn it.
00:45
Dispatch, Chief Seventy-One.
00:52
Go ahead, Chief.
00:54
Okay, sir. School called.
00:56
They're having a detector in the ventilation system on the 2nd floor.
01:06
Forty-One acknowledges.
01:10
Three.
01:12
Seventy-one acknowledges.
01:14
Great.
01:19
It's about G71.
01:23
Got you.
01:25
Okay, sir. I have the units respond to the back of the school within the area of the dust collector.
01:31
This is where it will be at.
01:36
At 560 County.
01:45
Car 560.
01:48
I'll be in the area.
01:52
Car 560 received, 818.
01:59
41 chief will be on scene.
02:03
41 engine 6 in service.
02:16
Dispatch Tower 71, Zune.
02:20
Tower 71.
02:26
One engine, 71 tower.
02:29
Go ahead.
02:33
We're going to be putting the kids back into school right now.
02:35
If you come in the back, get some caution.
02:37
They're all loaded back in.
02:38
You just need a kick from whatever 1st unit is to check this.
02:42
It looks like there's a motor on the collector.
02:45
All right, you're going to have to repeat.
02:47
You're unreadable.
02:50
Just use caution coming in the back to putting the kids back in the structure.
02:54
At 1st, units just come up with a tick.
02:55
We just need to check to make sure nothing extended from the boater or the toss collector.
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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:
Chestnut St EXT, Derry, PA 15627
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