False fire alarm at hospital caused by faulty light ballast, Easton MD
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, a fire alarm sounded at a hospital near the emergency room entrance on South Washington Street. Smoke was reported on multiple floors but was found to be caused by a faulty light ballast. No fire was present and the building is safe.
Audio|Heard on: Talbot County Fire and EMS
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03:32
Transcript:
00:00
Commandant, engine 39 and truck 23.
00:05
23, go ahead.
00:11
Engine 39, Truck 23, when you arrive,
00:14
I want you to stage on South Washington Street just past the ER entrance.
00:17
That's a secondary hydrogen there, and just hold your trip.
00:22
Troop 23 copy, we're on location station.
00:30
139, property, all the case.
00:33
And it's 39, 4203 location I-2-level.
00:36
Division 1 command.
00:46
Go ahead, there's in one.
00:49
The first floor is clear.
00:51
Security advisors will lay out on Division 2 and 3 should be identical.
01:01
Okay, Division 1 is clear.
01:04
Plan investigation.
01:09
Investigation.
01:10
Investigation.
01:13
Do you have anything need for Division 1 and need you in Division 2? If not, pull them back out?
01:21
Now I'm good for Vampire for right now.
01:24
I think you might have a solution for you.
01:28
Give me a couple of minutes, I'll update you with camera for it.
01:34
I'm happy.
01:36
Commanding Division 1.
01:37
Are you guys going to exit?
01:41
Direct will be exiting momentarily.
01:45
Division 3 to Command.
01:51
Division 3rd.
01:52
The floor is clear on the third floor.
01:58
Okay.
02:00
There were reports of smoke on the 4th floor as well.
02:03
Since you guys are on the 3rd, can you check out the 4th floor?
02:08
Okay. Division 1 command.
02:11
Division 1.
02:18
The ER charge nurse is advising if the part of the department recommends the old name disaster.
02:30
At this time, I'm waiting for investigations giving me a can report.
02:36
And then we have a hospital person around.
02:41
Good news.
02:49
Correcture 94 by the center.
02:52
2. Paramountry 94.
02:53
We copy the traffic with the chamber 94.
02:57
Change our destination in Queenstown.
03:00
TAM4, 914. 1918.
03:12
Good investigation.
03:16
One, no need for a disaster.
03:20
The ER is fine.
03:22
It was a light ballast.
03:25
We took that off the wall, secured it.
03:29
I'm pumped to the nursing supervisor to the second floor.
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Location mentioned:
S Washington St, Easton, MD 21601
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