Water pipe burst triggers sprinkler alarm at assisted living, Fredericksburg VA
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, a commercial fire alarm was reported at Cambridge Gardens Assisted Living near Onyx Court. Sprinklers activated in one hallway, but there was no fire or smoke. The cause was a burst water pipe in the ceiling, and residents were allowed to remain inside.
Audio|Heard on: Fredericksburg City and Spotsylvania County Fire and EMS
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02:30
Transcript:
00:00
Letter 11, Engine 4, Rescue Engine 8, and Battalion 2.
00:05
Commercial alarm.
00:06
Cambridge Gardens assisted living.
00:08
At near Onyx Court,
00:10
Cross streets are dead end in Commonwealth Drive.
00:14
Response Priority 1.
00:16
On Incident 1.
00:22
The living near Onyx court.
00:25
We've got the business on the line.
00:26
They're reporting the sprinklers gone off in one hallway.
00:30
No flames or smoke.
00:31
They are not evacuating.
00:42
Engine 4 is on the scene.
00:44
No level. There's no.
00:45
Nothing evident inside Alpha.
00:47
Bravo. We're positioned on the Bravo side.
00:49
Then it called a sec, whether or on war.
00:51
Establishing command, wishing a transfer.
01:08
No fire emergency, we have a burst water pipe in the ceiling.
01:14
Hold it to engine four, ladder 11,
01:17
the time you can use the discretion.
01:19
Ladder 11, can you try to control the water?
01:26
Go ahead.
01:29
I want to go on, sir, is Dean of Fire Marshal to go out there to put him on a fire watch?
01:37
Affirmative.
01:38
My phone address.
01:43
Can you contact the one call and have them go that way? I'm the service.
01:47
I'm the service.
01:52
I'm a battalion, two from Bethlehemone.
01:56
The one call can just do that over the five.
01:58
There's no need to go out there.
02:09
Command from engine four backs up.
02:12
Go ahead. Do you feel the main water supply.
02:17
Let me know if I killed that killed have a pipe.
02:22
Copy. Ladder 11 is going to the sprinkler room and we're allowing all the residents to reoccupy.
02:30
Copy.
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Location mentioned:
Onyx Ct, Fredericksburg, VA 22407
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