False fire alarm at Seton Hill University, Greensburg PA
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to an automatic fire alarm at Seton Hill University in Greensburg. Light smoke was seen in a second-floor hallway, likely caused by cooking. The situation was found to be minor, no injuries were reported, and the response was canceled after investigation.
Audio|Heard on: Westmoreland County Public Safety
Listen to dispatch call
04:53
Transcript:
00:00
Calling nine and one engine truck twenty-four tower 112 respond.
00:03
Seton Hill University, near Seton Hill Drive.
00:07
Automatic fire alarm assisting station seventy-nine on Greensburg Fire Patch on Pack Eight.
00:15
Address the security company.
00:17
They had nothing further.
00:18
They didn't even have a building name.
00:23
Okay.
00:29
Five hundred (number withheld) is in all zeros.
00:33
Three six.
00:39
One 80.
00:47
Seven 18. Back up till we get back, please.
00:54
Ten four.
01:00
Two one short.
01:08
Engine one.
01:13
Another seven short.
01:16
Engine seven.
01:21
Colt, if you're monitoring city fire, can you have 313, 14, whatever up there ask if they can help us out with this? What's going on?
01:32
Yeah, I did that and they didn't know as much as we didn't know.
01:36
So they're not totally sure, but they were at five.
01:42
Okay, can we go over to that school like Derek said?
01:46
Check that out again and see if that's what it is.
01:50
Not in front of 81 engine one, please.
02:01
Received.
02:02
Dispatch,
02:03
81's 1st will be arriving.
02:07
Received.
02:12
I was notified of up.
02:17
Okay, thanks.
02:18
I'll be arriving on the scene.
02:20
Dispatch.
02:22
Receiving.
02:29
Second floor hallway, light smoke.
02:32
We're investigating.
02:36
Stand by.
02:39
All right, dispatch chief 81.
02:42
Yeah, dispatch.
02:44
You want your structure alarms sent?
02:48
Yeah, go ahead and start them this way.
02:49
I could always cancel them off if I need to.
02:56
All units can proceed non-emergency per C1.
03:04
Let's get them up onto the 3rd floor, investigate on the 3rd floor.
03:08
Alarm panel is showing trouble, but we do have smoke.
03:13
That's received.
03:19
What building are we heading for?
03:27
(number withheld) is here, 08.
03:36
Greasy. Bad cook,
03:39
apartment (number withheld).
03:42
Ten four. Any need for ventilation?
03:47
It's light.
03:48
I think it'll dissipate on its own.
03:55
One.
03:57
Chief 81.
03:59
You can hold it to units on scene.
04:01
Bad cook (number withheld).
04:03
No ventilation needed.
04:09
One from captain one.
04:10
No extension all clear.
04:13
We're going to head back down.
04:15
Let me see if we can reset the alarm.
04:19
Central.
04:25
Dispatch, this is dispatch.
04:34
What's going on with all units involved? Third Street Valley Manor Chief Eighty-One requests all units known on scene return.
04:49
Twenty-four and 112 units active in the city of Greensburg.
04:51
You can cancel per chief seventy-nine.
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Location mentioned:
Seton Hill Dr, Greensburg, PA 15601
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