Construction workers damage sprinkler causing water flow and alarm, Hartford CT


Construction workers accidentally broke a sprinkler head near Weston St, Hartford, causing water to flow and triggering a fire alarm. Fire and EMS responded to shut down the water system. No fire or criminal activity was found.
Audio|Source: Hartford Police, Fire and EMS
05:25
Transcript:
00:00
Holy Engine 5, Ladder 3 on Weston Street.
00:04
Sounds like construction workers hit a sprinkler head.
00:07
Balance 3 sign is dismissed.
00:08
District 2 is available.
00:10
17 foot is on hold.
00:11
We'll be in route.
00:14
707. Sheldon 1134.
00:17
Okay, for engine 5, ladder 3, only dismissing the balance on Weston Street, District 2, Clear, 1134.
00:23
Taffar, I guess he's an elderly male party, he has dementia, and he was out there, I guess he had chest pains, but he's giving him a hard time.
00:31
I'll get you back up.
00:34
15, you want to start that way?
00:37
Not a three, denser five.
00:39
Go ahead.
00:41
Sure.
00:45
Yeah, do you want it in the rear of the building?
00:48
Perfect MS-9-15, it's in Capitol.
00:55
Yeah, over in the service area, sorry, the sprinkler popped for the damage.
01:01
We're walking to shut down the system now.
01:03
I just need somebody in that area to verify it's foul.
01:06
All right, tough for it.
01:09
All right. It might be easier to drive.
01:12
Hi, we're now on 5.0-335 Capital Live at the Noble gas station.
01:17
Crossroad Street, and Flower Street, it's going to be for an unconscious mail mail party, keeps fading in and out of consciousness.
01:24
It's going to be 11, that's at 1135, priority one.
01:28
Okay.
01:32
Okay. That work.
01:37
If you make contact with the 10-10, we're just trying to find out if there on the Forestry side or the Farmington Aide side from the building.
01:45
I was trying to see where we're in the auditorium.
01:48
We're finding you.
01:49
Are you guys came in on the Farmington Ave entrance into the auditorium?
01:54
No, we came in on the Forestry side and walked down.
01:57
They can come in off the Farmington as and bring in there's here.
02:01
Okay, 10-4.
02:02
Is it the main entrance or which entrance? Rear entrance.
02:05
Your inch, I copy.
02:08
Engine, send, engine, sun, hydrogen, hydro will all set.
02:11
You come out to the formal.
02:13
934.
02:21
Go ahead.
02:23
Okay, 13, please.
02:27
AMR 934.
02:31
You will use to 1875, 21875.
02:42
928 taking one to same friend.
02:47
Copy 928, it could be a head of the same frame, 1137.
02:54
You guys, they got the incorrect address for Rob Bells, and it's actually 74 Albany.
03:03
Number three going dispatch.
03:06
Number four.
03:09
Nine one five, I see.
03:12
Copy number five on scene, 1137.
03:17
CHPD 211, clear, accidental.
03:21
104, 211, clear, accidental.
03:23
1137. 9137.
03:31
9305. Go ahead.
03:34
Go ahead.
03:39
I copy 1138.
03:43
Still have active water flow back here It has to blow down at all.
03:49
Negative.
03:51
AMR 911.
03:56
915 were canceled by air fireguides.
03:58
All right, send that guy back here and see if I shut down the service area, which is what was labeled.
04:06
Hey.
04:08
10 4. Cancel by fire at 1130.
04:13
740. LTC, see if there's another sprinkler room that might control that area.
04:19
Yeah, I mean contact with one of the work is here.
04:21
We're going to see if we have something in this area to shut that down.
04:24
All right.
04:26
One fire alarm.
04:27
Tired a refusal.
04:28
Walk the way.
04:29
We're clear.
04:30
500.
04:32
1139.
04:38
AMR 9-1-1-1.
04:45
Ten, I'm going to be ocean.
04:48
Go ahead.
04:50
I copy, Tim.
04:57
Yeah, apparently that's the only sprinkling we have in order to shut the system now.
05:02
Um,
05:05
yeah.
05:07
Is it slowing down at all now?
05:14
It seemed like it might be residual from when it started, but...
05:18
Did you see it when you guys came here? Did you see if it was blown this much when you got here, or...? We're going to take a walk back for now.
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Weston St, Hartford, CT
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