Building alarm triggers false fire alert at courthouse, Hutchinson KS
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, fire crew responded to a courthouse alarm which was caused by a malfunction in the basement main panel. Deputies assigned fire watch and maintenance was notified.
Audio|Heard on: Reno and Rice County Public Safety
Listen to dispatch call
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Transcript:
00:00
Trying to make access to the basement or are you trying to go up to the fifth floor?
00:07
We're at the basement main panel right now.
00:10
We've already been to the third floor to investigate, not finding anything, but the alarm panel is calling it the west staircase.
00:17
We couldn't find any west staircase.
00:23
I don't believe there is one.
00:24
I wonder if the location on the panel's wrong.
00:26
I'm not seeing anything on the pre-plan as well.
00:32
Acknowledgment. There's a small spiral staircase behind one of the judges' chambers.
00:38
We think maybe that may have been what they're referring to.
00:41
We're going to try to reset it and do it happen.
00:43
The alarm system is malfunctioning.
00:46
Deputies are going to be on fire watch and they're notifying maintenance.
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Location mentioned:
W 1st Ave, Hutchinson, KS 67501
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