Fire pump causes false alarm in commercial building, Indianapolis IN
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a multi-story commercial office building on Meridian Street due to a smoke detector alarm in the basement pump room. Investigation revealed the fire pump was running uncontrolled, triggering the alarm, but no fire was found. Maintenance and police personnel assisted with access during the investigation.
Audio|Source: Marion County MECA Fire and Rescue
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Transcript:
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Control engine seven. Engine 7.
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Control the single multi-story commercial office building.
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We do have strobes at this time.
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We'll be investigating with the ladder. We'll be investigating with the latter.
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Engine 7 on see of a multi-story commercial office building.
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By the authority of engine 7, establishing Meridian Street Command will be investigating with the ladder 525.
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Agent 82, Medic 8, 826 Lindley Avenue. Allergic Reaction, 525 H-25 hours. Location,
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900, south, 57, 6 feet west.
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Control Battalion 7 is unseen, Detain 7 will assume command.
01:03
Battalion 7 on scene by the 840 Battalion 7 is assuming Meridian Street Command.
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Control, can you notify, um,
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are you, um,
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police?
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I'll let him know. We also have a wrapping route. He's about 25 minutes out.
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Clear.
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Medic 4.2646 left 61st Street. Bleeding non-traumatic B.
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Medic 4-264-6 left 61st Street. Bleeding non-traumatic B.
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527 hours. Location, 6100 North-2600 West.
02:16
Showing a smoke detector in the pump room basement.
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I'm checking it now.
02:24
Command's clear.
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We'll have a talkaround available as well.
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Command from Agent 13.
02:34
Go ahead.
02:38
Just spoke with a maintenance guy who walked up. He's on the phone with the building rep that's listed on the MBT. He says the alarm's been going off for about 30 minutes.
02:52
Come in, it's clear.
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Engine 7 from ladder 7.
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Go ahead.
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What's your guys' location?
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I made the stairway on the south side, mid-building,
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go through the lobby.
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May have a investigation?
03:32
Go ahead.
03:35
We're in the basement now, we're having access issues to the keys not working on most of these doors. I'm trying to get into the funk room now.
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Claire, engine 13 is that maintenance gentleman out there as he made it in the building?
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Yeah, if you have them bring him down to the basement to be helpful if he's got keys.
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7C from 7A.
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Good.
04:12
Have you moved us back in that stairwell, I got the pump from door over here, I think.
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The main sky wandered off towards the west side of the building about a minute ago.
04:33
You got a type of coat today on?
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Gray hair, big bushy beard,
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neon yellow T-shirt, gray jacket.
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Might be near ladder seven, maybe.
04:52
The investigations, maintenance man is inside the building with about two or three other IU police making their way downstairs.
05:04
The evening seven, tomorrow, seven.
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Let me have for investigation.
05:16
Go ahead.
05:19
We made the fire pump room. We got a fire pump activation.
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The fire pump is actually the cause of the smoke detector.
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It's been a runaway fire pump for a while, it looks like.
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If you have other companies check the upper floors or see if there's any water flow.
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Command is clear.
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Ladder 13, Engine 13,
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make your way inside.
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Engine 13, FDCs on the northeast corner of the building.
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Command Library 13, walk over to where we need to go ahead.
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All right,
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come in this front door, unless you're off of Illinois.
06:09
Clear.
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We're headed up to the upper floors.
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Via the elevator, we have a key card.
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Claire, when you get control, I might send it back down.
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If you're going to start at the top, work your way down, I'll start the other cruise from the bottom workup.
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Command investigation is a 7.
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The panel stated in northern water flows quick, that was just pumped on it, you know. Down there, do you see any water that's coming out of the flow drain if there is one?
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Location mentioned:
N Meridian St, Indianapolis, IN
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