False fire alarm at Meijer garden center caused by pipe break, Lafayette IN
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a fire alarm at the Meijer garden center in Lafayette, Indiana. The alarm was triggered by a broken water pipe, not a fire. No emergency was found.
Audio|Heard on: Tippecanoe County Fire
Listen to dispatch call
02:2
Transcript:
00:00
(number withheld).
00:04
Stand-by for a fire alarm from Meijer, near U.S. Highway 52 West.
00:08
00:17
A special telephone.
00:20
One.
00:23
We've arrived east.
00:25
Clear.
00:30
(number withheld) have an active fire alarm from Meijer near U.S. Highway 52 West.
00:38
00:40
Coming from the garden center is a water flow fire alarm.
00:48
Channel 3.
00:50
I'll stop the fire by 621.
00:53
Dispatch battalion (number withheld).
00:57
Dispatch for me.
00:59
Okay.
01:00
And service signing.
01:08
(number withheld) is en route.
01:10
Okay.
01:15
(number withheld), 621 on your channel.
01:24
(number withheld), (number withheld) en route.
01:28
Clear.
01:30
Wadash Fire, did you have traffic?
01:36
This is 621.
01:37
On that wire right now, they're having a problem in the garden center with a pipe breaking.
01:43
There is no emergency here.
01:45
If you want to have one-year truck come and check it out, that'll be fine.
01:49
That'd be fine.
01:51
Battalion (number withheld) is clear.
01:53
(number withheld), let's continue.
01:55
(number withheld), ladder (number withheld), you can disregard the call.
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Location mentioned:
Meijer Dr, Lafayette, IN 47905
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