False fire alarm due to nearby water main break, Noblesville IN


A fire alarm sounded at a building, but firefighters found no fire or water discharge inside. They noted a nearby water main break causing a minor leak in the building's water line. The alarm was reset with no fire present.
Audio|Source: Hamilton County Fire & EMS
01:54
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 74 from the Italian.
00:01
Go ahead.
00:02
Looks like we have a representative that just showed up.
00:08
Okay, we're headed back towards the front door.
00:10
We've walked the structure.
00:11
There's no water that's been flowing and we didn't find anything on thermal imaging and the alarm seems to be holding.
00:19
So I think your discretioning probably let 71 head home.
00:24
There's control you can show engine 71 back in service.
00:28
For from control Go ahead Just information, there is a water main break about a mile south at Prairie Crossing and Lakeview Drive.
00:46
Clear.
00:47
9-3-74.
00:48
Good.
00:49
If 72 is still on scene, you can release them, and you guys can go in service as well.
00:53
We're just going to walk upstairs and make sure the system's holding with the rep and then we'll mark in as well.
00:59
The only thing we found in the sprinkler room was a small pinhole leak, but on the domestic water side, so I don't think that's the issue, probably the water main break.
01:08
Clear. Control, you can show Baton 307, Latter 372 back in service.
01:14
You can release the ops in the operator.
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Location mentioned:
Lakeview Dr & Prairie Crossing Dr, Noblesville, IN 46060
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