Fire alarms activated by opened drain in ocean boulevard building, North Myrtle Beach SC
Fire & ArsonFire alarms and strobe lights went off in a building on South Ocean Boulevard. There was no fire or danger. The alarms started after someone opened a drain in the parking garage, causing the system to activate. Firefighters and residents are working to turn off the alarms.
Audio|Source: North Myrtle Beach Fire Department
04:32
Transcript:
00:00
Unfortunately, the contact number we have is for the security office there on site, and we're getting no response there.
00:05
Copy. I have 32.
00:06
Command engine one.
00:07
Can we let people go in?
00:08
Yeah, people can come in, there's nothing, there's no hazards, just we can't get the alarm to the silence.
00:13
Go ahead.
00:14
FYI, we paged out, and I tried to call his cell phone.
00:17
Car 13 left the voicemail, he didn't answer.
00:19
Also, we received a call from a resident.
00:21
She's walking down the beach, she said,
00:23
if you can't seem to locate the problem,
00:25
what she could see from the beach would be the top floor,
00:29
very north end unit, looking at the building from the beach, said there was a light going on and off.
00:34
continuously.
00:35
Truck 1 off, 35, 5.
00:37
Repeat that traffic for truck 1.
00:38
More resident, she's reporting the very top floor if you're looking at the building from the beach.
00:42
It's going to be the very north end unit that you can see from the beach.
00:47
It appears a light's going on and off continuously.
00:49
She's not sure if that's the source of your problem there.
00:51
Copy. I don't think it's going to be the source of the problem.
00:53
What's a fire alarm panel and says is on the first floor, fire pump or ground floor.
00:58
Hi, Copy. She wanted to let you know that that was going on.
01:02
... Officer Trupling Firefighter.
01:04
Go ahead.
01:05
We do have an after-hours management number here on the first floor unit.
01:09
Copy, I'll come down in the room, quick.
01:11
Up to take the stairs.
01:12
Elevators are...
01:13
Come in, and represent the stroves, the entire north building.
01:17
The north building, all the stroves, all the floors are activated.
01:19
That's what they're seeing on.
01:20
Pack 1, Park 12. Card 12, go ahead.
01:22
Do you ahead.
01:23
Truck 1 ever get a response?
01:24
Yes, sir. He's still on Pack 1.
01:25
412 and the truck 1.
01:26
Good. We're at 1625 South Ocean Boulevard.
01:30
It appears that someone staying here opens some auxiliary drain in the parking garage deck, which caused the dry system to charge.
01:42
We drained that system and the alarm will not silence.
01:48
And it is now activated in both the north and south towers.
01:52
Right, you have to go silence and reset both panels fairly close to Vina at the same time.
01:59
Copy, I will coordinate that with Engine 1, and I will call you back and let you know if that works.
02:05
Copy, I'll be standing by, check one.
02:06
Copy. Engine 1, you copy that traffic.
02:08
I believe you so.
02:09
Go to the next building and we'll do a countdown and silence them.
02:14
That's affirmative. I'm going to go to the north building with the Truck One Firefighter if you want to head back to that panel that we were just set.
02:21
Truck one caller fighter, truck one officer.
02:23
Yes. I went up to the first floor in the most caverns where the fire hazard is.
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Location mentioned:
Near S Ocean Blvd, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29582
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