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False commercial fire alarm at OHSU caused by shower steam, Portland OR

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/21/2025 12:41 PM

SW Sam Jackson Park Rd, Portland, OR 97239

Fire responders went to a fire alarm at Oregon Health & Science University near Sam Jackson Park Road. The alarm was a false report caused by steam from a shower.

Audio|Source: Portland Area Fire and Rescue

01:46

Transcript:

00:00

Engine 1 over the air commercial alarm at OHSU, south of Sam Jackson Park Road, respond on OPS 1.

00:08

Engine 1 over the air,

00:10

commercial alarm, OHSU, south of Sam Jackson Park Road.

00:15

Talk Group, that's 1, 1243.

00:21

Engine 1 from Ops 1.

00:27

1 from ops 1 hold of someone on site they would like you to continue to have a smoke alarm in room 10 a is an atom 2 6 and disregard you were cleared it looks like it looks like you guys cleared yourself I'll put you back on that call

00:58

dispatcher 772.

01:00

Yeah,

01:03

I can't remember what our medic unit is, but can give me that number?

01:07

Medic 1305.

01:10

Medics 1305 from inch 72.

01:14

Medic 1305, go ahead.

01:18

Jake, can you guys bring your meds up, plus?

01:22

Dispatch engine one.

01:29

Engine 1, go ahead.

01:31

I see we got put back on this commercial alarm at OHSU.

01:35

Did we get some new information? We got a report from OHSU police.

01:40

It was just steam from a shower.

01:44

We didn't get that info here, but I'll add it to your call and show you guys they are.

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SW Sam Jackson Park Rd, Portland, OR 97239

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