Fire alarm caused by broken sprinkler with no fire, San Diego CA
A fire alarm was activated at a building near Governor Drive due to a broken sprinkler system or a high-temperature issue. There was no water flow or active fire. A fire watch order was given to the building staff as a precaution.
Audio|Source: San Diego City Police and Fire Dispatch
07:22
Transcript:
00:00
Near Governor Drive.
00:02
Mark Urgent Care U.C.
00:04
Cross streets, Genesee Avenue and Edmonton Avenue.
00:07
Engine 50.
00:12
For a minute, we'll do a call back standby way.
00:19
Is truck 14 at the scene?
00:35
4, Metro. 4 Metro.
00:42
Engine 4 from Truck 11.
00:45
I'm going to switch to 7K[1].
00:51
Medics 4. It's been 12 minutes.
00:53
It doesn't look like you moved yet for your post-move.
00:56
Are you around? Or from truck 11, 7K[1]?
01:02
I just talked for one of the building representatives out here.
01:09
He said through some very broken English,
01:13
that there was part of the system that wasn't working properly.
01:18
He was going to try to reset the alarm.
01:21
There is no water flow.
01:22
It was a high-temperature problem.
01:25
And he's contacting the alarm company and or sprinkler company.
01:31
He just went down what looked like into the basement level.
01:41
If you could add to my block and take that one of those 163 lanes behind us, I'm fine with the number one lane being open.
01:54
I copy, but he went down into the lowered level to this door next to the risers.
02:10
You block the lane to 163.
02:13
People can go around us in the number 1 lane, but I want that 163 lane blocked.
02:19
Folks could swing around us and get past, but block that for me.
02:22
So we take lanes 2-3 and the 163 lane, please.
02:29
I copy two lanes 2-3 and the 163 lane.
02:32
We'll be coming up.
02:38
Hi.
02:41
Dr. Medical 84, confirming we are continuing on this response and we did not cancel.
02:47
84, you can cancel.
02:50
So far away, I've got two patients, mom and baby.
02:53
You can go in the same ambulance.
02:54
If you see me up ahead,
02:57
I'm walking down.
02:59
There's two more cars.
03:02
About 300 feet past Medic 28.
03:05
Checking on their status now.
03:08
18, copy.
03:14
Everyone, can you log your...
03:16
11 if you can't put it?
03:25
Engine 5, at Rock 14, traffic accident freeway, 7 Hotel, 7 India, Interstate 8 eastbound, F8JWO-805, cross streets, Interstate 8 have on ramp, and Interstate 805MB on ramp, engine 5, and truck 14,
03:44
7 Hotel, 7 India.
03:56
Redge 12-7 Hotel.
04:02
Go for Metro.
04:05
Metro.
04:06
The Metro is 12-7 Hotel.
04:07
We travel 8.05 North Carolina from Imperial to Oklahoma Boulevard and there's no sign of an accident.
04:15
It's a better location.
04:19
Engine 12 Metro Coffee's travel northbound native 5 to Imperial to Elcahome, requesting federal location standby for call back to CHP.
04:30
Agent 18 from Engine 18 firefighter, low on-tech.
04:39
Go for engineering on 7 India.
04:43
An additional two patients at the accident setup I had for a total of four.
04:50
They can ride together if you can request an additional AOS for a total of two, please.
04:56
Copy.
05:01
Same hospital.
05:03
Tag 19, copy, for 20.
05:12
Metro is an 187 hotel.
05:18
18, go ahead.
05:21
Jack, we're going to get off at the Boulevard unless you have anything further.
05:31
Measure 19 from mid-12, yeah, we exit the Alton Boulevard, I'm just waiting to hear back from Metro.
05:44
18, you'll have Medics ED2.
05:50
You have an end yet.
05:55
All right, see.
05:57
Go ahead.
06:01
Problem I see, this is just an overheated vehicle.
06:04
There was no property damage, no damage to the structure, no further hazard itself ventilated.
06:09
And probably I see terminated.
06:14
You have a second ambulance, so I don't know what the number, what their medic unit is, but it's been assigned.
06:21
It's been overheated vehicle, no property damage.
06:28
As far as I see terminated.
06:33
DRO-Medic, 84.
06:37
24.
06:39
Metro, Medicaid, for confirming this traffic action we're running with truck 14 is a separate incident than engine 18 and truck 45.
06:49
Affirmative for CHP, this is not a dupe and they are at scene.
06:54
Copy that, Metro,
06:56
84 here. We're going to have to hit the 8 westbound to turn around and we're going to be passing the other accident.
07:03
Do you want to attach us to the other incident instead of 82?
07:09
Coffee, goodbye.
07:13
Metro Pacific ICC, this is a confirmed broken sprinkler.
07:18
Type is broken and not going to be repaired.
07:20
We're going to be issuing a fire watch order to the staff here.
Police codes explained
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[1]
7K: Map grid/beat identifier (Kilo)
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