Small stove fire triggers sprinklers in apartment, Tucson AZ


A small stove fire in apartment 206 triggered the sprinklers and fire alarms at High Life near East Broadway Boulevard. One resident was safely evacuated. Firefighters confirmed the fire was contained with no active flames or spread.
Audio|Source: Tucson Regional Fire Dispatch
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Transcript:
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Battalion 331, Battalion 1, EEC1, Engines, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 15, ladder 1, ladder 4, medic 1, medic 4, and safety 331, High Life Fire, near East Broadway Boulevard, 0 North and 100 West.
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Respond on A4 South.
00:24
Ladder 1, I'll show you en route to the fire.
00:30
All right, one.
00:32
Yes, sir, I just wanted to advise.
00:34
We got a call about the alarm, a separate call about the fire, and a third call from Tucson Water, stating that there was a decrease in water pressure for the city block, but they did not have a pressure surge.
00:51
Copy, thank you.
00:53
You're welcome.
00:59
Italian 331 fire.
01:01
The unit's responding to near East Broadway.
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The original call is from the alarm company reporting a water flow alarm.
01:11
We're now getting additional calls from residents in the building reporting a fire.
01:19
We're getting conflicting information on whether it's the second floor or the sixth floor, but there are smoke flames and sprinklers going off.
01:28
No solar panels on this building and unknown if people are evacuating?
01:36
And there were multiple different water flow alarms that were triggered by the alarm company.
01:45
REC1's on scene, got audible alarms.
01:50
Check E see one.
01:51
Engine 2 is on scene on the south side of the building.
01:56
The time, one, can you look on the north side of the building and see what we see on that side?
02:02
Definitely rates.
02:07
Other one's on scene.
02:11
Take one's on team.
02:13
Take one's on team.
02:20
Engine 1 on scene, assuming second engine.
02:27
We got nothing on the north or the east side.
02:28
We got nothing on the north or the east side.
02:36
It's your on scene.
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This is a third engine.
02:43
Okay, one.
02:45
The battalion, go ahead.
02:48
The battalion one on scene.
02:51
Assuming Broadway command, we're going to need TPD to shut down Broadway at Stone.
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Fire alarm poppy.
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15 on scene, staged on Broadway, securing the street at Stone.
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Medic 3, injured person, near East Bigway Boulevard, 1100 North and 1,000 East.
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Respond on A3 North.
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Fire alarm command.
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You should have one TPD officer arriving on scene and we have requested building safety as well.
03:50
I copy that.
03:51
I did speak to TPD face-to-face.
03:54
Command Post is going to be on the north side of the building,
03:57
the northeast corner.
03:59
Let's go ahead and call our working incident.
04:02
Fire alarm coffee's working incident.
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Command, Intensive.
04:13
Okay, go ahead.
04:17
We got sprinklerhead activation of the apartment 206.
04:19
There was a small fire, it looks like, on the stove.
04:22
Got a single resident, we're evacuated from the room now.
04:25
No active fire, no extensions.
04:30
I copy that.
04:31
You got Fire under control in 206.
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Do you have any additional needs? Air Power 22, Medics 15, and Investority.
04:39
Shut off.
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I'm going to see if I'm going to be able to stop off.
04:43
Zero North and 100 West.
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Respond on A4 South.
04:47
Sorry, copy that.
04:53
This is ladder one.
04:55
Heard your last message.
04:57
We're going to go to the riser.
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Engine 1, engine 2.
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Engine 1, engine 2.
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Agency, this engine wants, go ahead.
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I don't need you at the riser room anymore.
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We got floor control up here.
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I've control the speaker.
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Look for unseen, stay changing.
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Andrew one, latter one.
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The latter one, Andrew one, go ahead.
05:44
Can you grab the Knox keys from the north side of this complex? Intitude took them from the south side of this complex,
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so I can't access the fire route, right the room.
05:58
Copy Knox keys from the north side of the complex.
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Location mentioned:
Near E Broadway Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85701
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