Fire alarm triggered by kitchen steam at jail, Wausau WI


A fire alarm at the jail was triggered by smoke detected in the second-floor kitchen. Jail staff investigated and confirmed there was no fire, only steam from cooking. The alarm was cleared and units were dismissed.
Audio|Source: Marathon County Fire Departments
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Transcript:
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Fire alarm[1].
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Battalion 1 and Engine 1.
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Mn.S.O. At 500, Forest Street.
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Cross streets are south 5th Street and Grand Avenue.
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Go ahead. The advice that this is going to be for the jail, the alarms coming from second floor kitchen smoke.
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Staff is checking on it at this time.
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Copy. Dispatch, can you place Idiot Med1 on that call as well and place with the neurolog?
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Have for Med1?
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Dispatch the battalion one.
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The battalion one, go ahead, dispatch.
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The jail staff's reporting no fire.
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They believe it's steam from cooking, and they're giving it all clear on our end.
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Ten, four.
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Dispatch from battalion, have you gotten an authorized cancel?
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Ever, yeah, I guess it would be our lieutenant upstairs.
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Give the all clear and reset the alarm.
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Ten, four, you do have an evacuation of a courthouse right now too.
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Tepper, yeah, we'll be making the announcement to tell them to come back to work.
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Copy, you can clear all of the units then.
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Trevor.
Police codes explained
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Fire alarm: Fire alarm activation
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Location mentioned:
Near Forest St, Wausau, WI 54403
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