Active fire alarm reported at 800 Davis Road; Purdue Fire units dispatched, investigated basement kitchen smoke, found no active detector or emergency, and system restored to normal., West Lafayette IN

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Fire & Arson

Reported: 12/18/2025 07:40 AM

Davis Ferry Rd, West Lafayette, IN 47906

As discussed during the dispatch call, active fire alarm reported at 800 Davis Road; Purdue Fire units dispatched, investigated basement kitchen smoke, found no active detector or emergency, and system restored to normal.

Audio|Heard on: Tippecanoe IN Fire Dispatch Group Calls

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01:22

Transcript:

00:00

Purdue Fire, standby for an active fire alarm at 800 Davis Road.

00:06

Dispatch engine 11, ladder 12, medic 16, battalion 14 or out.

00:12

Clear.

00:14

Purdue Dispatch, fire units arriving 101 will have command of 14 on the south side.

00:21

Okay.

00:22

Command 106.

00:25

Go ahead.

00:28

Basement kitchen smoke.

00:30

Basement kitchen smoke.

00:31

11 are going to go investigate 16%.

00:36

Command's fair.

00:37

Officer on team, as he talked to kitchen staff when they evacuated west side and they were unsure of any circumstance in the kitchen.

00:47

Okay.

00:49

Command 106.

00:51

Go ahead.

00:54

We check the area.

00:56

We cannot find an active detector and there's no emergency.

01:00

I think we can try to silence and restore.

01:04

Command, player.

01:07

Command, medic 16, system showing normal.

01:11

60's vaccine level.

01:13

Command's clear.

01:15

Purdue Dispatch.

01:17

Command 14, you can check the alarm company they received to restore as well.

01:21

Clears, Timb.

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Davis Ferry Rd, West Lafayette, IN 47906

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