False fire alarm at Westfield High School, Westfield IN
Fire & ArsonA false fire alarm was reported at Westfield High School. Fire crews checked both floors and the roof and found no hazard. The alarm was silenced but not reset. The issue was traced to a disconnected heat detector near the elevator left in the maintenance room. Fire crews cleared the scene after confirming no danger.
Audio|Source: Hamilton County Fire & EMS
03:53
Transcript:
00:00
It's at Westfield High School on St. 10.
00:06
It's at Independence Village Senior Living on scene 20.
00:14
Bring a ladder for you guys.
00:19
Go ahead.
00:23
They need any help back there.
00:27
Negative. Hey, just to confirm, you guys don't have any audible alarm in the school building, do you?
00:33
Negative.
00:35
Okay, clear.
00:39
Command from safety.
00:42
Go ahead.
00:45
Both floors and the roof have been checked.
00:47
No hazard notice.
00:49
We silenced the alarm, but we're not going to reset the system.
00:52
I believe we can start marking it.
00:54
Okay, you've also got a rep, school rep headed your way.
01:01
Clear.
01:05
Do you want us to try to silence, or not silence, but reset the main one up front?
01:13
Negative.
01:14
As long as it's acknowledged and silenced,
01:17
we'll leave it that way for the school rep to deal with.
01:28
308, command.
01:32
Good.
01:35
I just talked to Inspector (name withheld).
01:39
He was here with them the other day,
01:42
and what they did was they removed that heat detector and left it disconnected.
01:46
He said, you should be able to see where they disconnected it, the heat detector for the elevator.
01:52
And they left it there in the maintenance room.
01:58
I don't know if they've reconnected it or not. I don't know if that makes sense if you can check that out while you're in there.
02:09
Fire 384 command, you guys can return the service.
02:25
I'm going to check on that detector with the rep, but I'm going to send engine 2, engine 3 pack.
02:33
Okay, I'm clear.
02:37
If you got your phone with you, don't hesitate, you can call (name withheld).
02:43
He might be able to help you out with it if you guys can't figure it out.
02:50
Yeah, I do it with the school reps. He's to have an idea.
02:54
Okay.
03:00
Control from Battalion 308.
03:04
Good.
03:07
It's going to be a false alarm.
03:10
Companies are going to mark back in here shortly.
03:14
You can terminate command. Let me keep the Ops channel for now.
03:19
You also can show Battalion 308 back in service.
03:22
And can you put this address on a modified response for the rest of this evening?
03:31
Claire, companies will mark in, terminating command, keeping the ops.
03:36
and putting this on notified all night?
03:42
Yeah, that's affirmative. Thank you.
03:46
Clear. Do you want the operator?
03:50
Negative.
03:52
Clear.
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Location mentioned:
Near N Union St, Westfield, IN 46074
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