fire alarm triggers in high-rise building in wichita, Wichita KS

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/10/2025 09:52 PM

Near N Spruce St, Wichita, KS 67214

Fire units responded to a high-rise building near North Spruce in Wichita after multiple reports of a fire alarm with smoke on the seventh floor. The alarm was sounding for the entire building.

Audio|Source: Wichita and Sedgwick County Fire Resource / OPS-1

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Transcript:

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Surfer a system's alarm on a high rise near North Spruce, Station 1, Station 5, Station 10.

00:18

Battalion 1, Truck 1, Engine 5, Engine 10, Rescue 2, furry systems alarm on the high rise near North Spruce,

00:26

near North Spruce for your systems alarm on the high rise.

00:30

Battalion 1, Truck 1, Engine 5, Engine 10, Rescue 2.

00:35

Your map page is (number withheld).

00:37

Go ahead and operate on Tack 1, Tap 1 on arrival.

00:47

On units in route 2, system alarm on high-rise, near North Spruce.

00:51

It's going to be coverage is the 7th floor hall by 705 smoke.

00:55

I've got a second and third call coming in.

00:58

The fire alarm is going off for the full building.

01:01

You guys are going to be operating on Tack 1, Tack 1 on arrival.

01:09

Off the truck line, making sure you're 10-4[1] on the call.

01:17

Triclin checking.

01:23

Okay, one's the calls are up.

01:30

All units and round to that system alarm on a high-rise near North Spruce Avenue.

01:34

We've gotten three calls regarding this.

01:36

Everybody is saying that the smoke alarm or fire alarm is going off for the entire building.

01:42

We have the alarm company with 705 on the seventh floor and apartment (number withheld) for another calling party.

01:53

I mentioned if I'll have Bruce command.

Police codes explained

The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:

[1]

10-4: Acknowledgment of message received and understood; affirmative response.

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Near N Spruce St, Wichita, KS 67214

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