High school arts wing evacuated after fire alarm, Allegheny County PA


A fire alarm triggered in the high school arts wing and the building was evacuated. Fire crews responded and investigated a duct or air handler detector. Personnel staged at the arts entrance and maintenance met with responders. The alarm was silenced but not reset; no confirmed fire is mentioned in the audio.
Audio|Source: Upper St. Clair Police and Fire
05:3
Transcript:
2738 G abrasion. 56 and the building been evacuated. That's affirmative. I'm by the earthway. Stand by the fire. I'm in service to the seat. 1814. 20, 700 engines queues in with five. Copy 1815. Good with one. 1816. 38 base, I'll be 108 from (name withheld) also. 40 is your base on 10-8[1]. 50-70. You guys 10-6[2]. That's 10-6. That's 4-10-8. If nothing's showing, we'll be investigating. Captain (name withheld) command. I know you said it was a duct detector. Was there a location of that? Side Corridor 1C. Copy. Copy. Copy. Copy. Copy, (name withheld). Stayed right back. I got fire coming in the arts wing. Where do you want? Have them stage up in the arch wing. We know what duck air handler to check now. Stage up there, I'm sending (name withheld) to you. up high control caban. 1519. Let's do while we chat. You're going to have to get that from the fire department if it's fire related. Yeah, I'm going to switch their channel. All right, that's your seat. It seems like it's a root unit. Okay. Be silent. Yeah, ten four, stand by. Chief, you can go ahead and silence the alarm, but do not reset. Ten-four, we'll do. Two maintenance people are coming. to you maybe near the arts entrance with a map in a location where they think it could be occurring? That's receipt. He'll meet up with Chapter 1. He's inside there. (name withheld). (name withheld). 38th out of the high school. 18th out of the high school. Chief (name withheld). Go ahead. Nobody's allowed back to control at this point. Dent work and I just made that announce. No one goes back in.
2738 G abrasion. 56 and the building been evacuated. That's affirmative. I'm by the earthway. Stand by the fire. I'm in service to the seat. 1814. 20, 700 engines queues in with five. Copy 1815. Good with one. 1816. 38 base, I'll be 108 from (name withheld) also. 40 is your base on 10-8[1]. 50-70. You guys 10-6[2]. That's 10-6. That's 4-10-8. If nothing's showing, we'll be investigating. Captain (name withheld) command. I know you said it was a duct detector. Was there a location of that? Side Corridor 1C. Copy. Copy. Copy. Copy. Copy, (name withheld). Stayed right back. I got fire coming in the arts wing. Where do you want? Have them stage up in the arch wing. We know what duck air handler to check now. Stage up there, I'm sending (name withheld) to you. up high control caban. 1519. Let's do while we chat. You're going to have to get that from the fire department if it's fire related. Yeah, I'm going to switch their channel. All right, that's your seat. It seems like it's a root unit. Okay. Be silent. Yeah, ten four, stand by. Chief, you can go ahead and silence the alarm, but do not reset. Ten-four, we'll do. Two maintenance people are coming. to you maybe near the arts entrance with a map in a location where they think it could be occurring? That's receipt. He'll meet up with Chapter 1. He's inside there. (name withheld). (name withheld). 38th out of the high school. 18th out of the high school. Chief (name withheld). Go ahead. Nobody's allowed back to control at this point. Dent work and I just made that announce. No one goes back in.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-8: In Service
[2]
10-6: Busy/Standby
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Location mentioned:
Upper St. Clair School District, Upper St. Clair Township, PA
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