Fire alarm prompts response at WKU campus building, Bowling Green KY
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, fire crews and police responded to a fire alarm activation at a Western Kentucky University facility during winter break. Responders had difficulty accessing rooms as no maintenance staff were on site. Police assisted with gaining access and silencing multiple alarms. No injuries or fire were confirmed at the time.
Audio|Heard on: Warren County Sheriff and Fire Departments
Listen to dispatch call
03:49
Transcript:
00:00
Before fire dispatch.
00:03
Truck one.
00:06
Truck four, do you have WKU dispatch en route?
00:12
Or just maintenance?
00:18
Simba will verify.
00:23
For truck one and I.
00:26
WKU dispatch is checking on maintenance, but PD just ran in the lobby.
00:30
If Truck One A's in the lobby, you can probably ask them.
00:37
Okay, if we met one officer, he was headed back out to get keys a moment ago.
00:46
I'll be meeting the other crews inside to assist.
00:53
We're opening the HVAC unit in the hallway, but we may need some keys for the rooms if we can get them up here.
01:02
Go ahead.
01:03
False is en route.
01:06
Go.
01:07
1230.
01:13
There's no one on site for maintenance.
01:15
I can call somebody in if they need to.
01:19
10-4[1], that case getting done.
01:21
I will advise them.
01:24
Rush, that's copy.
01:31
Truck four to truck one.
01:36
Truck one.
01:38
If PD didn't tell you, there's no maintenance on site due to winter break.
01:43
If you're going to need maintenance, they're going to have to call somebody in trying to get that started if you want to advise PD.
01:54
Okay.
01:55
Truck 1A, are you standing near PD?
02:00
We're trying to gain access behind the front of this metal.
02:05
Okay, who silenced the alarm?
02:09
I was able to silence it from the annunciator, but I cannot review anything.
02:13
It just says multiple alarms from the annunciators.
02:18
Okay, I need keys for the rooms.
02:25
One big man.
02:32
Sussex County.
02:34
Can you?
02:35
10-4[1], that's the offer.
02:44
10-4[1].
02:50
Truck 4A is on their way now.
02:52
We're coming in to try to open her keys.
03:04
And I'll be the command of Battalion One.
03:08
Go ahead.
03:11
We do have an active extrication to be rather extensive.
03:17
Okay, we're copying.
03:24
About all that's currently shut down?
03:29
Twenty-two.
03:35
Truck four, truck one.
03:38
Truck on me.
03:41
Looking at the pre-plan, we're not seeing anything that identifies steps.
03:45
It's just a site plan map kind of for their emergency exit.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
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10-4: Acknowledgment or confirmation; message received and understood.
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Location mentioned:
Western Kentucky University, 1906 College Heights Blvd, Bowling Green, KY 42101
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