Fire alarm at Smith Middle School in Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill NC
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, a commercial fire alarm activated at Smith Middle School near Seawell School Road in Chapel Hill. Fire units responded promptly and established command on scene around 15:35. The alarm was triggered by a smoke detector in a storage room. No fire was confirmed upon investigation.
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04:14
Transcript:
00:00
Ladder 74, Engine 32, Battalion 2, near Seawell School Road, at Smith Middle School, commercial fire alarm.
00:10
Ladder 74, Engine 32, Battalion 2, near Seawell School Road, at Smith Middle School, commercial fire alarm, cross streets High School Road in Hanover Place.
00:24
Ops 2, time out 1529.
00:31
Tate 2-2-1-Rourn-4-rout.
00:43
2, Battalion 2, in-rout 2, Stool School Road.
00:47
You're taking a call in place for staying 2.
00:50
Section Battalion 4 in route in place with Battalion 2 to near Seawell School Road at 1531.
00:57
It's responding to near Seawell School Road.
01:03
This is an audible smoke alarm.
01:07
Received from the alarm monitoring company.
01:11
Zone of activation is storage room 739 smoke detector.
01:20
You guys Inger 31 on scene South Estes.
01:23
31 on scene South Estes at 1534.
01:33
Communication.
01:40
Communication into 32's on scene.
01:43
Got a large middle school, nothing sure if the two sides, the office side will be the stat 32 zone.
01:49
See on investigating establishing people's school command.
01:56
Two, on-scene school command,
01:59
civil school road,
02:00
establishing command at 1535.
02:07
Are you in 739 storage room and ropes? Thank you, 4.739 storage room.
02:18
That's the case.
02:20
Command from the battalion, can you get a better location where that's going to be?
02:28
To be. We're not too sure.
02:29
Take towards the back of the building.
02:30
We're not too sure.
02:31
Take towards the bus lot of where we're heading.
02:35
Yeah.
02:40
Communication, 74 is on, same.
02:42
Twenty-four is on, same.
02:44
Twenty-four, thank you, right.
02:47
Ladder 74 and Battalion Four on scene, 1537 at near Seawell School Road.
02:55
S-11 from Communications on Primary.
03:01
First eleven, go ahead.
03:07
79 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill Post Office.
03:11
The care team is on scene with a 67-year-old female suicidal ideations requesting EMS.
03:18
No other medical complaints?
03:22
Copping sends closed units.
03:26
EMS 11, copy, sending close to unit.
03:35
Medic 3.179, East Franklin Street, at Chapel Hill Post Office.
03:41
Mental disorder.
03:43
Medic 3.
03:44
179, East Franklin Street, at Chapel Hill Post Office.
03:49
Mental disorder.
03:50
Cross streets North Columbia Street and Henderson Street.
03:54
Up 1. Time of 1538.
04:01
Postal Command, go ahead.
04:05
Clear all units for the exception of 32.
04:07
The school command is copy, clearing all units for the exception of end to 32 at 1539.
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This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
Seawell School Rd, Chapel Hill, NC 27516
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