Busted water pipe discovered at alarm call, Charleston SC


Responders went to an alarm near Solaris Court in Charleston. They found a broken water pipe inside but no active fire. Crews located and shut off the water, checked air quality, removed breathing gear, and inspected the attic and nearby apartments. A resident and maintenance were assisting.
Audio|Source: Charleston County Fire and EMS
01:38
Transcript:
Ladder 301. Engine 116. near Solaris Court. Cross streets. Savage Road and Dead End. Alarm[1]. Incident, Channel 4. 2032. Yeah, Father 3, Bravo[2], this is the command. Chief, everything's starting to look really good inside. The only thing is that busted water line. We're trying to attempt to see if we can need to get maintenance to show us for the water shutoff or if we have someone that can assist us in finding the shuttle. We just have a busted pipe inside. That's not a shutoff out here in the alpha front yard. 5 or 3 alpha command. I believe I got the shut off right here at the front. Okay, ten-four. These are five or three-bri-border command. That's confirmed. It's shutting off the water. Okay, ten-four, okay. Since we're within normal limits on the air quality, we can go ahead and drop the air packs, hydrate up, and we'll demove a little bit and do another confirmation on the attic and adjacent apartments, make sure we're ten-four. Then we'll do a hot wash. Indian 5-uitous commands. Two-go. Adjacent units are good, air quality. We also have a resident that's going to show us where the water is shut off at. An apartment has to...
Ladder 301. Engine 116. near Solaris Court. Cross streets. Savage Road and Dead End. Alarm[1]. Incident, Channel 4. 2032. Yeah, Father 3, Bravo[2], this is the command. Chief, everything's starting to look really good inside. The only thing is that busted water line. We're trying to attempt to see if we can need to get maintenance to show us for the water shutoff or if we have someone that can assist us in finding the shuttle. We just have a busted pipe inside. That's not a shutoff out here in the alpha front yard. 5 or 3 alpha command. I believe I got the shut off right here at the front. Okay, ten-four. These are five or three-bri-border command. That's confirmed. It's shutting off the water. Okay, ten-four, okay. Since we're within normal limits on the air quality, we can go ahead and drop the air packs, hydrate up, and we'll demove a little bit and do another confirmation on the attic and adjacent apartments, make sure we're ten-four. Then we'll do a hot wash. Indian 5-uitous commands. Two-go. Adjacent units are good, air quality. We also have a resident that's going to show us where the water is shut off at. An apartment has to...
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Alarm: Fire alarm
[2]
Bravo: Incident response code
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