False fire alarm at hotel during sprinkler maintenance, Charlotte NC


A fire alarm was triggered at a hotel near Nations Ford Road due to on-site construction workers recharging the sprinkler system. There was no confirmed fire or smoke found.
Audio|Source: Charlotte and Mecklenburg County Fire
03:49
Transcript:
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Battalion 5, Fire Alarm, near Nations Ford Rd, on Sea, Charlie.
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Battalion 5, Fire Alarm, near Nations Ford Rd, on C, Charlie.
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A lot of companies are not near Nation's Ford Road to the True by Hilton.
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This call came from the alarm company showing 8 to 9 activations.
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Most of our general zones.
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You did get a smoke gain area first floor zone 22, a fire alarm control warrant at FACP[2] Zone 319, as well as a fire alarm relay rooftop unit RTU[1] shutdown.
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Cross user Tyboliclin Circle Sleepy Hollow Red 12 still.
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End of 12th.
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4.
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10 4.
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1.1.1. Portable 2.
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2. Go ahead, cap.
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sprinkler room 114 showing also.
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Well we have Bravo BLS unit number 30 coming from post-19, station 19.
01:06
At the sprinkler room, ER sprinkler shirts, this is on scene.
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They were working on it and they said that they tripped it somehow, I'm going to turn the water back on.
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Yeah, that makes sense, the main one that got tripped with the water flow.
01:17
Are they good if we go ahead and reshut them?
01:19
Man no one.
01:20
Can you again? Put it under control, construction on site, set it off.
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12 can add them.
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Alarm copies, control 14.04.
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We'll add our 16 alarm medics on the screen.
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We're just got on sleep.
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10 for LAR 16 Medical is there.
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Did you copy my labs? Are they ready for us to reset this?
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I'm sorry, myself.
01:34
They should be put a system in test until I get finished with this project here.
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So it's going to be available.
01:39
Hey Marshall. I have a sentry, you place, no next control.
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Central drag, control time 14 or six.
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6.9th.
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Please show us transporting one patient priority 3 to Lake Norman Regional.
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104P3, Lake Norman Regional.
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New driver to command.
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Go ahead.
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The water had previously been shut off at the street.
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The ER plumbing services were here to recharge the system after doing the repairs.
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We walked in on them recharging the sprinkler system, which caused the pressure drop and set the alarm off.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
RTU: Rooftop Unit
[2]
FACP: Fire Alarm Control Panel
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Location mentioned:
Near Nations Ford Rd, Charlotte, NC 28217
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