Fire alarm triggers response at hotel near Gervais Street, Columbia SC
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, firefighters responded to a fire alarm activation at a hotel near Gervais Street in Columbia, South Carolina. Crews investigated an audible alarm and smoke detector activation at the top of the elevator tower. No visible fire was found upon arrival.
Audio|Heard on: Lexington SC Fire-Tac Group Calls
Listen to dispatch call
02:17
Transcript:
00:00
Since our engine one's on scene.
00:01
I got a mega, smoky story, residential high-rise.
00:05
We got nothing showing.
00:07
We got a hydrogen FTC covered by the engine.
00:10
Make this Main Street command.
00:14
Copy.
00:16
Central State, Matthews, ma'am.
00:19
Go ahead.
00:22
We had a small half-acre brush fire that was threatening two sheds.
00:26
Fire is extinguished, seen as being left turned over to the homeowner.
00:30
You could clear engine 29, brush truck 29,
00:34
and rescue 4.
00:36
Copy.
00:40
Central, make it.
00:41
Last week you did come in.
00:45
Central, this is Engine One.
00:48
Can you give me a better address?
00:50
(number withheld) Gervais.
00:52
We have (number withheld) Main Street, which would be the Moxie Hotel.
00:55
There is not a (number withheld) Zervais street.
01:00
(number withheld) Gervais was given by the alarm company, it's Homewood and True Hotel.
01:06
Central, Jervais.
01:08
Go ahead.
01:11
All right, Hulu Hotel is going to be approximately the 400 blockage of A.
01:16
We're making a way down there right now.
01:18
If you can try to reach back your caller and see if that is the correct address.
01:26
Copy?
01:28
Set an engine.
01:31
Have an engine.
01:32
Go ahead.
01:37
Number seven.
01:38
Engine one.
01:40
Go ahead, Cal.
01:45
Hey, I'm sure he's there and all...
01:47
...that we're having right now.
01:48
You guys can monitor or slow this way.
01:51
We're pulling up to True right now.
01:52
We'll look at odds momentarily.
01:56
We'll use my man.
02:00
Same time, you're one in our tour.
02:03
Good. Good.
02:04
Good.
02:06
So the correct address is going to be near Gervais Street.
02:10
We do have an audible alarm.
02:12
We're going up right now to check smoke protection activation on the top of the elevator tower.
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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:
Gervais St, Columbia, SC 29214
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