Smoke reported as firefighters respond to apartment alarm
Fire & ArsonAn alarm at River Hills Apartments triggered evacuations after reports of smoke in the hallway; firefighters responded and there is no confirmed fire.
Audio|Source: Des Moines Fire/EMS
02:31
Transcript:
700 e-s-fiz on a private alarm[1] engine two truck one the response one on fire five (name withheld) from Hatfield; (name withheld) from Hatfield Yeah, right by the elevator. That's correct. Copy. If you guys tried calling that number back, we can't find anybody. Yeah, we tried to call there was no answer. I believe my partner is working on pinging the phone. Okay, copy. Bad, right six turn around the apartment complex is 5201, 5205, and 5209. We're not seeing anything on the backside here. I'm copy. Engine 2, truck 1, 700 East 5th Street at the River Hills Apartments on a private alarm. This was called in by Atec Security. They received the fire smoke alarm drop[2], no location. We just now took another call saying, it smells like smoke from the 3rd 4 hallway. You want to start your regular? Copy. Dispatch, you can hold off on the regular until we get there. Copy. Engine 2 arrive, 4-story apartment. We do have evacuation, definitely shown an approach. Engine 2 will investigate. Probably. Drug water ride will be assisting engine 2. Copy.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
private alarm: Private alarm activation
[2]
fire smoke alarm drop: Fire/smoke alarm triggered
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Location mentioned:
Near E 5th St, Des Moines, IA 50309
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