False alarm sparks evacuation at Des Moines apartments, Des Moines IA
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a water flow alarm at an East 50th Street apartment complex. Cleaning triggered the sprinkler system, causing evacuation but no fire was found.
Audio|Source: Des Moines Fire/EMS
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Transcript:
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Engine 11, up near East 50th, Building A is an atom, on a fire alarm.
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Near East 50th, Building A,
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Engine 11, Go, Response 1, Fireground 5 at 904.
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Press 3, near East 50th, on a fire alarm, near East 50th.
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On a fire alarm, water flow, truck 3-go, response 3,
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fireground 5, 905.
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Question 11, if you want to upgrade this.
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Response 3, we've got another call.
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It's going to be a water flow alarm.
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Caller stated they cannot see or smell anything that there was a cleaning people here, cleaning out an apartment.
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The alarm started to go off.
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Medic 3, Engine 2, 3411, East 29th Street.
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On an unknown problem,
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3411 East 29th Street, engine 2, medic 3, go-response 3,
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Channel 2,
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906.
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Second alarm dispatch will be...
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Medics 4, Engine 4, 2,400 Hickman Road, building 2, unit number 24 on Chesapein,
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2,400 Hickman Road, building 2, apartment 24,
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4 and 4, response 3, channel 2, 907.
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This was originally called in as a regular fire alarm.
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We've since gotten another callback that it's going to be sprinkler water flow.
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They said building four, zone 402, no keys.
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Try three, copy.
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6-Einion 2, 3411, East 29th Street on an unknown problem.
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Caller was Lifeline, had a 91-year-old patient that hitter penned an alarm with no voice response.
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For copy.
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Two copies.
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A, which they are all lettered.
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The second one that they called in for a water flow sprinkler alarm, they said building four apartment 402.
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Okay, well, we're at Building A, there is no building 4, and there's no apartment 402 here.
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Engine 11 is right.
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We've got a three-story apartment structure, people evacuating, and strobes going off.
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We'll be investigating.
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In Truck 3, Engine 11, we spoke to a cleaning lady that was on scene here, said that she also said building 4, which is going to be Building A on the second floor.
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I'm Mike, I'm at the second floor.
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I can hear water going.
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There's people down here cleaning the department 40201.
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It's open cleaning people.
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And I'll do this.
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True copy. Available mobile.
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All of them from wherever says it shut down.
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The brief is clear.
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Location mentioned:
E 50th St, Des Moines, IA 50317
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