Sprinkler head struck causing fire alarm and water discharge, Essex County MA


A sprinkler head near the loading dock at a pallet company was accidentally struck, triggering the fire alarm and causing water to discharge from the sprinkler system. The fire department shut down the affected riser and drained the system. Fire alarm and sprinkler companies were called to the scene. No fire was found.
Audio|Source: Middlesex and Essex Counties Fire
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Transcript:
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Fire alarm[1], command.
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Answer, command.
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Fire alarm[1], a sprinkler head by a loading dock door in the pallet company was struck.
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We got RISER 5 shut down and the system drained out.
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Once we get in touch with...
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responsible party.
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They got to be a sprinkler company out here and a fire alarm company out here.
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The PAL company is just getting done with work for the night so there's no more work going on here.
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The riser was struck.
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Sprinkler was struck, riser fiber shut down.
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They needed a sprinkler and fire alarm company to come out.
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20 minutes. File on to road that command.
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Go for command.
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On the phone with a responsible party, notify them that they need to bring a company to come out and a fire line company as well.
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Any other you need to apply to him.
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Well, that's it for now.
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I'm going to follow up in Fight Prevention and the deputy.
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It's Riser 5.
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It's located in Socklemovers, but it looks like it covers most of this talent company.
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I have the update.
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Wait a minute. Fireland and then I need to know if they're going to send us tonight for tomorrow morning.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Fire alarm: Activated automatic fire alarm signal
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Location mentioned:
Essex County, MA
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