Fire system shutdown causes road icing near Chippewa, Fairbanks AK
Fire & ArsonThe fire alarm and sprinkler system in a building was shut down and drained. This caused water to accumulate and ice to form on the nearby road, Chippewa. A sand truck was requested to manage the icy conditions.
Audio|Source: Fairbanks North Star Borough Fire/EMS
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Transcript:
00:00
Zone 1 has been shut down and drain has been opened, pressure is bleeding, should be clear shortly.
00:11
Copy system shut down and is draining.
00:18
Dispatch, ma'am.
00:20
So much, man.
00:26
Let me know when you get ahold of Baseops and what answer you get from them.
00:33
I just got off the phone of Baseops.
00:35
He is going to call you, um,
00:38
and try and get it all sorted, I guess.
00:48
995-order for me.
00:53
99 firefighter this command, go ahead.
00:59
We've made it through to the Charlie Sanders building.
01:01
We've got no flow coming out the back and nothing in the shops or any of the hallways.
01:05
Cover that, thank you.
01:08
Make your way out.
01:09
Break 92, 93,
01:11
96, being cleared.
01:16
Come on,
01:18
course.
01:23
Copy 92, 96, 93, clear returning quarters.
01:27
Command dispatch.
01:29
Is commanding, good?
01:31
Is law enforcement free to clear?
01:35
A- firm, you can clear.
01:38
Copy.
01:43
99 Charlie, come in.
01:46
Go ahead.
01:52
Let's go ahead and silence the alarm.
01:55
I doubt that we'll get any former reset.
02:12
You hear from base ops again,
02:15
the drainage from the system is iced up the road, Chippewa in front of the building, so next time they have a sand truck available come through, it's going to need it.
02:25
Copy, actually, just got up the phone with him.
02:28
(name withheld) is on the phone with Johnson Control right now.
02:31
I will call him back and let him know.
02:35
Copy. We just need to know if they're not going to respond out here.
02:39
We only shut one zone down,
02:41
and if they're not going to come out tonight, we're going to shut both zones down because we're going to have the same problem with low air.
02:48
Copy comment.
02:49
I'll make sure we'll ask the question.
02:51
I'll learn the phone with him.
03:00
Medic 1 Inter-Facility Transport, Charlie Response, at First Care Clinic, 1101, Noble Street, Operation on Tag 3.
03:11
Medic 1, inter-facility transport, Charlie responds at First Care Clinic, 1101, Noble Street, Operation on Tag 3.
03:27
907, you're warning, sand, put down.
03:33
I just want them to be advised that there's quite the puddles and water extends the length of the building on Chippewa due to us draining the system.
03:44
So it may not be an emergent, but tomorrow during normal business hours, running the truck through here would be probably a good idea.
03:52
Is that Chippewa itself or the building at the parking lot? Oh, not over time tonight.
03:57
Is that Chihuahua itself or the building parking lot? The road itself.
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