No fire after sprinkler alarm at assisted living, Fredericksburg VA
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Fire & ArsonFire and rescue units responded to a commercial fire alarm at Cambridge Gardens Assisted Living near Onyx Court. There was no active fire, but a sprinkler water-flow alarm was triggered during a power outage.
Audio|Heard on: Spotsylvania County Fire and Rescue
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02:16
Transcript:
00:00
Latter 11, engine 4, tanker 8, and chief 2.
00:04
Commercial alarm.
00:06
Cambridge Gardens Assisted Living.
00:08
Near Onyx Court.
00:09
On escort. Cross streets are dead end in Commonwealth Drive.
00:14
Response Priority 1[1].
00:15
On Incident 1[2].
00:21
3.
00:30
Engine 6. Commercial alarm.
00:34
Cambridge Gardens Assisted Living.
00:36
Near Onyx Court.
00:37
On-court. Cross streets are dead end in Commonwealth Drive.
00:41
Response Priority 1[1].
00:43
On Incident 1[2].
00:49
It's not the Cambridge Gardens Assisted Living, near Onyx Court.
00:54
Coming in as a water flow sprinkler riser.
00:59
Trying to make contact with the premise.
01:03
C2, 194. Plyther Lowe.
01:07
CQ copies.
01:10
It's four copies.
01:16
All right the copies. I'll let the copies.
01:19
Platter Little,
01:21
come over to end.
01:22
One, please.
01:23
Engine 4 is on scene, single-story assisted living.
01:27
Nothing evident from Alpha, Bravo.
01:29
Appears that their power may be out, will be staged on side, Alpha.
01:35
No, for single-story assisted living, nothing evident on Alpha Bravo.
01:38
Power may be out, staging on side of Alpha, 0457.
01:50
Stobo staff confirming that there's no emergency facility.
01:54
Their power is out.
01:56
We're trying to get the alarm system to reset now.
02:01
Okay.
02:06
Our level is the same position side alpha.
02:10
Get your fourth fire lift.
02:11
Do you need our head power?
02:15
Affirmative.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Priority 1: Highest-priority response, potentially life-threatening
[2]
Incident 1: Assigned incident operations radio channel 1
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Location mentioned:
Onyx Ct, Fredericksburg, VA 22407
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