Building fire alarm activation at veterans affairs, Iowa City IA
Fire & ArsonFire units responded to a fire alarm at the Department of Veterans Affairs building near Highway 6 West, Iowa City. Initial reports indicated heat felt but no visible fire or smoke. Firefighters accessed the building via the rear and proceeded to investigate on upper floors, locating the alarm in stairwell 7. No active fire was detected during their arrival and assessment.
Audio|Source: Johnson County Fire/EMS
07:53
Transcript:
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Engine 1. J-TAS 3-1.
00:03
Respond to fire alarm.
00:05
Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Near Highway 6 West, Iowa City.
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Cross streets are Newton Road and Wolf Avenue.
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Engine 1. J-Cast 3-1.
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Respond to fire alarm.
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Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Near Highway 6 West, Iowa City.
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Cross streets on Newton Road and Wolf Avenue.
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Jake, I'm Engine One-on-7.
00:47
386 unseen.
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Okay.
00:55
J-Colm from VA 403.
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VA, go ahead.
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I'm here with a fire alarm.
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We have a little bit of heat.
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I think it's just hot.
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No fire, smoke.
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The best avenue approaches from behind the building.
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J-com engine one on seven.
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Okay.
01:23
Engine one from J-com.
01:25
Go ahead.
01:27
They is advising that there is heat and they're advising to go to the back of the building for entrance.
01:35
Jake, I'm at him for you once in route.
01:37
Uh,
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engine one copies.
01:40
Let's go ahead and make this a building fire response.
01:43
Copy. Adam 21.
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21's in route.
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Copy Adam 21. Copy Adam 21.
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From one, 30, too.
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Go ahead.
02:04
Truck 1. J-Cast 3-1.
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Respond to fire alarm.
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Department of Veterans Affairs near Highway 6 West, Iowa City.
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Cross streets are Newton Road and Wolf Avenue.
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Department of Veterans Affairs near Highway 6 West, Iowa City, cross streets on Newton Road and Wolfe Avenue.
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You can shoot me out at St.
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Timothy's.
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Okay.
02:46
Okay. Okay.
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Okay. Okay.
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I'm going to go ahead and move this response to attack one as well.
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Copy for your attack one.
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Angel one, Carl one.
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Go ahead for engine one.
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Angel 1, did you upgrade that to a structural assignment?
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J-comes to 3.
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Can you repeat that traffic?
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Did you upgrade that to a structure assignment?
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Did you guys need a J-Cast me up for the building fire response?
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I did.
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Yeah, we're working on it.
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Happy thing.
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Acknowledge all we got here were tones for the truck.
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I'll let J-Com down.
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TABIE. This is J-Con from Italian.
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Go ahead, Battalion.
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Just looking for clarification.
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Has this been upgraded to a building fire response? It is.
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I was not able to get it to page, but it's going now.
03:53
Jake Home, engine one, the arrival report.
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We're on scene, VA,
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reporting to the attack.
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Nothing showing from two sides.
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It does look like someone will be up to meet us.
04:01
Copy. Engine one will be at us, VA5, command.
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Copy.
04:19
North Liberty Fire, Coralville Fire, Quint 4, Engine 2, Engine 3, and Battalion Chief.
04:26
J-Cast 3-1.
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Respond to building fire.
04:30
Department of Veterans Affairs near Highway 6 West, Iowa City.
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Cross streets are Newton Road, and Wolf Avenue.
04:52
North Liberty Fire, Coralville Fire, Quint 4, Engine 2, Engine 3, and Battalion Chief.
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J-Path 3-1.
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Respond to building fire.
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Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Near Highway 6 West, Iowa City, cross streets on Newton Road, and Wolf Avenue.
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Italian responding on Tech.
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Copy.
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Adam 34 for the building.
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Copy.
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330 on 2nd stroke 1stack
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J-com car 6 for somebody
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Copy G-com engine 3 is on-tack Copy engine 3
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J-com.4 is on-tack J-com.4 is on 7
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Copy Client, this is on fire attack one.
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Portport on attack.
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Engine 2 is funding on attack.
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Copy Qat 4, copy engine 2.
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J-com engine 1.
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J-com 721.
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Engine 1, go ahead.
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Stand by 1.
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Have you had contact with VA security?
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Take 1121 something.
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Copy.
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721, go ahead with your traffic.
06:37
We're responding, going to TAC1.
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Copy. Copy.
06:46
Jake on from Italian event seven.
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E1A from E1B.
06:53
Italian, go ahead.
06:55
Go ahead.
06:56
Did they give you any additional update?
06:59
Negative.
07:00
I got flagged down by an officer.
07:03
It's around even further on the Charlie side here.
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Check one's approaching, we'll head past you to that location.
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415.
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415, go ahead.
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Then I switch into DAC-1.
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Copy.
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The Italian's opening.
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The Italian from Engine 1. The Italian from Engine 1.
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Go for Darren.
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We met with security.
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They found the alarm.
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It's in Stairwell 7.
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We're moving to the top floor to investigate.
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Location mentioned:
US-6, Iowa City, IA 52246
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