Smoke alarm triggers evacuation at commercial building, Mars PA
Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to a smoke report and alarm activation at a large three-story commercial building on Shorter Avenue. Partial evacuation occurred, but no fire or smoke was found. Investigation showed an activated detector on the first floor with no clear cause. Crews checked nearby apartments and then cleared the scene.
Audio|Source: Allegheny County Fire - North
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Transcript:
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Myself and the ladder truck are arriving.
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They have a three-story large commercial multi-occupancy.
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I got some evacuation. I got nothing evident.
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I hold the sweater evident command.
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A 297 truck will have the investigation.
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Receive, three-story, large commercial, multi-occupancy, partial evac,
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chief with command, truck was investigating near Shorter Avenue.
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Okay, so on your one first.
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Okay.
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Okay. Okay.
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Engine 297, you'll come to the Bravo side.
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Stand by the stairwell. Hold your crew. You'll hold the first due engine. Engine 249, there's a hydrant dot on shorter.
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Gerber Terrace here's stage there. You'll hold second due.
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2.97U direct on your orders.
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Yeah, we copy. We can't a tronty-197 on your order, Robert.
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Spray-6.
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Engine 249, you direct on your orders.
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Yeah, we call it.
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Engine 247, truck 186 on your arrival, you'll stage on Schwitter.
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You'll wait further.
01:57
425 filling with smoke 209 oak leaf drive and adam ship in Butler County 185-228 that's a 297 officer you want to maybe make your way around and prop open that Bravo side door.
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yeah I'm coming.
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2.97 truck good.
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A fire on.
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Alright, I copy.
02:41
Where's the designer show?
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We're able to check the panel here with her.
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All right, copy. Copy. Copy.
03:02
Shorter Avenue in command county.
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Is this a first party caller I'm trying to scroll through? I didn't see anything from alarm company.
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He did it with a double-check.
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Sorry,
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but if it looks like it's coming from Department 2.15 was the first party caller.
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Copy. You didn't have any odors or anything like that?
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Compt 2A to let go in road.
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Are you saved?
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I'm going to send the engine crew in with you guys if you want to just
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see if you can make contact with a couple of apartments around where it was activated.
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Just double-check nothing was going on.
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County Shorter Avenue commit.
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Go ahead.
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Truck was able to find an activated detector on the first division.
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There's no obvious signs of why it would be activated. We're going to check a couple apartments around it.
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Hold company 297. You can place the rest of the service.
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You can place the rest of the service.
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Unit's alerted. For near Schler Avenue, West, you holding 297, 1830.
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County 185-2nd.
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County, 185-7?
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Good.
05:01
Board in the a S-121, put 185 to back in.
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Where you saved, 1831.
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You don't need to have a truckman.
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Service.
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Whenever you guys clear this apartment and get it silence and reset, you're going to need to send somebody out for that elevator to you.
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We're trying to work on maintenance number now.
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County to rescue back to service.
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Location mentioned:
Short Ave, Shaler Township, PA 15223
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