Water flow alarm triggers sprinkler issue on 34th floor, Oakland CA
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to an active water flow alarm on the 34th floor of a high-rise building near E 34th St in Oakland. They found water sprayed throughout the top floor stairwell and detected a possible sprinkler head issue. A generator, possibly an auxiliary pump, was heard running during the investigation.
Audio|Source: Oakland Fire Department
03:58
Transcript:
00:00
Yeah, I'm downstairs in the fire control room looking at the elevators right now.
00:08
Yeah, there's something going on on the 34th floor.
00:12
I don't know if they broke another, like it blew another sprinkler head at the very top.
00:17
And I can also hear a generator running that's not coming from the...
00:21
fire pump around.
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Fire microphones.
00:24
So I don't know if it's like an auxiliary pump.
00:26
Somewhere I'm trying to figure it out.
00:28
Oh, standby. We'll hike it to the 34th floor and investigate.
00:31
Engine 2. Engine 1.
00:34
Battalion 2.
00:35
Engine 12. Truck 3.
00:38
Vehicle fire, large vehicle, bus truck, 3rd Street and Myrtle Street.
00:44
Respond on Oakland Tech 2.
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To all respondent.
00:48
It's 12 responding.
00:49
It's 12 responding. Do you know what? I had 12 responding.
00:50
I heard you go ahead and go ahead and traffic.
00:51
You show a macro floor and service I like?
00:55
Macrofoam service. Copy. I just got a...
00:58
just the panel shows water flow switch on the 34th floor, and that's all I can really see from here.
01:05
And the pumps down here are off.
01:07
I don't know if you can hear an auxiliary...
01:09
going up on those floors, but I'll stand by.
01:15
Tommy. We have the garbage in the back of the garbage truck off fire.
01:21
like this, uh, Myrtle Command.
01:23
We do have a water supply.
01:24
You can hold the fire for now.
01:26
Engine 2 on scene, garbage in the back of the garbage truck on fire.
01:30
Have water supply, salvaging Myrtle Command.
01:33
Major Wantsing.
01:34
All right, Jiuency.
01:35
Battalion Tonsi.
01:36
Lieutenant Tonsi. Mr. Sanyan, do you, uh, walk traffic up there?
01:39
Can you guys walk traffic up back back? Thank you, probably.
01:41
Major 2, Sanger 1, can you tellt his load?
01:44
Do you repeat that?
01:45
and the operator's down-page load.
01:47
Yeah, I'm trying to get me to do right out.
01:49
Engine one, if you want to get by that lead before you charge it, I'm going to cut you in the torque loose in a second.
01:54
I just need a couple to block traffic.
01:56
Truck 1, W1, I'm at the top floor stairwell.
02:01
There was water sprayed all over the place in here.
02:03
I can't tell what from.
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Location mentioned:
E 34th St, Oakland, CA
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