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Water leak triggers fire alarm at data room, PortlandPortland ME

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Near Thames St, Portland, ME 04101

A fire alarm was triggered in the third-floor data room at a building near Thames St in Portland. Fire units responded and found water leaking into electrical circuits. No fire was visible on any of the three sides of the building. The cause of the alarm appears related to water affecting the fire detection system rather than an actual fire.

Audio|Source: Portland Fire
03:59
Transcript:
00:00
Stand by for UMIS call.
00:06
Distribute UMS, it's going to be a box.
00:10
Stand by for box alone.
00:18
Attention station is striking Citibox 2302 for near Thames St, showing a pre-action panel, third-floor data room, Minuteman showing a general fire alarm on the box, ladder 1, engine 5, engine 11, rescue 1, Marine 1.
00:34
Office is 4.
00:35
Tension Station is striking City Box 2302, near Thames St,
00:41
City box showing pre-action panel third floor data room, Minuteman showing general fire alarm on the box. Ladder 1, Engine 5, Engine 11, Rescue 1, Marine 1, Offst Channel 4.
00:58
Firearmed engine 9, you should be good to go ahead.
01:03
All right.
01:05
Marine 1,000. Time over, Marine 1.
01:20
Engine 9, make 2 4.
01:28
File along to make 2 4.
01:32
We're all put.
01:33
That war.
01:40
Pension 5 for 1.
01:42
File 1st.
01:45
Large four-story non-combustible mixed use.
01:49
Alarms are active.
01:52
Nothing showing for three sides, mobile command investigating.
01:56
And for large, four-story non-combustible alarms are active, nothing showing three sides. Engine 5 is command investigating.
02:05
P9M, come back past both apparatus, up further.
02:15
You just want to hang in your car.
02:23
I'll just check and see if we'll need the neonate.
02:34
Command, filer.
02:36
The filing machine command.
02:41
Panel confirms your initial report, lot of ones investigating with security.
02:45
Ten-four. Panel confirms initial report, Indian 5 is investigating with security.
02:59
Line 1, command.
03:01
Yes.
03:06
Yeah, they've got water running into some of the electrical circuits with a fire alarm.
03:11
Do you have a device number?
03:19
Possibly Zulu 007.
03:22
Monitor.
03:35
Light of three final.
03:37
Final,
03:40
I'm actually a lot of three.
03:42
My Q3 is evaluating and most likely we'll have a sign-off, they will try to follow the units in service.
03:52
5, ladder 1, remaining units responding to Citibox 2302 at near Thames St, make sure you can be in service.

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Near Thames St, Portland, ME 04101

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