False fire alarm triggered by manual pull station at center, Schuylkill County PA
Fire & ArsonAn automatic fire alarm was triggered on the third floor of Spookle Mountain Center near South Topahawken Street. Fire crews responded and investigated but found no confirmed fire. The alarm was silenced but could not be reset. The cause was a partially pulled manual pull station.
Audio|Source: Schuylkill County Fire
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Transcript:
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Fire shift 58, station 1, your second dispatch, near South Topahawken Street, Spookle Mountain Center automatic fire alarm, second dispatch 1123.
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On the way.
00:25
Okay,
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you're responding 1124. De Bravo One operations, your truck's also in and out.
00:33
Automatic fire alarm, third floor smoke detector.
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Copy.
00:42
Okay.
00:45
Count me fifty eight ten.
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825.
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On location, three-story brick structure.
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Truck crew will be headed to the third floor to investigate.
01:03
Okay, on scene investigating 11.
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County, 58, 10.
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Engine 58, 10.
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In rail, switching to Bravo 1, copy additional.
01:18
Okay, 1125.
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5835.
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5835.
01:29
5835?
01:31
On scene with Flood Saturday.
01:37
Okay.
01:38
1125.
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58, go ahead.
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All 50 units on location.
01:53
5810 on scene, 1126.
02:00
Can I have the Vision 2.
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Drive for command.
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All station on Division 2.
02:14
Command Division 3.
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Drive for 3.
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Division 3 also cleared this time. We're going to do a secondary walk.
02:29
Copy. Clear on.
02:36
The truck sticks to the third floor window.
02:45
1096. I was able to get the alarm to silence, but it's not going to reset so we can do something with that pull station on Division 2.
03:04
Copies, alarm has silence.
03:10
County Chief, 5807.
03:14
Go ahead, county.
03:18
Assuming it was probably one of your crews, just got another call from the alarm company, Zone 716, second floor hallway, activation from a manual trip of a pole station.
03:33
96, do you copy that? Vision 2?
03:39
Copy. I'm pretty sure that's the one I found that was already pulled partially.
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7 from 96. Can you come to the division?
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You can stop down on two if you need to, 587?
04:00
Yeah, see, we can figure it out.
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Schuylkill County, PA
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