Fire crews respond to tamper alarm at Cracker Barrel


The audio describes a fire department radio transmission about a tamper alarm at a Cracker Barrel restaurant in Topeka, with reports of smoke outside and emergency units responding to investigate.
Audio|Source: Topeka and Shawnee County Fire Departments
01:46
Transcript:
Engine 7, Engine 10, Truck 10, Battalion 3. Respond, 1421 Southwest Ashworth Place at Cracker Barrow for a trouble tamper alarm. Engine 7, Engine 10, Truck 10, Battalion 3, respond 1421 Southwest Ashworth Place at Cracker Barrel for a trouble alarm[1]. Respond on Alpha 3[2], 10 out, 1720. Go ahead and three, just fetch. Go ahead. You want this on Alpha 3 or Alpha 5[3]? Hi, sir. So we'll break that? All units hold traffic for a first responder, engine 9, first responder, 2,500, southeast Illinois. Investigated an outside fire, large black smoke reported in the block. Agent 9, make a still, 2,500 southeast Illinois in the block, large black smoke being reported, work on alpha opsics unmonitored. Those units go in the cracker barrel. Do your logistical changes on Alpha 5, please. Start generally, we copy your traffic. Dr. Barrel, nothing visible. NGES7 will be investigating incoming. Digit's head level one, hiker.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
trouble alarm: Fire/Smoke Alarm Activation
[2]
Alpha 3: Tactical Channel Assignment
[3]
Alpha 5: Tactical Channel Assignment
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Location mentioned:
Near SW Ashworth St, Topeka, KS 66604
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