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Smoke alarm triggered by cooking at Walton HallYpsilanti MI

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Walton Residence Hall, E Circle Dr, Ypsilanti, MI 48197

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a smoke alarm activation in the fourth-floor lounge of Walton Residence Hall. The alarm was triggered by students cooking food. There were no flames or active fire reported, and the alarm system was successfully reset.

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01:27
Transcript:
00:00
Tapidivary room (number withheld).
00:04
Station,
00:05
(number withheld) for a smoke activation in Walton.
00:09
(number withheld), go for both.
00:13
Can have you head towards the fourth floor lounge near room (number withheld) Walton Hall.
00:18
We'll be getting YFD en route here shortly as well.
00:21
There's a smoke alarm smoke activation, not a supervisory.
00:26
Confirm, shuffle, units, and route.
00:29
Copy en route.
00:31
I'm fine.
00:33
Go ahead.
00:37
Unsuccessful attempt at cooking steak, can't try to reset.
00:41
Copy, standby for the reset.
00:44
Just a second.
00:45
Reset successful at Walton.
00:48
Two-nine arrival at Walton.
00:51
Copy arrival at Walton.
00:53
Two-nine from smoking a hallway, students' cooking no open flames.
01:00
Copy, smoking hallway, students cooking no open flames.
01:04
14 hours.
01:05
Copy arrival.
01:08
14, what was it coming from?
01:14
Floor in the student cooking area.
01:18
There you go again.
01:20
Fourth floor, lounge room.
01:23
(number withheld).
01:25
Thank you.

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Walton Residence Hall, E Circle Dr, Ypsilanti, MI 48197

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