Resident damages sprinkler after false fire alarms, Des Moines IA
VandalismA resident at near Meadow Chase Ln apartment 115 broke a sprinkler head with a hammer after multiple false fire alarms, causing water to pour into the apartment. No fire occurred.
Audio|Source: Des Moines Fire/EMS
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Transcript:
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Engine 10, I guess there's somebody on the first floor that's got water pouring out of their sprinkler system in apartment 115.
00:13
Engine's in copies, thank you.
00:16
And whoever's calling us and tell us that says if there's nobody coming to the door, they can't get a hold of the person that was inside.
00:23
Especially for Medi10.
00:28
Go ahead, Medicin.
00:29
Do you know if the salient is still out there or is it okay to go in and speak with the patient?
00:44
We're not sure they didn't really want to answer any of our questions. They said they were attacked by someone in a conflict sometime this morning and then quit answering questions from us.
00:54
Okay,
00:58
my Smith-A-Ten's derived home.
01:00
He's got someone we've been in a cell.
01:03
Got it.
01:09
Dispatch from In-10-10.
01:15
Go ahead.
01:19
We have no fire here. What happened was a resident got tired of the alarms going off three times in a row, so he hit his sprinkler head with a hammer thinking it was the alarm.
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Location mentioned:
Near Meadow Chase Ln, Des Moines, IA 50320
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