Smoke detector triggers fire alarm at Broadlawns hospital, Des Moines IA
Fire & ArsonA fire alarm was activated at Broadlawns hospital near Hickman Rd due to a smoke detector in Zone 2. Emergency responders were dispatched to investigate the alarm. Additional reports included a person with breathing difficulties experiencing a panic attack and numbness in hands and arms near Southwest 9th. The situation involved multiple emergency units responding to the medical and fire alarm calls.
Audio|Source: Des Moines Fire/EMS
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Transcript:
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Engine 4, Truck 1, near Hickman Rd at Broadlawns on a private alarm. Engine 4, Truppelin, Response 1, Channel 5, 1324.
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Medicaid, Engine 8.
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Medicaid, and Jinnate.
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Medicaid,
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and Jinnate, you're going to be headed to Highway 5,
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right at the floor.
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on ramps. It's going to be on a breathing issue. Medicaid engine 8 response 3, channel 2 at 1328.
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Medicton, near Southwest 9th, number 203 on a sick person. Mediq 10, response 1, channel 2, 1328.
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Edge of Ford arrived, hospital complex is up is showing.
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We'll be investigating.
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Yep.
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Dispatch, they give you a location.
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He's going to be eastbound. She's going to be eastbound. He's having a panic attack, trouble breathing. He's going to be in a TN Subaru cross track.
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Now he says he can no longer feel his hands and arms.
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That would get copied.
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Engine 4, what was your traffic?
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We've got quite a large hospital conflict. I didn't know if they gave you location where to meet them at.
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It was called in from Johnson Control. They said it was Zone 2 MSA smoke fire detector. That was the drop.
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Okay, copy, zone two. Thank you.
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Location mentioned:
Near Hickman Rd, Des Moines, IA 50314
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