Truck hits sprinkler causing false fire alarm, Dubuque IA


A truck hit a sprinkler head near Radford Road, causing water flow that triggered an automatic fire alarm. Water was shut off and fire units were canceled.
Audio|Source: Dubuque County Fire, Dubuque City Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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Agent 2, and truck floor, automatic fire alarm code 2, near Radford Road, hitting recycling between Pennsylvania Avenue and North Road.
00:20
Go ahead.
00:23
Beyond seeing it didn't work, I was just going by.
00:27
I've got strobes going so I'll find out what's going on, but I do have people here.
00:32
10-4[1], thank you.
00:44
So what happened was the truck here hit the sprinkler head and shut the water off.
00:51
They're trying to shut the water off right now. I would continue at least 502, just code 4 this time,
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to see if we're getting any assistance.
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Before we can go ahead and cancel truck for.
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Just a second.
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Engine 2 did you copy that?
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Copy, go far.
01:25
Go ahead. Go ahead. Engine 2 from Car 6.
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Go ahead.
01:38
You guys can cancel.
01:40
One of the trucks is back in, hit the sprinkler.
01:43
I had. They got water shut off. I'll go ahead and take care of this.
01:47
They don't need any assistance, say you stated.
01:51
Copy. Thank you. Ententeuse back in service.
01:56
Ten more. Truck 4 copy.
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Truck 4 copy. Truck 4 copies back in service.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment (Message received / OK)
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Location mentioned:
Near Radford Rd, Dubuque, IA 52002
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