Smoke odor triggers fire alarm at university dormitory, Gainesville FL


A fire alarm was triggered at Reed Hall, a dormitory on Museum Road at the university. Responders detected an odor of smoke but no fire. Evacuation of the building was underway as a safety measure.
Audio|Source: Gainesville Police and Alachua Fire
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Transcript:
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Engine 1, Engine 2, and District 1, Shire is going to a high-life hazard fire alarm at 1316 Museum Road, 1-3-1-6 Museum Road at Reed Hall.
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UPD is on scene, it was a smoke detector activation in Zone 938, riser is people inside, and when UPD arrived on-scene, they smelled smoke,
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301.
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I District 1.
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You be advised it was just an odor of smoke they had? District 1, that's affirmative. They only advised odor or smoke.
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Message received.
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Hi to engine one. And Jim one.
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On scene of a lot of story going to wind up. So we do a visual evacuation progress, the investigating mode steps.
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Museum Road Command. Rick, we're going to be on inner road.
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There.
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Engine 1 on scene of a multi-story dormitory so have a visual evacuation in progress.
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Investigative mode 3-0-2.
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Location mentioned:
Near Museum Rd, Gainesville, FL 32611
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