Smoke alarm triggers evacuation at university math building, Missoula MT


A fire alarm triggered a smoke report at the university mathematics building, leading to building evacuation and a fire response. Emergency teams later found that the smoke was caused by steam from a utility room and there was no fire.
Audio|Source: Missoula Public Safety
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Transcript:
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Building 3 on campus for a fire alarm with smoke.
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148161M, MESSY, respond code 3[1] to the U.M Mathematics Building 3 on campus for a fire alarm with reported smoke.
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Cross streets are picked in, traffic on fire, channel 2, KMBH 396, clear at 1010.
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Evacuation is in progress.
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One-21 will be investigating.
00:32
110 copies, 110 on scene with command.
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Break, all units coming in.
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This will be southwest of Montana Hall, southeast of the Oval.
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You can come in from the south.
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That's awesome.
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Okay.
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One-two-one-on-seen.
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One-two-one-on-scene,
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1011.
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One-two-one on scene, 1011.
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Round 2.
01:34
Let me leave this on the board, please.
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I'm waiting for a call to you follow up.
01:46
I have one neutral Medics 3 and out to the structure fire.
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Medics 3 in route 1011.
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One, one-four-one.
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One-four-one, go ahead.
02:07
We're in route to the structure player.
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141 in route, 1012.
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9-1-1 in route, 1012.
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9-1-1-138.
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Okay, go ahead.
02:34
138 is en route to the structure fire on the campus.
02:44
Yeah, this is a team from the utility room.
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It's going to take up a minute to try to figure out how to go down, but everyone else is canceled.
02:51
Can you repeat, please?
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This team is coming from a utility room.
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I've got facilities here, everybody else can cancel.
03:10
Okay, copy Steam from a utility room, everyone else can cancel.
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Thanks.
03:28
Scott.
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Go ahead, 94.
03:51
Go ahead, 94.
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The fire panel is in room 14.
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995.
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Go ahead, 110.
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Go ahead, 110.
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Thank you here.
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You guys can cancel.
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Copy that, thank you.
04:41
And I think part away.
04:43
What's that's helpful for and forth?
05:01
Go ahead, Maineport.
05:04
So it appears to be a steam pipe or vent at the base somewhere.
05:08
It's organic without the scene.
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Fire is going to remain on seeing all stick around until they don't need these.
05:15
They're trying to hear them to do it.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
code 3: Emergency response with lights and sirens
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Location mentioned:
Mathematics, 32 Campus Dr, Missoula, MT 59812
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