Fire alarm sensor activates in Norfolk apartment stairwell, Norfolk VA


Fire department responded to a partial evacuation at a multi-storey apartment building in Norfolk after a fire alarm sensor activated in the fifth floor stairwell. No fire or visible threat was found.
Audio|Source: Norfolk City Fire and EMS Dispatch
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Transcript:
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Engine 16s arrived, multi-storey apartment complex, partial evacuation in progress.
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We're going to be investigating.
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8012.
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Beautil. I bet it again, Granby and Little Creek.
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Tic9, diabetic problem, Cranby and Little Creek on TAC 2.
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Medic 9, diabetic problem, Cranby and Litter Creek, TAC 2, 011.
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14.
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The BIDIC 9, you're out.
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The latter 14th, don't see.
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Medic Nine for Diabetic Problems at Granby Street, East Little Creek Road at the bus stop.
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Her 25-year-old female believes that her vitals are high.
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She is diabetic.
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I don't have a description.
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Is there a 160? Is she? All right.
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All right. 717 arrives.
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The 17. 17.
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17.
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Medic.9BiViase your patient is walking and is headed towards the Ward's Corner Transfer Bus Station.
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Take Metacombe.
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Lider 14 to engine 16.
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Engine 16, wider 14.
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Go ahead.
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Coddy reception in here, go to TAC16.
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Before you do that, if you can take your crew, assist engine 16, proceed to the fifth stairwell 4 and check that area.
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That's where we're getting the sensor activation.
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Alright, so you want me to assist engine 16, we're going to the fifth floor,
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fourth stairwell?
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Stairwell 4, that's correct.
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Okay.
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