False fire alarm triggered by vacuum at medical center, Pittsburgh PA
Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to a fire alarm activation at Medical Center East near Northwood Hill Street. The alarm was a false alarm caused by a cleaner using a vacuum that triggered the smoke detector. No fire was found.
Audio|Source: Pittsburgh Fire Dispatch - Channel 1
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Transcript:
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Central Company's Fire 1 Dispatch, Zone 3-8, Medical Center East, near Northwood Hill Street, between Broad and Harvard,
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to General Fire alarm activation for Zone 2.
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Again, all companies, Fire 1 dispatch, Zone 3-8, Medical Center East, near Northwood Hill Street, cross street, Broad Street, and Harvard Street,
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to General Fire alarm. Point of activation is Zone 2.
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Responding companies are going to be engines 8, 7, and 15, Truck 8, Battalion 3.
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Operations on fire 1 at 20145.
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8 engines then.
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Attention then.
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Battalion 3 is there.
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That's fine, Fran.
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Dispatch, 8-engine's off-team, we have an 8-story commercial building, I can see workers in there, we do have an alarm going off, going to investigate.
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8-engine receipt.
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8-engine, go ahead engine.
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7-7-8-engine.
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8-engine. 8-engine, go ahead.
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Yeah, we have a cleaner in here.
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He kicked up with the vacuum and set the detector off.
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We can handle it.
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We're going to check it out a little bit of this, but we can handle it.
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Dispatch, do you copy?
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Yes, dispatch I copy.
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Just regarding the reading coffee show.
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It's great back.
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All three,
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take a disregard, return to quarters, the exception of eight engine, they're being on team to investigate, and all companies for Venn three on North Wakefield.
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The district guard return to quarters with the exception of eight engine, termination to investigate.
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Time now is point in 152.
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Seven engine back.
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Seven engine back.
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Spatty in front.
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Thank you, Doc.
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Thank you. Okay,
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we confirm. There's a double in a vacuum and it might be able to reset it, everything is so we're going to be back.
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We're going to be back.
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Okay, Judge and thank you.
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Thank you. Thank you.
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Harvard St, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
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