Microwave fire alarm triggers high-rise response in Portland, Portland OR


Firefighters responded to a high-rise apartment near North Flint Avenue in Portland due to a fire alarm. Upon investigation, they found the alarm was caused by burnt food in a microwave and no actual fire was present.
Audio|Source: Portland Area Fire and Rescue
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Transcript:
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North Flint Avenue. It will be on Ops 3.
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Part number 316, this is for heavy squad 24, squad 1, engine 13, engine 1, engine 3, engine 1, engine 3,
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engine 1, engine 3, engine 1, 14, truck 13, truck 1,
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C2, C103, they'll be Rich 1,0245, it'll be a high-rise protocol at the albina 1 1- near North Flint Avenue, apartment number 316.
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This is for Heavy Squad 24, Squad 1, engine 13, engine 1, engine 3, engine 21, engine 21, engine 4, engine 6, engine 14, truck 13, truck 1, 2,
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C2, C103, Winston-Ops 3,
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and C-57.
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For Rescue 11, police on scene requesting you, code one.
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I could one request for fire religious or medical issue at St.
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Anthony's YMCA, 3-740-South-E-7-9, which run on Ups 1.
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Rescue 11, police on saying, requesting you, code one, chit-check a patient at St.
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Anthony's YMCA, 3740-Southi-7-9, which one of Ups-1, 3757.
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Phone chart 87 here do you check? Phone chart 87, not a clip.
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87 copies log and clear as well.
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Andrew 20 for your response one.
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Did you locate police? They just sent them access instructions.
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23's on scene with PD.
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Thank you. Copy, 859.
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304 is also on P.
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Copy on San 859.
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V4, H.S 24, H.S.
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24, H. H.S. 24, H. Truck 13, truck 1, truck 3,
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C1, C2, C-103.
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Talk group is Ops 3, C-59.
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And just confirming target room 316?
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That's what I have you.
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Engine 13 has arrived. We have a 7th story,
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fire resistive.
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We have nothing showing.
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We're going to have truck 13.
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We'll be investigating. We have engine 13 standing by, ready to stretch.
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This is a high-rise protocol.
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Everybody's going to take their assignments in the run order.
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Southeast Hawthor and Southeast 13th Avenue, Tucker Bobbs 1.
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A Truck 4-Engine 9 has a strong odor of gasoline. Southeast Hawthor and Southeast 13th Avenue. Talkerbops 1, and then a lot of...
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C2 is going to go ahead and send command or flint command.
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Agent 13, why you come join me? I'm right behind you.
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Command from 13 irons.
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Switch over to Simplex 2.
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Engine 1 arrives second two engine fire attack run a hydrant at Flint and Broadway
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Information for U.N. Engine 9 always thinks this is possibly coming from a nearby Jack station.
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The closest one we can find is the Chevron at 15252.5 southeast lead.
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John, we're coming.
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Chuck forward from Inton 9. You guys can clear at your discretion. We can take away to this.
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We'll call back.
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4D copy.
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Dr.O.O.O.O.2.
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We got people going up in there.
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The white building that we're, uh, the truck 13s in front of that we're going up into.
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6752 engine Red assignment.
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Yeah,
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all companies were getting an indication that the road building that we're currently in did not contact us, so it might be that blue building. We need confirmation on the address.
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In command from Squad, that is affirmative. It is this blue building, we have someone coming out, said they had alarm going off in here.
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So it's 1771, this blue building right on Flint.
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Okay, copy all companies 13 set up on the wrong building, so it's the blue building, so we will still be enacting high-rise protocol where you're being in the blue building there.
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Squad,
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one, let me know when you get up to that third floor and I'll make you a suppression branch in Syplex 2.
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Station 13, re-deploy yourself to the blue building.
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P
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across the driving, or the second truck so we'll assume lobby control.
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Copy truck one, you're going to assume a logovie control and then you'll be my support branch.
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Command C-103.
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Go ahead and 103.
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All assume command.
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You're going to be operations. Go ahead and now set on Simplex 4.
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Copy that.
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As far as arrives, we left to fit you.
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We've got confirmation that this is burnt food in the microwave, but we still want to get all our ops channels going and get a rep in here.
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So I'll get Simplex 4 up and running.
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