Fire alarm caused by overheated laminator in school lounge, Trousdale County TN
Fire & ArsonA fire alarm was triggered at a school in Trousdale County due to a laminator left on and overheating in the teacher's lounge. Firefighters found no fire, turned off the laminator, and reset the alarm.
Audio|Source: Trousdale Fire
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Transcript:
00:00
Fire 1 engine 8.
00:03
Fire 1, engine 8. Be a fire 1.
00:11
Status update.
00:15
We just got in the dunes.
00:21
Everything appears to be pimples.
00:24
There's a laminator in the teacher's lounge that seems to be hot.
00:28
I'm going to check it.
00:34
Fire hall. Fire 15.
00:38
I'm at the hall.
00:40
You need to be bringing anything? Stand by.
00:51
One, go ahead.
00:54
It appears that somebody's left the laminar on with a note that says, do not turn off. They're heating it up, and it's at 275 degrees.
01:06
Can you tell from the alarm panel if that matches the same zone and area?
01:15
Yes, sir, that's ten-four.
01:16
It says teacher's lounge right here where we are.
01:23
That's key holder on scene.
01:30
The laminator should not be left on over a weekend like that. Maybe during a school day,
01:38
but not a weekend.
01:42
We went ahead and cut it off. You can tell where they heated up the plastic in there.
01:49
Copy.
01:52
Do you want me to silence this alarm?
01:56
You need to silence and see if it will reset itself.
02:06
Fire 1, 515.
02:11
Go ahead.
02:14
Did the alarm reset and hold?
02:18
That's 10, 4.
02:24
Fire 15, the fire 1. I took pictures of the thermostat and it being hot and what it was with the nose.
02:36
Tenpoint. That sounds like you all have found the source.
02:44
Good sir.
02:49
First of all the fire, 15.
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