Smoke detector triggers fire alarm in apartment building, Wichita KS
Fire & ArsonA smoke detector in an apartment near E 9th St N was set off by cooking tea, causing the building's fire alarm to activate. There is no confirmation of any fire.
Audio|Source: Wichita and Sedgwick County Fire Resource / OPS-1
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Transcript:
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System Long Island of Business, near E 9th St N, Apartment 306, Station 1 and 5.
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Truck 1, Squad 5, Engine 5, System Alarm on a Business, near E 9th St N, Apartment 306, System alarm on a business, Engine 5, Squad 5, Truck 1,
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Map page 5648, operating TAC1[1], TAC1.
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Units in route to the system alarm on a business.
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Liberty Way apartment.
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There.
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It's going to be for apartment 306.
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And the calling party states that she was making tea,
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and it set off the smoke detector in her apartment, and now all are going off in the building.
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So this is going to be a cooking activation, but we have not had any confirmation that it's a false alarm other than the calling party stating her apartment was due to cooking.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
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TAC1: Primary tactical radio communications channel for coordinated police or public safety operations.
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Location mentioned:
Near E 9th St N, Wichita, KS 67214
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