Fire Alarm
143 Bostwick Avenue NE, Grand Rapids · Downtown
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- GRFD responding to fire alarm at GRCC Cook Hall, 100 block of Bostwick Avenue NE
- Rescue 1 on scene at four-story academic building; everyone evacuated outside, no smoke or fire visible, alarm strobes activated inside; Rescue 1 assuming command
- Rescue 1 on scene at four-story academic building; everyone evacuated outside, no smoke or fire visible, strobes activated inside; Grand Rapids PD en route
- Rescue 2 reports fire located at the scene (Cook Hall, GRCC academic building)
- Rescue 2 reports water flow activation on the fire alarm panel; crews searching for the source
- Battalion 6 assuming command; investigation underway to locate source of water flow activation on the fire alarm panel
- Crews completed 360-degree check; water flow activation traced to unknown riser room location, requesting additional personnel and dispatch to search building records for riser room location
- Command searching building notes but finds no documentation of the riser room location
- Command requests location update from Rescue 2 searching for riser room
- Rescue 2 searched the sub-level below the main floor looking for the riser room
- Rescue 2 locates the riser room behind a key-fob-locked door in the sub-level
- Command directing Rescue 1 and 2 to meet at the door they previously entered to access the riser room
- Rescue crews completed a full 360-degree walk-around; no water flowing from the building, suggesting a possible false alarm; requesting reset of alarm system
- Reset attempt at the alarm system is not holding; crews continuing investigation
- Rescue 2 at the alarm panel; system reset and holding
- Command requesting crews check each floor before clearing; panel reset is holding. Note this is the second alarm here in two days; waiting for Grand Rapids Community College Police to arrive
- Second and third floors checked and clear
- Command directing crews to do a quick walk of the building, then they'll be wrapping up
- Crews checking fourth and fifth floors; wrapping up building walk-through
- Final walk-through of building underway; units will clear as they complete their checks