Fire Alarm
Kentwood
Timeline
- Rescue 1 on scene at a 6-story Type 2 building with strobes showing; Rescue 1 establishing South Division Command, Rescue 2 assigned to Investigation Group
- Battalion 5 on scene assuming command
- Truck 2 on scene and available if needed
- FD shut off the fire pump; appears to be a dry fire suppression system that lost pressure when the compressor belt slipped
- Fire pump turned off; valve left on but system unlikely to reset; requesting Car 97 to follow up
- Command asking dispatch to assign Car 97
- Alarm was silenced; crews unable to reset the fire alarm system
- Car 97 to handle; everyone else can clear
- Rescue 1, Rescue 2, and Car 97 will handle remainder; other units clear
- Rescue 2 notes keyholder en route to the scene
- Truck 2 clear of the scene
- Units asked if they are still at the fire pump
- Crews shut off the riser and opening the drain at the fire pump
- Car 97 on scene
Radio recording 2:11 · 15 transmissions
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