Fire Alarm

Timeline

1. 3:41pm
   Battalion 5, Engine 4, Engine 11 and Truck 4 dispatched to a fire alarm at Adams Park Apartments, 1400 block of Fuller Avenue SE
2. 3:44pm
   Engine 4 assuming command of fire alarm investigation at Adams Park Apartments; strobes visible on scene
3. 3:44pm
   Engine 4 on scene at a five-story apartment building; nothing visible from Alpha, Charlie, or Delta sides; strobes active; Engine 4 assuming command and investigating
4. 3:45pm
   Truck 4 on scene; driving around the back to complete a 360
5. 3:45pm
   Panel shows alarm activation on second floor laundry room; crews heading there now to investigate
6. 3:46pm
   Command reports white smoke in the laundry room; crews trying to find the source
7. 3:47pm
   No additional resources needed at this time; truck crew upstairs with command
8. 3:48pm
   Second fire alarm activated on the second floor hallway near the food pantry; multi-detector alarm
9. 3:48pm
   Second alarm is right outside the laundry room door
10. 3:49pm
    Battalion 5 assuming command; Engine 4 leading investigation group at the five-story apartment building
11. 3:50pm
    Heat source isolated; dryer in use in the laundry room area. Investigating which dryer unit triggered the alarm.
12. 3:50pm
    Crews continuing to isolate which dryer unit triggered the alarm
13. 3:50pm
    Three dryers were running when crews arrived; investigating which unit triggered the alarm
14. 3:50pm
    Engine 4 will handle; Engine 11 and Battalion 5 clearing
15. 3:53pm
    Unit reports clearing shortly
16. 3:58pm
    Truck 4 asks Engine 4's operator to try a reset to see if it has cleared out
17. 4:11pm
    Alarm triggered by cooking; crews attempting to reset it
18. 4:15pm
    Truck 4 clear from the scene
19. 4:17pm
    Engine 4 clear from the scene with the reset complete
20. 4:17pm
    Problem located to the dryer; system reset. Engine 4 clear, command terminated.