Sprinkler head activated by paper roll at Appleton plant

Heard on: Outagamie WI Fire-Tac Group Calls

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

00:00

Did you see them entering the main entrance?

00:03

Yeah.

00:06

9321.

00:09

Go ahead, command.

00:13

If you go around right by the railroad tracks, just past the building, and then back around is going to be the best line or the best spot.

00:25

I don't know where (name withheld) is.

00:29

I just got off the phone with him.

00:32

He's going to send somebody up here to Wisconsin Ave side.

00:35

He thinks it's either a water pipe or a sprinkler head.

00:37

He's not sure, but he's going to send somebody up here to Wisconsin Ave side to grab us.

00:42

So should you, I mean, before somebody shows up.

00:46

Over.

00:49

Command from 9321.

00:51

Made contact with plant personnel.

00:53

We're going in off Wisconsin Ave.

00:57

Ten four.

00:59

Command from 9321.

01:03

Go ahead.

01:06

Confirmed they popped a sprinkler head with a roll of paper.

01:09

Beacon ambulance, everybody else available.

6/30/2026 09:39 PM

Fire

W Wisconsin Ave, Appleton, WI

Sprinkler head activated by paper roll at Appleton plant

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Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews coordinated access near the railroad tracks and Wisconsin Avenue in Appleton to investigate a possible water pipe or sprinkler issue at an industrial plant. Plant personnel later reported that a roll of paper had apparently broken a sprinkler head inside the facility.

Sprinkler head activated by paper roll at Appleton plant

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