Fire alarm investigated at Pritchard Hall, Blacksburg VA
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, firefighters responded to a fire alarm at Pritchard Hall near Washington Street Southwest in Blacksburg. The alarm was reported active on the third floor, but crews arrived to find no visible fire. The alarm company confirmed the activation from a fire panel, and fire units investigated the scene with no hazards found.
Audio|Heard on: Blacksburg, Town of Fire Ops
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Transcript:
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NRV, Blacksburg Fire, fire alarm.
00:02
Pritchard Hall, near Washington Street Southwest, across from Beamer Way, Kent Street.
00:08
How about BFD1 at 25th?
00:14
NRV 103.
00:22
Do you show myself an engine 12 en route?
00:29
10-4, she's responding 2035 to Pritchard Hall, near Washington Street.
00:33
That's on the 3rd floor.
00:37
Subject called in and advised the fire alarm was going off on the 3rd floor.
00:40
We then got an activation from the alarm company stating fire, new fire panel 48.
00:48
That RV 103.
00:54
Yeah.
00:58
You can show myself and the above on scene.
01:01
Six-story, nothing showing.
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Location mentioned:
Washington St SW, Blacksburg, VA 24061
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