Fire alarm response at University Heights dorm, Burlington VT
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire and rescue units responded to multiple alarm activations at a dormitory building near University Heights at the University of Vermont campus in Burlington. No visible signs of fire were observed, and firefighters investigated the cause of the alarms.
Audio|Heard on: Chittenden County Fire and EMS
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02:17
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 3, Tower 1, alarm activation, near University Heights.
00:09
Engine 3, Tower 1, alarm activation, near University Heights.
00:19
Able Tower 1.
00:21
Tower 1 is able to be able.
00:24
Looking at the notes that these multiple different alarms coming in are the same one.
00:30
You give dispatch advisors multiple different alarms ringing in that they had never seen before and they say it was abnormal, but I have not received anything on the TRX and dispatch here.
00:41
Acknowledged. Acknowledged.
00:48
If we're having multiple different alarms come in, go ahead and upgrade this to a...
00:54
Just add the battalion and another suppression place, please.
01:03
Acknowledged.
01:05
Engine 1. Battalion 1.
01:12
Alarm activation.
01:14
Near University Heights.
01:20
People from Battalion 1.
01:22
Battalion 1, go ahead.
01:25
I just want to confirm what I believe I heard you in the tower talking about.
01:29
You received a call from UVM Dispatch stating that their system received multiple alarms.
01:34
However, no mass radio call boxes come through.
01:38
Acknowledged. That is confirmed.
01:42
Copy. Thank you.
01:44
Engine 3 is on scene.
01:46
We've got a five and a half story dormitory, nothing showing from three sides.
01:52
We'll be investigating.
01:53
Pison command.
01:59
Tower 1's on scene, we'll stage on Heights.
02:02
Captain will assume command until the arrival of Battalion 1.
02:05
We'll move operations for General 3.
02:10
It will copy Tower 1, moving operations to Channel 3, five and a half story dormitory, nothing shows.
02:15
Fire dispatch from K3.
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Location mentioned:
University Heights, Burlington, VT 05405
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