Fire alarm activated at high school with no fire found, Carmel IN
Fire & ArsonA fire alarm was triggered at a high school building, possibly in the press box area near the football field. Fire crews arrived and investigated the scene but found no signs of fire or need for evacuation. The alarm was traced to a strobe light and a heat detector in the press box and elevator area. Crews checked the equipment and made entry to confirm the source of the alarm. No fire was found and the situation was cleared.
Audio|Source: Hamilton County Fire & EMS
05:11
Transcript:
00:00
Companies in route.
00:02
There's just a ramp in route and a silver pick-up 10 to 15.
00:09
Time, it's clear.
00:14
Central is 383.
00:17
Good.
00:20
Engine 383 is unseen of the school, no evacuation.
00:25
Nothing strong will be on investigating. The engine 33 will have commands.
00:33
Engine 83, no evacuation, nothing trailing,
00:37
investigating with command 1633.
00:43
Letter 384 is arriving first truck. We'll be on the main entrance.
00:52
It's at Independence Village on scene 10.
00:59
6-308's arriving, I'll grab a 360.
01:06
Oh, battalion 308.
01:08
Go ahead.
01:11
Yeah, I'm on scene.
01:13
I'll go ahead and I'm on scene.
01:14
I'll go ahead and the same command.
01:19
298, same command.
01:22
The engine 383 from command.
01:27
Go ahead.
01:31
Yeah, I was here the other day on C-shift twice,
01:35
and it ended up being in the press box at the football field.
01:42
Looks like ladder 84 is at the front entrance, so we can have them check the alarm panel.
01:51
Command from safety.
01:53
Go ahead.
01:56
We'll confirm with Latter 84, but it does look like maybe I've got a strobe in the press box on the lower floor.
02:03
Okay, I'm clear.
02:07
Control is the 382 is arriving.
02:09
We're going to be here at the north side of the high school. We'll go ahead and press box.
02:17
Engine 82, command.
02:23
Okay.
02:32
Armvale, showing heat detector,
02:36
lobby elevator elevator. Lobby elevator.
02:40
Okay,
02:42
that's what it said the other day.
02:45
You guys go ahead and check that in the main building.
02:49
But it ended up being the elevator in the press box.
03:01
Go ahead.
03:04
If we're over here in front of the press box, we can head that way and check it out in there.
03:12
Yeah, I've got engine two getting ready to go through the gate here at the ticket booth.
03:21
It's on the north end of the football field.
03:24
They're getting ready to head over to the press box, check that.
03:27
If you want to go ahead and join them, that'd be fine.
03:30
We'll get information from Lyder 384 on how things look in the lobby of the main building.
03:39
There's 384C from A.
03:44
I have an elevator down here.
03:47
I have an elevator right here as well.
03:56
384A. All right.
04:03
Do you have a detector in front of the elevator appears to be normal with an occasional red flashing light.
04:17
Everyone down here is just an intermittent flashing light?
04:33
Yeah, just reconfirm. We do have a strobe in the press box and then we got a couple crews getting ready to make entry to double check. I feel pretty confident that that's where this is going to be.
04:50
Good, we've made entry.
04:53
Okay, clear.
04:58
Safety from command.
05:03
Go ahead.
05:06
Yeah, I'm not sure if there's a separate panel in that press box building or not.
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Location mentioned:
High Dr, Carmel, IN
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