Fire alarm prompts evacuation at building on Harris Corners Pkwy, Charlotte NC


Fire crews responded to a fire alarm at a building on Harris Corners Parkway in Charlotte. There were no visible flames or smoke, but evacuation was advised as a precaution measure. Firefighters coordinated their positions and prepared equipment in case the fire spread. Medics were also on standby for any health emergencies.
Audio|Source: Charlotte and Mecklenburg County Fire
06:5
Transcript:
00:00
Armed command on I-India.
00:01
Command, please, go ahead.
00:02
Command, battalion 9, engine 2, engine 12, engine 8, ladder 4, rescue, 10, safety, water, all in route through your location.
00:09
Command, please copy.
00:10
Command, all units are e-bonding stage on Wellesley.
00:12
Station reassignment.
00:14
Engine 27. Move to station 34.
00:16
Station reassignment.
00:17
Engine 27. Move to station 34.
00:20
Copy. That was engine 12, correct.
00:21
Engine 2.
00:22
Copy.
00:23
Command ladder 4.
00:24
Clare 4, command.
00:25
Go ahead. Make the roof off a ladder 2.
00:27
That's on the Charlie side of the building.
00:29
Copy, make a roof off ladder two.
00:31
All companies be advised.
00:36
Where ladder two is, that's going to be the Charlie side of the structure.
00:39
Where ladder two is Charlie's side of the structure.
00:40
It's also where the command post is.
00:42
Command post is operating on the Charlie side.
00:44
Seek's the command. Go ahead.
00:45
We came up out of the basement adjacent to where engine two is we can make a stretch to the basement from that location of FTC.
00:52
Okay, you're just saying we need to make a stretch?
00:54
No, negative, just letting you know where we are in case we do.
00:58
Okay, very good.
01:00
Command copies. Command all companies, the initial stretch will be made off of Engine 2, who has their own water supply.
01:06
Should we need that?
01:07
The battalion is on scene on the Alpha side, where all the evacuees are.
01:11
Hey, don't seem.
01:12
Go ahead, Dr.
01:13
23. Yeah, we're just using this radio.
01:15
Just advise medic.
01:16
Patients had 10 heart attacks in the past, severe chest pain, 16 of 100 on blood pressure, 60 on rate.
01:24
But have medic come in the back park on up.
01:25
1040, 23.
01:26
Okay, I'm hearing myself to the building.
01:28
And a battalion nine.
01:30
Good. Should we need it, you're going to end up being fire attack and I'm going to give you engine two and engine six.
01:37
I'll also give you engine eight.
01:39
Should we need it?
01:40
Okay, we need a two, six, and eight.
01:41
Lighter four is robin.
01:42
Say, ladder four.
01:43
Go ahead, command. That's your location right now.
01:45
Charlie's High, a ladder two.
01:46
Are you able to split off of them?
01:48
Yeah, what's their location?
01:49
Engine 7, Rushfire, (number withheld) Mercury Street, on F, Fox Trot.
01:55
Engine 7, Rush Fire, (number withheld) Mercury Street, on F, Fox Trot.
02:01
Battalion 8, Engine 4, and Tower 18.
02:04
Fire alarm, near South College Street.
02:06
The Italian 8, Engine 4, and Tower 18, Fire alarm, near South College Street.
02:12
...round 1 South College Street. I'm uptown full empty.
02:13
Yes, we're free enough.
02:15
Ten-four command, thank you.
02:19
I have a number for the property manager if you're prepared to copy.
02:22
Go ahead, command.
02:23
(number withheld).
02:29
Station was pulled in the parking deck on D level on the Martin Luther King's side, so that there isn't any current smoke or flames evacuation was still advised.
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Location mentioned:
Harris Corners Pkwy, Charlotte, NC 28269
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