Fire crews find standpipe failure near Adams St, Chicago IL
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a building near West Adams Street in Chicago after discovering a possible standpipe system failure in a multi-story structure. No fire was visible upon arrival. The leak was isolated by shutting down the pumps, and the building department was notified to inspect the issue. Crews noted that the building lacks a functioning fire suppression system.
Audio|Heard on: Cook IL Fire Dispatch Group Calls
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Transcript:
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near West Adams Street,
00:02
westbound with a three-story ordinary, nothing showing.
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I am assuming command switching to fire ground after 113.
00:09
Westbound with nothing showing.
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Battalion nine to me.
00:14
Battalion nine.
00:16
Can you put a notification into the fire prevention bureau and the building department?
00:22
We shut down the pumps.
00:23
This building has no standpipe system working.
00:27
Standpipe system now isolated the leak by shutting down the pumps, and the building department will come out to inspect.
00:37
Battalion nine, must receive immediate response from the building department or just notification?
00:43
You can just put a notification into them.
00:46
Be aware they have no fire suppression system in this 13-story building.
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Location mentioned:
W Adams St, Chicago, IL 60644
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