Fire alarm with heavy smoke at Research Triangle Park building, Durham County NC
Fire & ArsonA fire alarm was triggered at a building in Research Triangle Park. On arrival, heavy smoke was confirmed in the mechanical/electrical room where high voltage equipment is located. Fire response units upgraded the alarm but later downgraded the call after investigation. No specific injuries or suspects were reported.
Audio|Source: Durham City Fire
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Transcript:
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Fire alarm, near TW Alexander Drive.
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Alexander Drive.
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Fire alarm, near TW Alexander Drive.
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Alexander Drive.
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Cross of, On, Drive, and I-40 West.
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Eder, 12. Engine 13.
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Engine,
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18. Battalion, 3.
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New TW, you can use Optional 2, Apps 2.
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Medic 2 taking call from Medic 5.
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Battalion 3 from 912.
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We're on scene just spoke to the engineer.
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He's confirmed heavy smoke in the mechanical room.
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It's where all the high voltage is for the building.
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We're the main building at the front.
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We got a hydrant behind our truck.
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And we'll be out investigating.
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912 from the 10.3, I copy your size up.
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Do you want to go ahead and upgrade it now or do you want to get some eyes on it?
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Upgrade.
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Communications you copy.
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Like this is structured response.
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Fire alarm, near TW Alexander Drive, Cross of Mon Drive and I-40 West, refer to MDC for units.
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I don't think this dispatch is correct, so I'm going to try to manually get it going for you.
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Battalion 3, Battalion 4,
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engine 12,
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engine 16,
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and engine 18.
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Respond I said Ladder 3,
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Ladder 6, Rescue 1, Safety 1.
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Squad 1, respond with units already on scene, upgraded the fire alarm due to heavy smoke in the electrical room.
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They'll be on Opschannel 2, Ops 2.
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I'll improve the last 12.
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We can go ahead and disregard the structure fire spot.
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10 G, I copy.
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Cancel your response.
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You did with what you got on scene or you need some additional units?
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I don't know if anything else here was me yet.
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18's on scene as well as engine 13.
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Yeah,
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we should be good to hold with the two dogs.
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Brian, you're good with that.
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Go ahead and get the fan.
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Man, please be good.
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It's been 18.
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If you're the building B's brother, that's where that is.
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That's where the main fire panel is.
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We can go ahead and silence this along.
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Okay, got it.
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Command from Agent 12.
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Go ahead and so I'll be on the team.
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Uh,
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that's the 10-10.
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We just leave in 50-10.
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I just switched over, so I thought I caught the end of you clearing people.
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Was that, is that correct?
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Yeah, you can clear.
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We're good before we got on the team.
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Location mentioned:
Near TW Alexander Dr, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
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