False fire alarm at high-rise on Waterfall Drive, Elkhart IN


Fire units responded to a fire alarm at a high-rise near Waterfall Drive. Upon investigation, no fire was found. The alarm was silenced, and units cleared the scene without evacuation.
Audio|Source: Elkhart, Goshen & Elkhart County Police, Fire & EMS
03:58
Transcript:
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Italian 15, Italian 106, engine 5, engine 6, medic 21, medic 25, squad 1, squad 2, and truck 18, high-rise fire alarm, near Waterfall Dr, Waterfall High-Rise, respond on attack 1, Italian,
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Italian, Italian 105, Battalion 106, Italian 106, Metac 5, engine 5, engine 6, medic 201, medic 201, medic 20, squad 1, squad 2, and truck 18, high-rise fire alarm, near Waterfall Dr, Waterfall High-Rise. Respond on TAC 1[1].
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408, inspection,
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check. Ciginal 2.0.
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4.8.
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Later on plumbing air at 19, we got the custody ice-section 840470,
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3H-B-PCF-1.
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Tell.
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Squad 1's on theme, tentatory high-rise. No evacuation file in progress.
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You have the visual alarm going off this time. We're going to go on a new investigate.
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Squad on.
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Planetic 21-0 here.
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21.
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Making sure you're clear on the rental marking route.
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Yeah, I have an NCT issues. We're on scene.
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Time for.
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1831 dispatch for in route to Elkhart General beginning mileage zero.
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1831.
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Elkhart, Inter5 on C.
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Engine bus.
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Quad 2-17, 3-2.
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Squad 2. Squad 2.
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Command Go Up or Go Squad 1.
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The second floor, room 214, of the smoke tankerent hallway trucks going up now to verify.
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Copy 214.
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Engine 642. Engine 642.
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Squad 1, Trigotine, second floor always cleared.
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Where it says the smoke detector out in that room.
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Yeah.
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We're in front of it now.
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It's always cleared.
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I'm going to go ahead and silence it.
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Where is this rush tonight?
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Operation squad one, we can take this on a skill.
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Command is clear on squad one taking on a still. All units near Waterfall Dr can clear and return, clear and return.
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Dispatcher, you clear on the traffic.
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A permanent.
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Striking King's 121.
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Do you need anything else up there?
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Alleghrum, Medic 21.
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No, it's all clear.
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We're exiting now.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
TAC 1: Tactical Channel 1 (assigned operations channel)
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Location mentioned:
Near Waterfall Dr, Elkhart, IN 46516
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