Broken sprinkler pipe affects fire safety systems, Fairfax County VA


A sprinkler pipe broke near Foundry Killed Drive, causing issues with the fire alarm and sprinkler systems. Emergency responders could not isolate the problem to one apartment and had to decide whether to keep the fire alarm or the sprinklers active.
Audio|Source: Fairfax County Fire and Rescue
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Transcript:
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We're on scene near Foundry Killed Drive in 5's area.
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Broken sprinkler pipe.
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We're unable to isolate the sprinkler valves to just that one apartment.
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So we can either leave the building alarm and leave the sprinklers, or we can turn the sprinklers off and leave it not an alarm.
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Fairfax County, VA
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