Fire alarm triggered by cleaning activity at airport
Fire & ArsonA fire alarm went off at the airport due to cleaning work near a smoke detector. Fire crews found no fire or smoke present.
Audio|Source: Guilford Metro Fire
01:30
Transcript:
Engine 43, steady signal 50[3]. Smokey 1[1]. Smokey 1, Engine 17, and ladder 20. 1,000, Ted Johnson Parkway. P-T-IA. Fire alarm. Cross streets are employee lot, and ready return road. Tata Alpha 6[2]. Once we want to tell them. Officers are on scene. They're advising that they've located individuals who were cleaning some sort of mechanism nearby that fire alarm. They located the actual smokehead. They're advising that that was what caused the alarm set off. We're currently located at the self-service station, the side of the local. One year on Alpha 6. Large structure used as an airport term, nothing shown from the airfield side. Smoke one on the out of investigate. Smoke one more, ten-four. Drive.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Smokey 1: Fire unit identifier
[2]
Alpha 6: Fire/EMS radio channel
[3]
steady signal 50: Fire alarm
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Location mentioned:
Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO), 1000 Ted Johnson Pkwy, Greensboro, NC 27409
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