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Fire alarm at Cherry Valley Hotel in NewarkNewark OH

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Cherry Valley Rd SE, Newark, OH 43055

A commercial fire alarm activated at Cherry Valley Hotel near Cherry Valley Road in Newark. Multiple fire units responded and found audible alarms and water flow in mechanical room two on the west side of the building near the event center. Firefighters are investigating the cause.

Audio|Heard on: Licking County Public Safety
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03:50
Transcript:
00:00
Commercial fire alarm.
00:02
Ladder 3. Engine 5.
00:04
Rescue 1. Battalion 1.
00:06
Cherry Valley Hotel.
00:08
Near Cherry Valley Road.
00:13
Southeast and Thornwood Crossing.
00:16
Commercial fire alarm.
00:18
Respond on 45 Fireground 1[1].
00:24
Sorry,
00:26
control, lighter three is en route.
00:29
Lighter three inbound.
00:32
Okay, and one go.
00:37
For the facility, there are audible alarms going up in the background.
00:41
The alarm says water flow, mechanical room two.
00:43
They are checking it out.
00:46
You're clear.
00:47
Audible.
00:48
Audible alarms, water flow, mechanical room two.
00:51
You're clear.
00:58
17 grams of 62.
01:01
Go ahead.
01:04
I'll be out with a red Dodge Ram, I believe.
01:09
I'll say it's going to be obscured.
01:10
I'll be on West Broadway in front of 128, 128.
01:13
128.
01:16
Sure, quiet.
01:18
General 7 out of Ohio.
01:23
Go ahead.
01:25
498 Young X-ray Lincoln.
01:28
498 Young X-ray Lincoln.
01:34
Red 2017 Ram truck out of Alexandria.
01:39
And that is a valid 7.
01:49
Go ahead.
01:52
(name withheld), (number withheld).
01:59
7-11 match,
02:01
(name withheld), age 77, status is valid, nothing current, negative, but to all of you, so far.
02:09
Copy, negative hold.
02:13
Sure, quick.
02:19
The battalion one fire control.
02:22
The battalion, go ahead.
02:26
The battalion, engine five are on the scene.
02:29
Two-store hotel facility.
02:30
Nothing yelling.
02:34
We do see some strobes inside.
02:37
Audible alarms.
02:39
Engine 5 will be investigating.
02:41
Captain Black will have command conducting a 360.
02:49
9-1 engine 5 on the next to your hotel with nothing showing shrubs and audible alarms are present in jim 5 investigating contact black as command 17 medals 36 up 5 1 35 35 36 go ahead finally warning 5 is an operation mailway 19 the caller and transfer me please.
03:16
And engine five, we do have a water gong sounding on the south side of the building.
03:23
Copy.
03:27
Fire 3 Battalion 1.
03:29
Do you want us to come to that event center entrance?
03:34
That's affirmative.
03:37
And I got that mistake, and that's the west side of the buildings, the water gong sounding, and yes, ladder three, if you want to proceed to that west side, event center, that'd be fantastic.
03:49
Copy we're following there now.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Fireground 1: Designated tactical radio channel for on-scene fire operations

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Location mentioned:
Cherry Valley Rd SE, Newark, OH 43055

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Incident Timeline

  1. Mechanical Room Access and Situation Under Control
  2. Flooding and Ruptured Sprinkler Pipe
  3. Water Leak Confirmed
  4. On-Scene Investigation
  5. Alarm and Water Flow Detected
  6. Initial Dispatch

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