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Automatic fire alarm triggered at Newport AquariumNewport KY

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Near Levee Wy, Newport, KY 41071

An automatic fire alarm was triggered at Newport Aquarium near One Aquarium Way. The alarm may have been caused by hot work that ignited some insulation. There was no visible smoke or fire, only a minor smell of burnt material was detected. The situation was cleared without incident.

Audio|Source: Campbell County Fire & EMS
05:14
Transcript:
00:00
Station 9, all units respond near Aquarium Way, near Aquarium Way,
00:06
for automatic fire alarm,
00:09
showing P1 fire alarm main zone 10.
00:13
Station 9, near Aquarium Way, Newport Aquarium,
00:17
for an automatic fire alarm, caught in by alarm company. Dispatch Clear 1540, you have Fireground 3.
00:32
Number 3 is right off the square.
00:36
Copy, 1541.
00:46
It's from 9801.
00:50
Go ahead.
00:51
All downtown unit's responding, take 982 out of service.
00:58
I copy, 1542.
01:08
15402. 15402.
01:15
1542.
01:26
That's 952 is on the scene, large aquarium.
01:29
Nothing's showing if there's evacuated.
01:33
All you have switched fire ground 3, this will be an aquarium command.
01:40
9.52, I copy at 1544.
01:47
Command 911, we're staged up here on 3rd on the south side of the aquarium.
02:01
That's clear. Just as much you guys, I'm getting reports that apparently there's going some hot work and they may have caught some insulation on fire, the warfought.
02:13
Roger, do you want to come up closer or do you want to stay stage?
02:18
You guys just hang out for a minute. I'm sure they don't think it's burning still, but we'll check out. You guys just chill.
02:35
Another one from command.
02:39
Good.
02:43
Can you send one of these guys down here? Uh,
02:47
I second maybe something got me where I need to go.
02:57
You need another person in there?
02:59
It's hard to understand it.
03:03
What floor are you guys on? You on exhibit or the Penguin House?
03:17
I'm not the area that they're directing me. I don't see anything that is obvious here, just a minor smell of burnt rubber plastic.
03:27
No obvious smoke. No obvious smoke.
03:32
That's fair.
03:40
Do you drive or reset if everything's good?
03:52
You have the panel that cannot get up because they need a way to get up into the elevator.
04:09
All of you guys can go available.
04:12
It's going to go available.
04:30
The smell is already dissipated.
04:32
We should be good for a reset whenever you do get this panel.
04:44
In fact, see, which location?
04:48
This is a nationalized three spelled from the aquarium.
04:53
1550.
04:59
I'm gonna unalunciator here, apparently just did a key to be able to recess from here.
05:07
Okay,
05:09
we're walking to the panel now. We're only a couple seconds away from that. We can do a recent from there.

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Near Levee Wy, Newport, KY 41071

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