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Fire alarm at church building near east 72nd streetTacoma WA

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E 72nd St, Tacoma, WA 98404

A fire alarm was triggered at a church building near East 72nd Street in Tacoma. Firefighters responded and found no visible signs of fire at the two-story church building south of the Champion Center. The situation was under investigation.

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03:53
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 15, Battalion 2, and Tower 2, Channel A3, Automatic Commercial Fire Alarm, People's Church, near East 72nd Street.
00:11
Engine 15,
00:12
Battalion 2 and Tower 2, Channel A3, automatic commercial fire alarm, People's Church, near East 72nd Street, Time 1243.
00:28
To come on, Battalion 3 is available.
00:30
You can assign me to the call in my district.
00:36
Receive Battalion 3 and place of Battalion 2, 1244.
00:50
Engine 12, Channel A2, BLS, motor vehicle accident, fuel of tribal health, 22nd Street.
00:59
Engine 12, channel A2, BLS, motor vehicle accident, fuel of tribal health, (number withheld), east 37th Street.
01:09
Time 1248.
01:18
8.7, Channel A2, Voluntary Commit, Gray Middle School, 6229, South Tyler Street.
01:26
Aid, 7, Channel A2, Voluntary Commit, Gray Middle School, 6229, South Tyler Street, Tom 1248.
01:40
157 seconds, students, people's church.
01:42
We have a 250 to 250,
01:44
two-story, ordinary church, nothing showing on arrival.
01:48
Battalion 3, give me a 360, Tower 2 stand by, NG 15 will be People's Command.
01:52
More information to follow.
01:55
Engine 15 is on scene of People's Command.
01:57
Nothing showing the best for making 1240 minutes.
02:04
The Tallinn 3, Tower 3, best access is off, East Portland.
02:12
93 access up for one.
02:15
Thank you.
02:27
Engine 16, Channel A2, BLS, breathing problem, multi-care, indigo-urgent care, (number withheld), self-noted street.
02:36
Engine 16,
02:37
channel A2, BLS, breathing problem, multi-care, indigourgent care, (number withheld), self-noted street, time 12, 151.
02:56
Again.
03:02
Student 15, officer, and then 15 3rd.
03:06
In 15.
03:11
I thought they had a poll at the poll station.
03:14
I'm checking there.
03:19
Welcome to you.
03:25
The building with the alarm is the building south of the Champion Center church, so it's a black building just south of the circular church building.
03:42
And we'll be going and investigating that building.
03:50
Detentant 3rd, the former 360 on the building to the south.

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E 72nd St, Tacoma, WA 98404

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