Lightning strike triggers fire alarm at office building
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Westmoreland County Fire
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Fire dispatch from 74 chief on zone four.
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Chief 74. Station 74 engine, tower 38, engine truck 25, engine 26, 27 respond (number withheld) Technology Drive, RIDC Westmoreland.
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For fire alarm, building struck by lightning, assisting 74 on pack eight.
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Chief 74 request you hold with exception of 74.
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Engine 74 is in.
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All units, activate RIDC Westmoreland in the exception of 74.
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You can cancel.
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Full crew.
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You can cancel for command 74.
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All right, it's received.
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I'm coming down.
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10-7.
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I just sent Lieutenant 10-7.
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10-4.
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10-4.
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Lieutenant 10-4.
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26 power now.
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Are we canceled on RIDC Westmoreland?
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We can't say anything down here.
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Fire dispatch, rescue 74, we'll be in with three.
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Fire dispatch, squad 74, your status?
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10-4, they activated their emergency button.
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46.
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We were just told the gas meter may be in the basement.
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We're going to gain access through the kitchen right here,
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go down into the basement and see if we can find it there.
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Engine 41 to dispatch.
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25, okay.
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Fire dispatch, 102 .
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Fire dispatch, 102 .
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All right, dispatch from Chief Pine.
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Chief Pine.
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Okay, we just received a call to our station for (number withheld) Pine Hollow Road for multiple trees.
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There's no access to any of the residences.
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Can you just push a call to us?
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Acknowledged.
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Fine transport for tree down on wires.
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What's the call? We're going to check that.
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All right, dispatch chief, I have two pending calls.
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If you're three pending calls, if you're able to take them.
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Go ahead.
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(number withheld)
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Fern Road, tree down on wires.
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All right.
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(number withheld) Evergreen Road.
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Seven inches of water in the basement.
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About to take over the furnace.
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Sit for now.
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That's copy.
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You can just push them through.
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That's where you should have them.
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Engine four to service four.
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That the emergency button's pressed.
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We don't have any portables.
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We already got the emergency button cleared.
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And rescue, you can clear this incident at Technology Drive.
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Engine's on scene and confirmed everything's sent for.