Fire alarm triggers evacuation at high-rise in Wichita, Wichita KS
Fire & ArsonFire department responded to a fire alarm at a high-rise building near E Douglas Ave in Wichita. Residents were evacuated after smoke detectors were triggered by a fog machine. A light haze was found on the seventh floor but no fire or smoke odor was detected. Crews worked to reset the alarm system.
Audio|Source: Wichita and Sedgwick County Fire Tac 1-7
04:25
Transcript:
00:00
All units for us. This is from alarm on high-rise near E Douglas Ave.
00:03
The calling party will be at the Market Street entrance.
00:07
Advised residents were evacuated because the alarms were going off.
00:11
It was originally started by a fog machine, according to the calling party.
00:17
But the alarm is currently saying there's a seventh floor smoke detector going off in the common area currently.
00:23
Go ahead and operate Tach1. Tachwana arrival.
00:30
Squad one's unseen.
00:32
Squad one's unseen, nothing shown.
00:35
We'll be investigating from a seven-story.
00:42
Okay, TCR, glad to see command.
00:48
Quad 1, you're working for engine one, just stand by with them. Truck 1, you want to investigate.
00:55
Copy. And the info was a possible fog machine on 7? Is that what I read?
01:02
Yeah, I'm going back to the call text now.
01:09
Copy. Pull head up.
01:10
Meyer's got your OV.
01:12
Yeah,
01:16
It said fog machine, they're saying seven floor smoke detectors are going off.
01:29
I don't see.
01:35
That was, please.
01:39
Hey, John, I'm pretty sure your hydrant's gonna be up there by Engine One.
01:47
I'll be that.
01:53
Grinch out was for our positions of truck wanted to.
02:01
Truck one from command.
02:04
Go ahead.
02:08
Do you have everybody with you or did you drop the lobby guy?
02:14
I think Mowers with the truck.
02:16
I got all the other guys with me, headnaps.
02:21
Okay, engine one while you're standing by there waiting to hear from them you want to recall those elevators.
02:31
Commandantian 1.
02:35
Go ahead.
02:38
I've been all the way around. I don't have anything shown.
02:44
Copy that.
02:50
Command from Trump 1OV. Save traffic is Battalion 1.
02:53
Here on the West base, I've got eyes in all the apartment windows here on 6-7-8. I'll go ahead and just work it down when I bet it.
03:03
Copy.
03:07
I have some truck on.
03:11
Joe.
03:14
Got a light haze up here from that smoke machine.
03:18
No odor.
03:19
Let's try to reset the panel.
03:24
Copy that engine one. Can you hand away?
03:31
Is it for? Run away.
03:33
Oh,
03:36
there's a recall.
03:39
Copy that, thank you.
03:45
Want some traffic on.
03:48
Good.
03:51
Yeah, I did the system reset.
03:55
We're working on it.
03:57
I have about cooperating.
04:04
Chuck wants the command.
04:07
Go ahead.
04:10
Hey Brew, I'm going to give it to you and myself and Ninja 2 are going to return if you're good with that.
04:16
Yep, that's good.
04:19
Will you leave this attack?
04:24
Absolutely, it's all yours.
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Location mentioned:
Near E Douglas Ave, Wichita, KS 67202
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