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Building fire near Sowers High School in WichitaWichita KS

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E Wassall St, Wichita, KS 67216

According to the dispatch call, a building fire occurred near Sowers High School in Wichita. Multiple fire units were dispatched and reported white smoke and active fire alarms inside the building. Emergency personnel responded and checked for patients on scene.

Audio|Heard on: Wichita and Sedgwick County Fire Resource / OPS-1
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03:4
Transcript:
00:00
Station 1, 2, 319, 36, 4, and 5-road building fire, 2400 East Wassall Street, Sowers High School.
00:14
Battalion 2, Battalion 3, Engine 19, Engine 2, Engine 46, Engine 5, Moverer 1, Rehab 7, Rescue 2, Squad 2, Truck 2, Truck 2, and Truck 7 for a building fire.
00:23
2400 East Wassall Street, Sowers High School.
00:27
Pestine 1, Petitaine 3, Engine 19, Engine 2, Engine 6, Engine 6, Volver 1, Rehab 1, Rehab 7, Rescue 2, Squad 2, Truck 2, and Truck 2 for a building fire.
00:36
Map 8-644, Map E, Attack 1 on arrival.
00:46
Restore Squad 7, showing responding as rehab 7.
00:50
Squad 7, acknowledgement.
00:56
Squad 3-4 is on scene.
01:03
Tech 2 is responding.
01:04
NCC did not update.
01:06
Uh,
01:08
close to our.
01:09
Building fire.
01:14
Engine Foreign Rescue 1, were you sent on your dispatch?
01:22
Rescue 1.
01:24
I think the computers are having problems.
01:30
Acknowledged, all units en route to the building fire, near East Wassall.
01:36
This is Sowers High School.
01:38
We are operating on TAC 1.
01:40
Calling party advises smoke in the building.
01:42
Fire alarms are going off on the panel.
01:45
It is white smoke.
01:48
Operating TAC 1, operating TAC 1, operating TAC 1.
01:51
If you want to go ahead and tell me over OX...
01:55
Or I will monitor TAC channel for units en route and on scene.
01:59
Seems that the MCPs are not working.
02:03
Squad 5 is en route.
02:09
293 is en route.
02:15
Squad 5, Battalion 3 en route, Battalion 2 en route.
02:20
Quentin, Force, available.
02:26
Truck 2 is en route.
02:30
Quip 34, I show you available at 16:33 and Truck 2 en route.
02:37
Squad 1 standing off.
02:41
I'm set spot 19.
02:42
I'm a building fire.
02:46
24 is on scene to via call accident.
02:48
We out check for patients.
02:54
Chiefs en route.
03:01
Pry-199 on Cian Office, Sauer's command.

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Location mentioned:
E Wassall St, Wichita, KS 67216
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