Contractor test triggers false alarm at ECSU, Windham CT
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to ECSU Hurley Hall after a carbon monoxide and fire alarm activation in the kitchen area. The alarm was determined to have been triggered accidentally by a contractor performing a test. Units confirmed no active fire or hazardous conditions, and the alarm system was successfully reset.
Audio|Heard on: Willimantic Fire
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03:16
Transcript:
00:00
One three, responding to near Walnut St.
00:05
Roger, Engine 301 responded to near Walnut St for the CO alarm, no symptoms.
00:15
(name withheld) Engine Three One.
00:18
Eastern, which building?
00:22
Charter Oak Road, the ECSU Hurley Hall main suppression detector in the kitchen.
00:32
Okay, closed door five.
00:35
Engine 101 will be going to near Valley St.
00:38
Roger. Engine 101 going to near Valley St, apartment 2F Foxtrot in the bedroom for the fire alarm activation.
00:49
Car 201.
00:52
Go ahead.
00:57
The run card does not auto populate mutual aid.
01:00
Would you like somebody started?
01:05
Have you received any phone calls from ECSU PD?
01:12
Contacted them.
01:13
It came in as a general tamper alarm, and that's when they advised us it was the kitchen detector that had activated.
01:24
Just stand by on the mutual aid.
01:25
I'll advise.
01:34
Car 201, can you close door?
01:44
Car 201. Okay, (name withheld).
01:49
Do you guys call back from Eastern? Did the contractor on site accidentally hit the test button on the hood, setting off the alarm?
02:01
That's affirmative.
02:02
I'll stop and check.
02:10
Engine 101 on scene.
02:13
Single story residential.
02:16
Type five.
02:18
No alarms appear to be functioning.
02:21
We'll be out investigating partially.
02:28
Two-story type five, no alarm sounding, investigating, partially evacuated.
02:38
Engine 301's on scene, two-story residential.
02:43
Nothing showing from exterior.
02:47
Engine 101,
02:48
Two-story, nothing showing, residential.
02:53
Car 201 on scene.
02:56
Two-story Type 2 construction, cafeteria building.
02:59
Nothing showing from the exterior.
03:01
We do have contractors on site.
03:04
Roger, Car 201 on scene, contractors on site.
03:16
Reset is holding.
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Location mentioned:
Charter Oak Rd, Willimantic, CT 06226
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