Sprinkler system activated by construction at airport garage, Windsor Locks CT
Fire & ArsonA fire alarm was triggered in the airport garage, causing evacuation. Responders found that the sprinkler system activated accidentally, likely due to exhaust or nearby construction work. No fire was found, and the fire pumps and riser were shut down. The evacuation was then cleared.
Audio|Source: Windsor Locks Police, Fire and EMS
04:50
Transcript:
00:00
Yeah, on the phone with Maine, it's good.
00:01
Roger, just be advised it appears evacuation in progress.
00:04
There are numerous parties out front.
00:06
Yeah, it sounds like some exhaust carried over from a construction project.
00:11
Well, we'll be there a minute.
00:12
I'll let you know and confirm.
00:13
Greenpeace.
00:14
Dispatch 9 arrival, confirm evacuations in progress.
00:18
I'll get back to you here in a minute.
00:20
9 arrival confirming evacuation in progress at Bradley International Airport.
00:24
I got nothing shown from the exterior.
00:26
We're going to be investigating. Nothing showing from exterior investigating.
00:29
Alpha from this best.
00:31
Alpha.
00:32
Apparently they have sprinkler activation in the garage if you're not aware for the management to the trooper.
00:38
Oh, where, where? Random.
00:40
I can confirm the sprinkler activation.
00:42
I'm going to go with the cost from the construction projects here.
00:45
I'm going to work on shutting it down.
00:48
Briefies. 248 to each.
00:49
Can you throw a reg in this cad?
00:52
Sure.
00:53
61701, AW-AW 61701.
00:56
Next to point you, we're having an computer issues here.
00:59
I'll put it on the card to you.
01:00
I'll have to reset my whole computer again.
01:02
Okay, bye. All right.
01:05
Okay. All. Negative.
01:06
All right, let's, uh, let's find a few alarms for now.
01:09
Silence.
01:10
They see a Hazel up there?
01:13
We are getting him.
01:15
Alpha Hazel went to the pick basement.
01:18
5-4 command.
01:19
Yeah, you're in a pop room, Brian? Yeah, at 10-4, he wants to shut down the diesel engine, is good with it?
01:23
Command that way, but yeah, let's shut it down.
01:25
This master command, I'm going to confirm accidental activation.
01:28
One sprinkler, that seems to be involved.
01:30
No cause for the activation except for the construction work going on next to it.
01:35
We're going to shut down the fire pumps.
01:37
And if you're not already where as well, four troubles came in for that location.
01:41
Yeah, I could be associated with the pump there, thanks.
01:44
Yeah, 5-4 command, if fire pumps off, and we're going to shut down riser number two.
01:49
Okay, I received.
01:50
Delta from Command, you can go ahead and let those start line those people back in.
01:54
Everything should be isolated at the zone.
01:55
Here's here, the garage.
01:56
Delta, copy.
01:57
Alpha, can I silence that? Can I silence that?
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Location mentioned:
Bradley International Airport (BDL), Schoephoester Rd, Windsor Locks, CT 06096
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