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Case # 2400410
Status
Closed
Date Reported
10-17-2024
Time Reported 3:22 pm
Date/Time Occurred
Location
Building E, Student Center
Description
Report of gas odor in the Student Center. Officers responded and evacuated the building. GCFD responded to investigate. GCFD cleared the building sounding all clear. Daily activity resumed.
Case # 2400377
Status
Closed
Date Reported
10-06-2024
Time Reported 2:01 am
Date/Time Occurred
Location
Building 1000, Student Housing
Description
Fire alarm activated in the 1000 dormitory. GCFD and campus police responded. The building was evacuated, until GCFD sounded all clear.
Case # 2400345
Status
Closed
Date Reported
09-23-2024
Time Reported 2:47 pm
Date/Time Occurred
Location
Building E, Student Center
Description
Fire Alarm in the Dining Hall. GCFD 31 responded to the scene. Evacuation of the building took place. FD investigated and declared all clear in the building.
Case # 2400266
Status
Closed
Date Reported
08-24-2024
Time Reported 2:29 am
Date/Time Occurred
Location
Building 3000, Student Housing
Description
Fire alarm activated in the 3000 Dormitory. Students were evacuated. The source of the activation came from an overloaded laundry dryer. The alarm was cleared. The students returned to their suites.
Case # 2400252
Status
Closed
Date Reported
08-18-2024
Time Reported 9:59 pm
Date/Time Occurred
Location
Building E, Student Center
Description
Fire alarm activated in the Dining Hall. There was a power outage in the building. It was determined that the ventilation hoods for the grill in the kitchen stopped working to vent smoke out of the building. Facilities management responded with portable fans to vent the air. Georgia Power was already on campus working to restore power. The building was evacuated until the all clear was given.
Case # 2400251
Status
Closed
Date Reported
08-17-2024
Time Reported 10:53 pm
Date/Time Occurred
Location
Building 2000, Student Housing
Description
Fire alarm activated in the 2000 Dormitory due to the detection of smoke in the air. Upon investigation, it was determined that a tree had been struck by lightning in a neighborhood on the opposite side of Lonnie Harvel Blvd. The smoke came from that fire. GCFD Station 31 responded to the dormitory and the neighborhood fire. Fire alarm was also activated in the 3000 Dormitory. The pull stations in each dormitory were reset after the all clear had been given.
Case # 2400241
Status
Closed
Date Reported
08-12-2024
Time Reported 3:37 pm
Date/Time Occurred
Location
Building L, Kaufman Library
Description
Fire alarm activated in the Library, 3rd Floor. No smoke or fire detected. Facilities management located the source of the alarm activation, burnt popcorn. All clear was provided.
Case # 2400238
Status
Closed
Date Reported
08-10-2024
Time Reported 8:44 pm
Date/Time Occurred
Location
Building G, Grizzly Athletics Complex
Description
Fire alarm activated in the G Building. The building was evacuated. GCFD Station 31 arrived on scene, determined the source of the alarm, and cleared the building to be re-entered. This case is closed.
Case # 2400226
Status
Closed
Date Reported
07-26-2024
Time Reported 12:04 pm
Date/Time Occurred
Location
Parking Deck
Description
Fire alarm activate in the Parking Deck. GCFD Station 31 responded to the scene. They advised it was a false alarm, and sounded all clear.
Case # 2400169
Status
Closed
Date Reported
04-19-2024
Time Reported 2:48 pm
Date/Time Occurred
Location
Building 1000, Student Housing
Description
Police and Fire units responded to a fire alarm in a residence suite, resulting in a smoke detector issue.
Case # 2400156
Status
Open
Date Reported
04-09-2024
Time Reported 3:13 am
Date/Time Occurred
Location
Building 1000, Student Housing
Description
Officers responded to a fire alarm in the 1000 Building. FD responded to the scene. No signs of smoke or fire detected. Scene cleared at 0353 hours.
Case # 2400038
Status
Closed
Date Reported
01-29-2024
Time Reported 4:12 am
Date/Time Occurred
Location
Building 1000, Student Housing
Description
Police and fire units responded to a fire alarm; the fire department gave an all-clear.
Case # 2400037
Status
Closed
Date Reported
01-29-2024
Time Reported 11:24 pm
Date/Time Occurred
Location
Building 1000, Student Housing
Description
Police and fire units responded to a fire alarm; the fire department gave an all-clear.
Case # 2300490
Status
Closed
Date Reported
11-08-2023
Time Reported 5:30 am
Date/Time Occurred
Location
Building 2000, Student Housing
Description
Police and Fire units responded to the fire alarm, the building was evacuated; the fire department gave an all-clear.
Case # 2300487
Status
Closed
Date Reported
11-07-2023
Time Reported 7:47 pm
Date/Time Occurred
Location
Building E, Student Center
Description
Police and Fire units responded to a fire alarm; the building was cleared, and no smoke or fire was located.
Case # 2300478
Status
Closed
Date Reported
10-31-2023
Time Reported 7:03 pm
Date/Time Occurred
Location
Building L, Kaufman Library
Description
Police and Fire units responded to a fire alarm; units gave an all-clear, and no smoke or fire was found.
Case # 2300466
Status
Closed
Date Reported
10-27-2023
Time Reported 7:56 pm
Date/Time Occurred
Location
Building 1000, Student Housing
Description
Police and Fire units responded to a fire alarm; no smoke, no fire, and the building was cleared by the fire department.
Case # 2300448
Status
Closed
Date Reported
10-19-2023
Time Reported 10:13 am
Date/Time Occurred
Location
Building L, Kaufman Library
Description
Police and fire units responded to a fire alarm, no fire or smoke was located.
Case # 2300397
Status
Inactive (Suspended)
Date Reported
09-28-2023
Time Reported 8:25 pm
Date/Time Occurred
Location
Building 3000, Student Housing
Description
Police and fire units responded to a fire and smell of smoke; fire units cleared the building and gave an all-clear. No injuries reported.
Case # 2300363
Status
Closed
Date Reported
09-14-2023
Time Reported 1:57 am
Date/Time Occurred
Location
Building 2000, Student Housing
Description
Police and Fire units responded to a fire alarm, units gave an all clear.

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