Davidson firefighters responded to a total of seven calls during last Friday’s power failure, which cut electricity to an area stretching from Cornelius to north of the Iredell County line. Most were false alarms, though one involved two people trapped in an elevator in Davidson College’s Chambers Building.

Friday’s power failure occurred just after 11:30 a.m. and lasted into the afternoon. For more, see our Nov. 13 report, “Power transmission line break affects Davidson & Cornelius.”

Also below, burnt toast on campus, a microwave oven incident and other fire and medical calls.

FIRE CALLS

FRIDAY, NOV. 13, 11:32 a.m., Chambers Hall, Davidson College, 102 N. Main St. – Firefighters rescued two people from an elevator stuck on the ground floor during the power outage.
FRIDAY, NOV. 13, 11:35 a.m., 409 Catawba Ave. – Carbon monoxide detector activated.
FRIDAY, NOV. 13, 11:35 a.m., Community School of Davidson, 565 Griffith St. – short-circuit in electrical equipment triggered alarm.
FRIDAY, NOV. 13, 11:58 a.m., 103 Mallard Court, West Side – Carbon monoxide detector activated due to power outage.
FRIDAY, NOV. 13, 12:11 p.m., 310 Lakeside Ave. – Carbon monoxide detector activated by power failure.
FRIDAY, NOV. 13, 12:38 p.m., 1028 Churchill Road – A homeowner called firefighters after smelling a electrical burning odor in the living room. Firefighters found a hot stereo system in the room, and unplugged it.
FRIDAY, NOV. 13, 1:14 p.m., Food Lion, 20125 N. Main St., Cornelius – Alarm system activated because of power outage.
SUNDAY, NOV. 15, 11:50 p.m., 408 Ridge Road, Davidson College – Smoke detector activated in student residence. A student burned a piece of toast.
TUESDAY, NOV. 17, 12:50 p.m. and 1:20 p.m., 18705 Floyd Court, River Run – Firefighters responded to smoke alarms twice at the residence. Dust from workers sanding a floor set off the alarm.
TUESDAY, NOV. 17, 11:49 a.m., Davidson United Methodist Church, 233 S. Main St. – No fire. Someone pulled a fire alarm.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 18, 12:54 a.m., 19733 Hagen Knoll Drive – False alarm due to faulty smoke detector.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 18, 8:46 a.m., 729 Hudson Place – Firefighters responded to an alarm triggered when a resident put a metal object into a microwave oven. Heat and scorching were evident. No fire.

MEDICAL AND RESCUE CALLS, NOV. 11-17

Following are the medical calls Davidson Fire Department responded to last week. The department says patient privacy laws prohibit public release of addresses or other details.

1 diabetic
2 difficulty breathing
1 fall with injuries
1 traumatic injury
1 overdose