False fire alarm caused by bad batteries on South Pearl St, Albany NY


A fire alarm on South Pearl Street and Loudon was triggered by bad batteries. Responders found no real fire. The homeowner will replace the batteries and the alarm was turned off.
Audio|Source: Albany City and Colonie, Police, Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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We worked with the homeowner determined to be some bad batteries.
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(name withheld) is going to work on changing them all out.
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And they're going to signal 15 and turn off the street road service.
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Signal 15[1] for the fire alarm at loudon and south pearl st.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
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Signal 15: Alarm system activation/malfunction with no fire; false alarm. Units can return or operate non-emergency.
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S Pearl St, Albany, NY
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