Automatic fire alarm at Ames building with no fire found, Ames IA
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An automatic fire alarm sounded in a building near Highland Avenue in Ames. Firefighters arrived and found no signs of fire and no evacuation was necessary. They continued to investigate the cause of the alarm.
Audio|Heard on: City of Ames Fire and EMS
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01:24
Transcript:
00:00
Automatic alarm.
00:02
Engine 2 dispatched to near Highland Avenue.
00:06
Cross of West Street and Sheldon Avenue.
00:10
Automatic alarm.
00:12
Near Highland Avenue.
00:19
Ames, 7.22.
00:22
Good.
00:28
Arriving at location, release complete, available.
00:31
Copy.
00:37
This by change your two.
00:40
Good.
00:44
In route near Highland, place may be able to ask you one available.
00:52
Copy resident call and said that the building is in alarm.
00:58
Yep.
01:04
Dispatch engine two.
01:07
Go.
01:12
On scene near Highland, nothing showing at this time, no evacuation needed.
01:17
We'll investigate.
01:19
We'll H2 off Highland command operating on TAC 1.
01:23
Okay.
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Ames, IA
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