False fire alarm at north carolina arboretum triggered by child, Asheville NC
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Fire & ArsonA fire alarm was triggered at the North Carolina Arboretum but was found to be a false alarm caused by a child pulling the alarm by mistake.
Audio|Heard on: Buncombe County Fire
Listen to dispatch call
01:47
Transcript:
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Station 21, District 2, Fire alarm, Frederick Law Olmsted Way.
00:16
Station 21, District 2, Fire Alarm, near Frederick Law Olmsted Way, the North Carolina Arboretum.
00:23
Station 21, District 2, Fire Alarm, near Frederick Law Olmsted Way, the North Carolina Arboretum, Cross Street, Bent Creek Gap Road, and Greenhouse Way,
00:35
Way, Funkum Fire Dispatch, 1940.
00:43
Copy EM6 in service.
00:47
Copy EM6 in service.
00:54
Tom's you show Tanker 19 in service.
00:58
Copy tanker 19 in service, 1940.
01:06
Copy engine 212, 1941.
01:10
Ladder 21 response?
01:13
Blyther 21?
01:17
G2.212. Chief 21, too.
01:25
Com's engine for being learned in service.
01:32
Copy engine foreign service, 1942.
01:41
Coms to Frederick Law Olmstead, Wade, traffic, just be advised.
01:44
It looks like a child pulled the alarm by mistake.
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Location mentioned:
The North Carolina Arboretum, 20 Frederick Law Olmsted Way, Asheville, NC 28806
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