Elevator heat sensor triggers false fire alarm

Heard on: Alameda CA Fire Dispatch Group Calls

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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Engine three and truck two, respond to commercial fire alarm, at (number withheld) Milvia Street, Sutter Health Milvia, cross streets are White Way and Blake Street.

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Berkeley One from Engine Five.

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Engine Five.

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On scene at (number withheld) Milvia.

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This fire alarm is related to the elevator call that we're on.

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You can cancel the response for the fire alarm.

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I copy that. Engine Three and Truck Two available.

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Engine Three and Truck Five are on scene.

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Engine Five and Truck Five, be advised it's going to be covering the radio five.

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Fire

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SACp general fire.

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I'm not sure what that stands for.

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A fire alarm heat detector from the 1st floor elevator machine room heat detector.

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10-5, 10-5, copy.

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10-5, we're gonna cycle the power on the elevator.

6/25/2026 06:31 PM

Fire & Arson

Milvia St, Berkeley, CA 94704

Elevator heat sensor triggers false fire alarm

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Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire units were dispatched to a commercial fire alarm at a medical office building on Milvia Street in Berkeley. Crews on scene determined the alarm was apparently triggered by a first-floor elevator machine room heat detector linked to an elevator call, and they requested cancellation of the full fire response while cycling power to the elevator.

Elevator heat sensor triggers false fire alarm

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