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False fire alarm at bridgeport commercial buildingBridgeport CT

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Near Madison Ave, Bridgeport, CT 06606

Fire crews responded multiple times to a commercial building near Madison Avenue in Bridgeport for an activated fire alarm. The alarm was confirmed as a false alarm likely caused by a power outage.

Audio|Source: Bridgeport Fire
04:41
Transcript:
00:00
Still alarm[1], Engine 1, Ladder 10 Battalion 2.
00:02
Still alarm[1], Engine 1, Ladder 10, Battalion 2, respond to the activated commercial fire alarm.
00:08
900 Madison Avenue between Jackson Ave and Cleveland Ave, not number 4-5.
00:12
Engine 1, Ladder 10, Battalion 2, response to the activated commercial fire alarm.
00:16
900 Madison Ave between Jackson Ave and Cleveland, map number 4-6.
00:21
Correction 4-5.
00:23
Use Channel 2 is your fire air channel, channel 2.
00:30
Range 1. Engine 1.
00:34
Engine 1 is 900 Madison Avenue.
00:38
Engine 1, 900 Madison Avenue, engine 1 be command.
00:40
Receive engine 1.
00:41
I'll see 900 Madison Avenue take command.
00:49
Bridgeport.
00:50
Let an avenue command to be termed.
00:52
This is a malfunction.
00:54
Tell you one will be in service, and the Italian one will go to 900 Madison Avenue.
00:59
Receive Lennon Ave.
01:00
Command is terminated.
01:02
False alarm.
01:03
Show you your route to Madison Ave.
01:09
First Board, Ladder 5.
01:12
Latter 5.
01:15
Press on 900 Madison.
01:17
Cancel Ladder 10.
01:18
Receive, ladder 5 taking in 900 Madison Avenue.
01:22
Ladder 10 you can disregard.
01:26
Nice man received, thank you.
01:35
Bridgeport, Battalion One.
01:37
Battalion One.
01:41
Due to the size of the apparent outage,
01:44
we can drop all assignments for automatic alarms to one engine.
01:50
Message received.
01:56
Search for attention 3.
02:00
Ladder 5 in the town respond to 900 Madison Avenue.
02:03
You can return to service.
02:04
False alarm caused by power outage.
02:08
Messengers seat.
02:11
Engine 3 is on.
02:13
You want us to respond to Frank Street?
02:15
That's affirmative, thank you.
02:26
Rescue 5.
02:31
Rescue 5. Rescue 5.
02:36
I'm getting a medical chest pain near North Avenue on the second floor between Wells Street and Parallel Street.
02:54
(name withheld) Avenue Command terminated.
02:57
Madison Avenue Command terminated. (name withheld) and Avenue Command, terminated.
03:05
RFU-5 Prevention 1.
03:06
Why me to jump on that medical?
03:13
It looks like you're closer if you want to take it.
03:17
Yeah, we got it.
03:19
Bridgeport copies.
03:25
First part to Battalion 2.
03:27
Turn 2 is on.
03:34
The Italian 2, I'm getting a reactivation at 900 Madison app where you guys just left.
03:37
Do you want me to send it out again?
03:41
Send a single engine.
03:42
All right, they're just calling in again saying that everything is fine.
03:46
It was a false alarm.
03:52
The time, do you want to sit disregard or still send a single engine?
03:57
Send this single engine just in this case.
04:00
Message received.
04:06
Still alarm[1] engine 12, still alarm engine 12, engine 12 response to the activated commercial fire alarm, 900, Madison Avenue between Jackson Ave and Cleveland Avenue, that's number 4,5.
04:17
That's engine 12 response to the activated commercial fire alarm, 900 Madison Ave between Jackson Ave and Cleveland map number 4.5.
04:28
Engine 12 for engine 1.
04:32
Anger 1.
04:36
I'll head back to 900 Madison Avenue issue due to the power option area.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Still alarm: Initial fire department response involving a single or limited unit, not a full alarm assignment.

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Near Madison Ave, Bridgeport, CT 06606
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