School fire alarm activated then canceled

Heard on: Dorchester County Fire and EMS

01:37

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

00:00

Station one, you have an alarm.

00:06

Local box one two, station one.

00:14

Fire alarm activation, (number withheld) East Road at Maple Elementary School.

00:19

Responding fire truck two A, 1059 .

00:26

Copy Tower 111,

00:28

we're responding to Maple Elementary School.

00:31

Got a fire alarm activation from the school station.

00:42

This is in zone 163.

00:47

We did get a call from the principal saying that it was pulled back.

00:52

Have not got a cancellation from the alarm company yet.

00:59

Sorry, one's okay.

01:00

We'll continue out.

01:01

If you get a cancellation, let us know.

01:02

If not, we'll get there and help you get a reset.

01:06

Copy. Eleven hundred hours.

01:12

Dorchester Tower 111, you can go ahead and cancel.

01:15

We received a call.

01:21

Tower 111, okay.

01:22

Ready, switching to main.

01:25

Copy, 1103.

01:31

Station 1, you cancel S alert.

01:33

Cancel S alert for local box 12 for alarm company 1103.

2026-09-14 07:58 UTC

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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 crews were dispatched to a reported fire alarm activation at an elementary school on East Road. The principal reported the alarm had been pulled back, but the alarm company had not yet canceled it. The response was later canceled and the alarm alert was cleared.

School fire alarm activated then canceled

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