Fire alarm caused by smoke detector maintenance, Colonial Heights VA
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, firefighters responded to a reported fire alarm near Perthshire Lane in Colonial Heights. The alarm was determined to have been triggered accidentally while the resident was replacing smoke detector batteries.
Audio|Heard on: Colonial Heights City Fire and EMS
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01:14
Transcript:
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Quint 992, general fire alarm,
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near Perthshire Lane.
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Quint 992, general fire alarm, near Perthshire Lane.
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Cross streets are Edinburgh Drive and School Avenue.
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Priority system.
00:17
Time out 1602.
00:31
Quint 992, you're going to be responding to near Perthshire Lane, cross of Edinburgh Drive and School Avenue for an upstairs smoke alarm showing zone upstairs smoke detector.
00:47
No perma on file, first alarm, no previous citation for attempting to make contact with the keyholder now, time off 1604.
01:01
Colonial Heights to Quint 992? Made contact with the homeowner.
01:11
They advised that they were just changing out the batteries to their smoke detector.
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This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
Perthshire Ln, Colonial Heights, VA 23834
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