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False fire alarm at multi-family residential buildingColumbia MD

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Near Twin Rivers Rd, Columbia, MD 21044

Fire crews responded to a fire alarm at a multi-family residential building near Twin Rivers Road. Upon arrival, no fire was found. The alarm was triggered accidentally by a pull station in the lobby.

Audio|Source: Howard County Fire Dispatch
03:5
Transcript:
00:00
Student 7-1-Truck 7 respond, near Twin Rivers Road for a fire alarm, Alpha 2[1], 1530.
00:07
5.
00:14
Priority 2 to 223P, P's.
00:20
1513.
00:25
I'm going to get a Knoxbox I'm ready 59 59-59 he had 80s 55
00:41
stay right
00:46
67 your cousin call
00:53
Paramedics 7,000, 2-2-3, priority, 3.
01:02
7-5-15-1-1-1 -3-3-1-5-1-4-5-2-5-2-2-2-9-5-2-9-2-9-2-9-9-to-n northwest.
01:24
Fifteen Sixteen Howard.
01:32
Chuck Seven.
01:34
On location side of Alfa, four-story, multi-family, got nothing evident.
01:40
We'll be investigating.
01:43
Chuck Seven, fifteen, seventeen.
01:48
Tower 10, see the tire 10. We're good down here.
01:55
7-1 arrived.
01:57
7-7-71 truck 7-1.
02:06
You need it to check anywhere.
02:11
We're at the Annunciator in the basement. It's showing a pole station from the lobby.
02:16
Okay
02:30
Robert Robert, Robert, try reset
02:37
The reset for right now I'll wait around a couple more seconds, make sure I hold.
02:45
I didn't catch you try that again.
02:54
Got a good reset for right now.
02:57
I'm going to wait around a second to make sure it holds.
03:01
Okay, it was an accidental activation for the pull station, so we should be good.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Alpha 2: Low-priority medical response code or radio channel designation, typically indicating non-life-threatening situations.

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Near Twin Rivers Rd, Columbia, MD 21044
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