Smoke alarm prompts forced entry at apartment, no fire found, Erie PA


Dispatch and fire crews respond to a smoke alarm at an apartment on East 16th Street. Firefighters arrive and report nothing visible. Crews could not open the apartment door and requested forced entry. The odor was attributed to food, and no fire was found.
Audio|Source: Erie County Public Safety
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Transcript:
Engine 12. Engine 13. Power 2. DC-24. Operations on Tack 1. Fire alarm[1], 201 East 16th Street. Engine 12. Engine 13. Power. Power. D.C. 324. Operations on TafLine. Fire alarm, 201 East 16th Street, between Division Street and German Street. 221 East 16th. Street, County, Station, 44. Forty-site, 44. 449 is back in service. 449. 324 responding. Division 2, Germany or cross streets, you have hydrants. Northside of 16th Street at Holland on a 12th and northeast, 12th and, correction 16th in division. on a 12. Caller reported smoke detector activation, apartment A-alpha, called them by the resident. Copy apartment A-alpha. Vention 12 in route. 13. (name withheld). Copy all companies in route. 324 is on location, two-story, multi-residential. Nothing's wrong investigating. 324 as command. 324 on the scene, 2-story multi-residential, nothing visible investigating 324 with command. 14 to (name withheld). 2 (name withheld), 14. Tower 2 on the case. 2.204, pull behind. my vehicle. Command 354. No one's in the A. I can't get the door open. It smelled like farms food. Tower 2 to copy them. I need forceable entry into the A. 2002. Go on up to 7001 spot. You can park her in front of it. They said it's a hands apartment. Got it, 217 is a quarter. I didn't copy that. Number 217. Copy, (name withheld), go ahead, notify hands. If you come up to my location, you can park in front of me. Copy. Community Tower, where was it, Tower 2? You want us to use a rim? Here's something to (name withheld) with the medic. (name withheld) with the medic. And engine 12 on location. 1643
Engine 12. Engine 13. Power 2. DC-24. Operations on Tack 1. Fire alarm[1], 201 East 16th Street. Engine 12. Engine 13. Power. Power. D.C. 324. Operations on TafLine. Fire alarm, 201 East 16th Street, between Division Street and German Street. 221 East 16th. Street, County, Station, 44. Forty-site, 44. 449 is back in service. 449. 324 responding. Division 2, Germany or cross streets, you have hydrants. Northside of 16th Street at Holland on a 12th and northeast, 12th and, correction 16th in division. on a 12. Caller reported smoke detector activation, apartment A-alpha, called them by the resident. Copy apartment A-alpha. Vention 12 in route. 13. (name withheld). Copy all companies in route. 324 is on location, two-story, multi-residential. Nothing's wrong investigating. 324 as command. 324 on the scene, 2-story multi-residential, nothing visible investigating 324 with command. 14 to (name withheld). 2 (name withheld), 14. Tower 2 on the case. 2.204, pull behind. my vehicle. Command 354. No one's in the A. I can't get the door open. It smelled like farms food. Tower 2 to copy them. I need forceable entry into the A. 2002. Go on up to 7001 spot. You can park her in front of it. They said it's a hands apartment. Got it, 217 is a quarter. I didn't copy that. Number 217. Copy, (name withheld), go ahead, notify hands. If you come up to my location, you can park in front of me. Copy. Community Tower, where was it, Tower 2? You want us to use a rim? Here's something to (name withheld) with the medic. (name withheld) with the medic. And engine 12 on location. 1643
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Fire alarm: Smoke detector activation
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Near E 16th St, Erie, PA 16503
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