False sprinkler alarm at Gainesville apartment

Heard on: Alachua FL Fire-Tac Group Calls

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

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Ladder 8 and Engine 2, you're responding out for a commercial fire alarm at (number withheld) Southwest Wilson Road, Hideaway Apartments.

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(number withheld) Southwest Wilson Road at Hideaway Apartments.

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Shown as Campus Lodge Gainesville, but it's listed for us as Hideaway.

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Shown as building 14, it's a water flow sprinkler alarm called in by the alarm monitoring company.

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They got proper passcode.

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Requesting a cancel.

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It's (number withheld).

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Hi, Engine 2.

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Engine 2.

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We advise they gave.

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Proper pass code and advise cancellation.

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This has been a problem for this particular building.

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You can show engine two and ladder nine available.

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Message.

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Ladder. Copy engine two and ladder nine available.

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You both can cancel.

8/25/2026 10:31 AM

Fire

Building 4, 2800 SW Williston Rd, Gainesville, FL 32608

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 commercial fire alarm at an apartment complex on Southwest Wilson Road in Gainesville. The alarm, involving a water-flow sprinkler in one building, was reported by a monitoring company. After a correct passcode was provided, the call was treated as a likely false alarm and responding units were canceled.