False alarm from CO detector battery change, Germantown TN
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As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a residential alarm near Cross Pike Drive in Germantown. The alarm was triggered accidentally while a homeowner was changing a battery in a carbon monoxide detector. No fire hazard was found and units returned to service.
Audio|Heard on: Germantown Police and Fire
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Transcript:
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Engine 91,
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residential fire alarm.
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near Cross Pike Drive, cross of Cross Ridge Drive and Cotton Cross Drive.
00:16
Engine 91, show you're responding 615.
00:23
Dispatch, Engine 91's on scene of a two-story residence, nothing showing.
00:28
We'll be out checking.
00:31
Engine 91 on scene,
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two-story residence, nothing showing, 619.
00:42
Dispatch, Engine 91.
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Go ahead, Engine 91.
00:49
(name withheld) was changing a battery and the CO detector set off the alarm system.
00:54
There is no fire danger on scene.
00:56
Command terminated and Engine 91 is in service.
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Location mentioned:
Cross Pike Dr, Germantown, TN 38138
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