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False fire alarm caused by water tankGrand Rapids MI

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audio iconFire & Arson
Evergreen St SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49507

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a fire alarm near Evergreen Street Southeast in Grand Rapids. It was determined that the alarm was accidentally triggered by water tank filling, and no fire was found.

Audio|Heard on: Kent County Fire and EMS
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01:8
Transcript:
00:00
Engine ten, fire alarm, district ten, near Evergreen Street Southeast, (name withheld).
00:08
Respond on channel one.
00:14
Two forty-nine, you can show us clear.
00:22
Copy forty-nine.
00:23
We have nothing else on the board for you at this point.
00:25
If you want to give it a super call, we will let you know if something comes in.
00:30
Copy.
00:36
Dispatch from Hunters Lake Command.
00:37
Command terminated and all Rockford units cleared.
00:45
Cascade Engine One en route.
00:46
All Rockford units clear.
00:47
Thirteen fifty-three.
00:53
Engine Ten from dispatch.
00:58
Send it for Engine Ten.
01:01
Engine Ten, the alarm company spoke to someone on site.
01:04
They said that filling a water tank tripped the alarm.
01:06
No fire and it has reset.

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Evergreen St SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49507

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