False fire alarm at Merkel Nursing Center

Heard on: Taylor County Fire and EMS Departments

01:28

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

00:00

Taylor County SO2, Merkel Fire, be advised we now have a fire alarm at the Merkel Nursing Center, 1704 North First Street.

00:07

Repeating, 1704 North First Street on the fire alarm at the Merkel Nursing Center.

00:19

Can send Merkel PD over there see if they can check it out.

00:26

10-4, they're automatically sent out on all these alarm calls.

00:34

10-4, just keep us advised if something is over there.

00:37

We'll see what we can figure out.

00:44

Simple.

00:52

Flames. There is a car parked out by the entrance.

00:55

I'm gonna go check it out.

01:01

Simple. Just let us know.

01:02

We're heading to that wreck with entrapment on 392.

01:05

We'll have to call somebody else if there is something.

01:11

And

01:13

I do not. Yeah, I believe this is going to be an owner doing some work.

01:24

Merkel PD is on scene advising false alarm.

2026-10-27 14:16 UTC

Fire

N 1st St, Merkel, TX 79536

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, officers responded to a reported fire alarm at a nursing center on North First Street in Merkel. Police checked the scene and later reported it was a false alarm, possibly related to the owner doing some work.