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False fire alarm at Kenwood GablesMinneapolis MN

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audio iconFire & Arson
Douglas Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55403

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a commercial fire alarm at Kenwood Gables near Douglas Avenue in Minneapolis. The alarm was later confirmed as a false alarm caused by maintenance activity on site. Emergency units were released from the scene after confirmation.

Audio|Heard on: Hennepin MN Fire Dispatch Group Calls
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01:14
Transcript:
00:00
The initial assignment, Engine 16, Engine 4, Ladder 4, and Chief 1 for a commercial fire alarm near Douglas Avenue at Kenwood Gables covering a general alarm.
00:08
Map 106 Bravo.
00:10
Initial assignment, Engine 16, Engine 4, Ladder 4, and Chief 2 for a commercial fire alarm near Douglas Avenue at Kenwood Gables covering an alarm.
00:18
Map 107 Bravo at (number withheld).
00:22
Rescue 1 en route for difficulty breathing near Nicollet Avenue at Access Medical.
00:28
Correction on the age of the patient.
00:30
It's a seventy-one year old patient, not a five year old.
00:33
Map 106 fox shot at (number withheld).
00:36
Engine is en route from Benton Wash.
00:39
Received (number withheld) engine 20.
00:41
I just spoke with the caller.
00:42
She said she was instructed to park somewhere else, so she drove up to Forty-Fourth and Penn.
00:46
She's parked by Camden School now.
00:49
You see Patrick Henry.
00:51
Engine 20 received.
00:52
Thank you.
00:55
Initial assignment en route.
00:56
Engine 16, engine four. For ladder four and chief one, for a commercial fire alarm near Douglas Avenue at Kenwood Gables covering a general alarm.
01:02
The alarm company called back to advise that it was a false alarm due to maintenance on site.
01:07
That's how they're off.
01:08
Dispatch Chief One, send the first due engine with rest companies in service.
01:11
Received engine 16 to proceed.
01:13
Rest can go back in service.

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Douglas Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55403

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