False fire alarm at behavioral hospital

Heard on: St. Joseph IN 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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Companies responding on fire ground one in route (number withheld) east Jefferson Boulevard, Med Behavioral Hospital of Mishawaka, priority three for a commercial fire alarm coming from zone one.

00:15

Battalion eight, fire dispatch.

00:17

The alarm company called back stating that a patient set off the fire alarm with the steam from a shower.

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They're requesting to cancel.

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I'm clearing traffic.

00:32

I'm almost there. I'll continue.

00:34

You can disregard all the other units.

00:38

I'm clear. All other units can disregard.

00:42

What's the exception of the battalion eight?

00:46

Dispatch, we can release fire ground and Piro.

00:50

Oh, back to county ops, I need radio.

00:53

I'm clear, fire ground and Piro released at 158.

2026-09-13 22:55 UTC

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E Jefferson Blvd, Mishawaka, IN 46545

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As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews were dispatched to a commercial fire alarm at a behavioral health hospital on East Jefferson Boulevard in Mishawaka. The alarm company reported that a patient may have accidentally triggered the alarm with steam from a shower, and most responding units were canceled except one unit that continued briefly.

False fire alarm at behavioral hospital

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