False fire alarm near West 138th Street and 5th Avenue

Heard on: FDNY - All Boroughs and Citywide Dispatch

01:45

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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917 box 1576, (number withheld) West 138th Street, that's 5th Avenue for your automatic alarm.

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917 box 1576, (number withheld) West 138th Street, 5th Avenue for your automatic alarm.

00:19

Manhattan, check.

00:22

That was coming in.

00:24

And would you give us a verbal to the corner of Center and Worth Street for a civilian down on a bicycle? We're operating with EMS and PD, check.

00:35

That was Center and Worth?

00:38

10-4, Manhattan.

00:41

All right, 10-4.

00:51

Marine Nine to Staten Island.

00:54

Marine Nine.

00:56

Show us 84, the box is down.

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It appears that the helicopter is on the land.

01:02

All right, 10-4.

01:29

59, hold.

01:32

All right, it's gonna be 59.

01:33

We just received two additional claims to the automatic alarm for this address.

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Do you require additional units?

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59, 10-4. They said somebody pulled the pole station.

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They're trying to reset it.

01:45

All right, 10-4.

2026-11-10 14:17 UTC

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W 138th St, New York, NY 10037

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

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire units responded to an automatic fire alarm near West 138th Street and 5th Avenue in Manhattan. Additional calls reported that someone may have pulled a fire alarm pull station, and crews were trying to reset it. A separate call involved a civilian down on a bicycle near Center and Worth Streets, with EMS and police responding.

False fire alarm near West 138th Street and 5th Avenue

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