Smoke alarms reported malfunctioning in apartment

Heard on: Schuylkill County Fire

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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.

00:00

Call from a mail carrier reporting some kind of an alarm sounding at a vacant building at this address.

00:16

Okay, Chief 68.

00:22

HC 68.

00:28

68 units.

00:36

I've got another call then at (number withheld) West Market from (name withheld) who's reporting that the smoke alarms were going off in the building.

00:44

They're no longer sounding.

00:45

Feels as though they're malfunctioning.

00:48

Looking for somebody to check this out.

00:54

All right, let me go to Peacock 1st .

00:58

Okay, I'm pretty sure that (number withheld) is going to be an apartment building.

01:08

All right.

01:14

683 to 68.

01:19

All right.

01:22

I'll just pull that Peacock if you want to handle that one.

01:27

Okay, I'll go.

7/21/2026 12:27 PM

Fire

W Market St, Orwigsburg, PA 17961

Smoke alarms reported malfunctioning in apartment

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As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency units were sent to an apparent apartment building near West Market Street after a mail carrier and another caller reported smoke alarms sounding in or near a vacant building. The alarms had stopped by the time of the call and were believed to be malfunctioning, and crews were asked to check the building.

Smoke alarms reported malfunctioning in apartment

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