False fire alarm at building elevator lobby, Richmond VA
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, a fire alarm at a building near W Broad St was triggered on the fourth floor elevator lobby. Responders found no hazards. The alarm was caused by a faulty smoke detector.
Audio|Heard on: Richmond City Fire Dispatch
Listen to dispatch call
04:27
Transcript:
00:00
A couple of things about the 300 West Broad Street for the general fire alarm.
00:05
Point of activation is the fourth floor elevator lobby at 1301 on.
00:11
Battalion 2 has arrived.
00:18
Got nothing visible from a 5-story.
00:27
Residential over commercial battalion two is going to be on the delta side of the structure engine 10 will be investigative group did hear an audible alarm when I was on the bravo side of the structure command post again is going to be on the delta side.
00:54
Truck 6.
00:56
Overdose, (number withheld) Chamberlain Parkway.
01:00
Truck 6.
01:01
Overdose.
01:03
(number withheld), Chamberlain Parkway.
01:05
Cross streets are School Street and Paswell Street.
01:08
On tap Channel 2.
01:10
Timeout, 1303.
01:22
Go ahead.
01:25
Truck 6, he's been canceled by your M.S.
01:29
Next truck, thanks.
01:32
Six months drive.
01:37
On-pack, Channel 2.
01:39
Timeout, 1304.
01:46
Truck 7 is going to join Engine 10 as an investigative group.
01:54
(name withheld), Truck 7 and Truck 10 investigating, or Engine 10, Investigating, 30-05-hour.
02:02
Engine 11. Trash, Fire.
02:06
(number withheld), East Main Street, at Main Street Train Station.
02:10
Engine 11.
02:11
Trash, Fire.
02:13
(number withheld), East Main Street at Main Street Train Station.
02:17
Cross streets are South 15th Street and South 17th Street.
02:21
On tap Channel 2.
02:23
Timeout, 1308.
02:29
One into a living around to (number withheld) East Main Street for the debris trash fire.
02:38
It implies of a dumpster on a possible dumpster off fire east side of the station.
02:44
13.09 hour.
02:45
Enterton.
02:49
Go ahead, Engineton.
02:55
Fire control panel is in the office, which is locked.
03:00
The Knox key is not working to get us into that.
03:03
Do they have a contact person here?
03:10
Richmond, do you have a file a contact for this address?
03:17
Negatively, alarm company annotated, no responders.
03:23
Forestry command from engine six.
03:26
We gain access to the fire control panel.
03:29
The alarm do say garage fourth floor elevator.
03:37
You say garage fourth floor elevator?
03:41
That's correct, sir.
03:44
I copy. I'm going to reposition back around to the Charlie side.
03:49
That's the garage side.
03:51
Units are going to investigate that.
03:57
We are near the garage.
03:59
We are going to investigate 4th floor.
04:05
I copy.
04:11
Voice, we command from Angel 6.
04:15
This is going to be due to a faulty smoke alarm.
04:19
No hazards on the 4th floor.
04:27
I copy.
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This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
W Broad St, Richmond, VA 23220
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