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Fire crews investigate possible alarm on Birch DrThornton CO

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Birch Dr, Thornton, CO 80233

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a possible carbon monoxide alarm near Birch Dr in Thornton. Upon checking, they found confusion about the address. Contact was made with occupants and a key holder, but no active alarm was confirmed. The alarm company indicated a signal from a bedroom alarm, though nothing was found on site.

Audio|Heard on: Adams CO Fire-Tac Group Calls
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02:14
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 75 is on scene and will be investigating with detectors and meters for search command.
00:06
Could be on scene investigating, yeah.
00:09
Command 0626.
00:11
I'll say Anderson command.
00:16
Anderson command, go ahead.
00:20
We made contact with the occupant near Birch Dr.
00:25
They're saying that that is not the correct occupants.
00:29
They do not have a carbon monoxide alarm going off.
00:32
Are you able to call back the RP and verify the address?
00:40
Hey, Fairmont, I'll do that right now.
00:43
Birch Command.
00:45
Go from Birch Command.
00:48
I'm talking to the key holder.
00:50
He's not, he does not live at this location.
00:52
There should be a male party by the name of (name withheld) that lives there.
00:56
He says he got the alarm from Simply Safe and it goes to his phone.
01:00
It's not sure if audible alarm or not.
01:06
Copy.
01:07
We made contact with the upstairs occupant.
01:11
He seems to think that there is a downstairs lock off that appears to be vacant or attempting to make contact.
01:19
Okay, I'll check with the key holder.
01:23
Is the key holder able to come to this location and meet us?
01:29
Engine 72, we were cleared by command.
01:31
You can show engine 72 back in service.
01:35
Copy, should be clear at 234, Big Birch 10.
01:40
Birch Command.
01:42
If key holder is up on the mountains, he's not able to respond.
01:45
He says that the alarm company advised us the master bedroom alarm that was going off is where the alarm was going off from.
01:59
Purge command copies.
02:01
Eight contacts with the occupant.
02:03
They're saying that there is no alarm at this location.
02:08
They're not letting us make access.
02:12
Okay, I'm relaying the information to the keyholder.

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Location mentioned:
Birch Dr, Thornton, CO 80233

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