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Fire alarm caused evacuation at park meadows apartmentsWaite Park MN

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Park Meadows Dr, Waite Park, MN 56387

As discussed during the dispatch call, a fire alarm was activated at Park Meadows Apartments, leading to a full building evacuation. Firefighters investigated but found no signs of smoke or fire. The alarm was triggered following reports from a juvenile caller about smelling smoke on a lower floor.

Audio|Heard on: Benton and Stearns County Public Safety
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04:9
Transcript:
00:00
We park fire department your need for a fire alarm.
00:02
Park Meadows Apartments, near Park Meadows Drive.
00:05
It's going to be a general fire alarm, no smoke or flame seen.
00:08
You can use through your inquiry for communication.
00:15
Six one. One six one.
00:20
And for importables, when you're ready.
00:24
Good.
00:27
2735 is radio 15, my partner is 2, and we are restarting our tablets.
00:31
We'll be just a second.
00:35
Copy 161 with 15 and 2.
00:37
Good morning.
00:42
Blinstein, use 3 for communications dispatch clear, BT13.
00:51
2313, I copy.
00:52
You took the fire alarm just advising.
00:54
We did receive a call from a juvenile stating that they do smell smoke on the lower floor, no.
01:01
Hi, I copy.
01:07
Just that's ladder two, front and sent code five.
01:12
1814, thank you.
01:18
Just matched a ladder, too.
01:23
Go ahead.
01:25
Just if I think we did receive an additional caller, like a juvenile stating that they did smell smoke on one of the lower floors.
01:32
Everybody's evacuating building.
01:37
Copy.
01:44
152, you can put it central.
01:50
Thank you, Kelly.
01:52
Seventy-902 traffic.
01:55
7902.
02:00
By Colburns with Sam, Mary King,
02:04
091.
02:06
I got me.
02:08
7105, 70103 status.
02:12
We're good.
02:13
I have these.
02:19
We're going to be able to be able to be.
02:26
Okay.
02:27
We're going to be a lot of the same way that you're going to be able to say that you're going to be on.
02:34
I'm going to see.
02:50
We're going to be able to be able to be a great of the years of the world.
02:58
I'm sorry.
03:01
There's some of the client's, and the pastoral, and the other people are the actual and they're going to see if you're going on.
03:06
We're going to be able to be able to say.
03:08
We're going to say.
03:22
Black, too, pardon my own man.
03:27
Dispatch property is 1819.
03:34
811 is clear and deadheading.
03:36
I'll see in a little bit.
03:40
One six one is going to be a mobile central area.
03:51
Copy 161, Mobile Central.
03:58
Command from ladder two firefighters, a trip detector, first floor, front of all 103,
04:07
no signs of smoke or fires.

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Park Meadows Dr, Waite Park, MN 56387

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