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False smoke alarm triggers fire response at apartment building, West Des Moines IA
Fire & ArsonFire units responded to an apartment building after a smoke alarm activation. They found no smoke, fire, or odor and determined it was a false alarm caused by a malfunctioning smoke detector.
Audio|Heard on: Westcom Fire and EMS Dispatch
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02:39
Transcript:
00:00
West, how engine 190?
00:02
Engine 190.
00:04
Engine 190.
00:05
Engine 190.
00:06
See the three-story apartment building, nothing visible from the exterior and no evacuation.
00:10
Wagoners, the established command, and engine 190 is going to investigate.
00:16
Copy arrived, three-story apartment building, nothing visible, and no evacuation, apartment to investigate.
00:27
City 18 is Ryan switching to TAC 7.
00:31
Copy, switching to TAC 7, 1916.
00:38
City 190 report me.
00:44
Command Ninja 190, 190.
00:47
Go ahead, go.
00:51
There's nothing up here.
00:53
No smoke, no fire, no smell of anything.
00:59
Is the alarm or anything going off over there?
01:06
The alarm in the apartment's going off.
01:11
Copy says that it's a south bedroom photo detector.
01:22
You got to go back in, thanks.
01:27
180 copies going back in.
01:33
Yeah, I found the detector.
01:36
Again, there's nothing in here.
01:41
Copy, we might have to pull that detector for that alarm to go off.
01:46
Yeah, we're going to track.
01:47
I'll try to get a hold of me.
01:50
Command 190.
01:54
Go ahead for command.
01:58
Were you able to get a reset?
02:04
There was no alarm down here.
02:08
Gotcha.
02:09
We're going to get a ladder.
02:11
I couldn't reach it, so I tried to jump and get it.
02:13
And when I hit it, it just turned off.
02:16
So,
02:17
we're going to get a ladder to double check.
02:21
Scott, I'm going to try you to open with me as well.
02:29
Placcom 73rd Street, Command.
02:32
73rd Street Command.
02:35
When it's terminated back in service.
02:38
Copy back in service.
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Location mentioned:
3rd St, West Des Moines, IA 50265
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