False fire alarm at Hardwood Flats residential building, Whitehall MI
Fire & ArsonFire alarms activated and residents reported smelling smoke inside the multi-story Hardwood Flats residential building near West Colby St, Whitehall. Firefighters responded but found no visible fire or smoke upon inspection. The building was evacuated and alarms appeared to be false with no fire confirmed.
Audio|Source: Muskegon County Fire Dispatch
05:16
Transcript:
00:00
Tenton Montague Fire, Blue Lake Fire for an assist to White Lake Fire.
00:06
Small smoke inside a building, Hardwood Flats, near West Colby St, Crossford St.
00:10
(name withheld).
00:11
Montague, Blue Lake Fire to respond at (number withheld).
00:16
Fire, batch (number withheld), you're in roll with you?
00:19
(number withheld), (number withheld).
00:25
Dispatch, (number withheld).
00:28
(number withheld).
00:30
See further information was a resident calling from a certain roof, staining smoke.
00:40
Just that first floor they were smelling smoke.
00:44
No fire scene.
00:46
First floor, thank you.
00:49
It's (number withheld).
00:54
For Harwood Flats command,
00:57
fireground will be fireground 6. Fireground number six for operations at (number withheld).
01:07
72, (number withheld).
01:15
Monaguer's (number withheld). Montague (number withheld), (number withheld).
01:25
dispatch, (number withheld) on scene.
01:27
Three-story type 5, nothing shown from the outside.
01:30
Do have horns and stroves activated does appear to be evacuated.
01:35
I'll check in the size.
01:37
(number withheld), three-story residential instruction, nothing is showing from the outside. Stroves activated (number withheld).
01:46
That's (number withheld).
01:48
(number withheld).
01:50
(number withheld).
01:55
You would say there was a door code. Do you have that available?
02:05
(number withheld).
02:10
(number withheld).
02:11
(number withheld) row.
02:14
(number withheld) (number withheld). (number withheld) (number withheld).
02:18
Part of dispatch, (number withheld) is on scene standing by the Hydra.
02:24
(number withheld) on the scene standing by the hydrant (number withheld).
02:33
(number withheld) is in route with the reach (number withheld) (number withheld) (number withheld).
02:37
Harway Command, (number withheld), Fire on 6.
02:45
Monagyu Fire is on standby.
02:49
Monaguen, standby, (number withheld).
02:55
(number withheld) on the scene.
02:59
(number withheld), (number withheld).
03:06
This special (number withheld) in route.
03:10
(number withheld) mark in route (number withheld).
03:27
(number withheld) from (number withheld) from (number withheld).
03:35
(number withheld) from (number withheld). Do you have a fireground?
03:40
Fireground 6[1] for operations, fireground 6.
03:45
(number withheld), what's your traffic?
03:48
Therefore, thank you.
03:49
Nothing observed.
03:52
(number withheld).
03:53
The third floor, nothing seen or smelled.
03:58
(number withheld)'s on the scene.
04:01
(number withheld), (number withheld).
04:04
(number withheld) on fire ground 6. If you want to stay at the roadway, just send your personnel up.
04:13
22 on stage. (number withheld),
04:15
(number withheld).
04:20
The alarm is coming off and there's a floor in the units, no.
04:31
Unit or personnel calling you were covered by the alarms go again?
04:39
We have unit alarm going off in all units or just a floor.
04:51
(number withheld) is an out.
04:54
Before I saw I hosted, the entire building was going off.
04:59
(number withheld),
05:01
(number withheld).
05:03
Okay, the entire alarm is not going on current home.
05:08
Is just...
05:11
Did they call an alarm for this, or is this just a local alarm on me?
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Fireground 6: Assigned fire operations radio channel 6
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Location mentioned:
Near W Colby St, Whitehall, MI 49461
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