School fire alarm triggered by popcorn machine

Heard on: Kalamazoo County Fire and MSP District 5

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

00:00

Got a commercial fire alarm at the Galesburg Middle School, 750 West Van Buren Street, 750 West Van Buren, cross of East FG Avenue and North Lincoln Street.

00:10

It's a zone three panel alarm.

00:12

Drop time was ten twenty-five.

00:20

(name withheld), (name withheld)'s clearing a call.

00:24

(name withheld), (name withheld)'s clearing the call.

00:30

Have you made any contact with the school?

00:35

They're working on it currently.

00:39

Okay, thank you.

00:46

Dispatch to Roscommon, they're responding to the school.

00:54

Four nine, go ahead.

00:57

For the officer there, you guys can cancel.

01:00

It was a popcorn machine.

01:04

Okay, clear nine, just go ahead and go with the strike now, please.

01:08

Ten four. Any units en route to 750 West Van Buren Street for the middle school.

01:12

This is your strike off, 1030 .

2026-10-28 14:27 UTC

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W Van Buren St, Augusta, MI 49012

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Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews were sent to a commercial fire alarm at a middle school on West Van Buren Street. Responders were canceled after it was determined to be a popcorn machine causing the alarm.

School fire alarm triggered by popcorn machine

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