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False alarm at two-story building on Norfolk AvenueBaltimore MD

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Norfolk Ave, Baltimore, MD

As discussed during the dispatch call, a reported fire at a two-story brick building on Norfolk Avenue was investigated and determined to be a false alarm. The call came from a child using a non-working cell phone.

Audio|Heard on: Baltimore MD Fire-Tac Group Calls
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01:9
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 29, I'm on scene.
00:02
Side Alpha, two-story brick, appears to be occupied.
00:09
Units on box along (number withheld).
00:12
Engine 29 on the scene.
00:14
Two-story.
00:17
Nothing showing side alpha.
00:19
Engine 29, Norfolk Avenue command at 2217.
00:23
Three fifty-two, over.
00:27
All right, five, I'm on location.
00:29
Twenty-nine going with tank command as they investigate.
00:32
Go ahead, Chief Five, twenty-two 18.
00:36
Command, can you do a callback?
00:39
Occupant twenty-nine oh two and expect us.
00:42
Engine twenty-nine, call was received from a child from a non-working cell phone.
00:49
Forty-six to fifty-two, I'll stand by at your hydrant at Allmond and over.
00:56
So man, go ahead and put the box up.
00:57
Move as they want them to handle a false call.
01:04
Units on five from one fifty-two to eighty-one.
01:07
Engine twenty-nine will handle false call.

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Norfolk Ave, Baltimore, MD
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