False fire alarm caused by shovel hitting pull station, Beloit WI
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Fire & ArsonEmergency responders were dispatched for a commercial fire alarm near West Hart Road. The alarm was later confirmed to be false due to a shovel accidentally hitting a fire pull station.
Audio|Heard on: Rock and Surrounding Area Fire Departments
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01:7
Transcript:
00:00
Ladder 131, Battalion 1, and Engine 112 respond near West Hart Road.
00:08
For a alarm.
00:09
Commercial fire.
00:10
Cross streets are Prairie Avenue and South Hart Court.
00:14
Time now 1638.
00:29
Drive Firewall 43 ClearTrain.
00:33
Returning.
00:35
Retrain.
00:40
Retrain one's en route by CAT.
00:43
Copy the Battalion 1 in route by CAT.
00:46
Rock fire to a bullet unit headed to a Gulloy Memorial Hospital be advised.
00:50
Security called, said it is a false alarm.
00:53
A shovel had accidentally hit a pull station.
00:59
Do engine 112 only.
01:03
Copy that, engine 112 continuing in Italian 1, Latter 131, both clear.
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Location mentioned:
W Hart Rd, Beloit, WI 53511
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