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False fire alarm at Buffalo State College, Buffalo NY

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Porter Hall, 1300 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, NY 14222

A fire alarm went off at Buffalo State College’s Bengal Hall. Multiple fire department units responded, but the alarm was found to have been set off by hairspray. Campus police handled the situation, and no emergency occurred.

Audio|Source: Buffalo Police, Fire and EMS
02:19
Transcript:
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Columnary signal, level two, response, 155, 365, 365, 66 Rock, 1-0, Litch Square.
00:05
Buffalo State College, Bengal Hall, to investigate commercial fire alarm, to go for engine 19,
00:11
36, ladder, 13, and B44.
00:13
To limit your signal, level two response, Rees St between Rockwell and Letchworth,
00:18
Buffalo State College, Bengal, Hall, to investigate the commercial fire line, to go for engine 19, 36, letter 13, and B444,
00:26
time 142 Buffalo Fire.
00:28
Bravo 530 to the radio, nothing showing.
00:31
Can we have a call back for a better location?
00:35
Let's go ahead.
00:40
For responding.
00:43
B444, you're responding, 165, Reese, C, C, Rockwell, and Letchworth.
00:47
Delta Will State College,
00:49
then go Hall, to investigate commercial fire alarm.
00:51
I have a CS.
00:56
Cross the street.
01:03
Anything.
01:04
If she can approach me.
01:11
Body's down at Chipplewall in Pearl, please.
01:15
Triple and Pearl, please.
01:19
Triple and Pearl.
01:26
We're coming down.
01:32
5-9-1.
01:35
Two, I told her to stay in front of Mandela's and when your vehicle is there to approach you.
01:44
Okay, so with camera,
01:47
please.
02:00
4-419 for campus police that was set off by someone doing their hair room 810 we can handle alone
02:10
that's clear 4 4 to dispatch um set up by hair spray and he's gonna handle pick up the ross truck that's report I'm in service

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Porter Hall, 1300 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, NY 14222

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