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Commercial fire alarm triggers response at Richardson Hotel, Buffalo NY

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Forest Ave, Buffalo, NY 14213

According to the dispatch call, a commercial fire alarm was triggered at the Richardson Hotel near Forest Avenue between Abbotsford and Tremont in Buffalo, NY. The alarm indicated a general fire and sprinkler system activation. Emergency services responded with an elevated level 2 response.

Audio|Heard on: Buffalo Fire
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01:10
Transcript:
00:00
Preliminary signal level 2[1] response for commercial fire alarm activation near Forest Ave between Abbotsford and Tremont at the Richardson Hotel. Let's go for 1936 Ladder 13 in B4. That's a preliminary signal level 2 response for commercial fire alarm activation near Forest at the Richardson Hotel indicating general fire and water flow[2]. Go for into 1936 Ladder 13 and B.
00:27
8409, Buffalo Fire.
00:29
4-4 is going.
00:35
B4 is going.
00:40
4-4 is going.
00:49
Sorry, B44-4, you're on Channel 2, Chief.
00:57
4.4 is going.
01:00
4.4, you're responding near Forest.
01:03
That's the Richardson Hotel near Abbotsford and Tremont.
01:06
Commercial alarm indicating general fire and a water flow[2].
01:09
You're going with a PS on a level 2.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
signal level 2: Preliminary elevated response level indicating additional units/resources requested
[2]
water flow: Sprinkler system water-flow alarm activation

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Forest Ave, Buffalo, NY 14213

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