Fire alarm at Cape Hatteras Elementary School

Heard on: Dare County NC Fire Dispatch

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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.

00:08

Station 44, commercial fire alarm, 47500 Little Ridge Trail, Cape Hatteras Elementary School, Cross Street, Lost Tree Trail.

00:21

Station 44, this is going to be commercial fire alarm.

00:25

Showing zone two.

00:28

Everyone is out of the building.

00:32

Central, what keep 44 out?

00:35

Unit out. Can you repeat your number?

00:38

Two forty-four.

00:41

Two forty-four and we're at eight forty-two.

00:43

Central Chief 44.

00:47

Chief 44.

00:50

All locations, three-story educational facility, nothing showing from the exterior.

00:54

All I have is elementary school command.

00:56

Have all incoming units switch to attack 44 on arrival.

01:00

Three-story building, nothing showing.

01:02

You have command, switch to attack 44.

01:05

846.

01:07

Central Engine 44 is responding.

01:13

Engine 44 responding, 847.

2026-10-26 12:40 UTC

Fire

Middle Ridge Rd, Buxton, NC 27920

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

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a commercial fire alarm at an elementary school on Little Ridge Trail. The alarm indicated a zone in a three-story educational building, and the building was reportedly evacuated with no visible fire from the outside.