Accidental fire alarm triggers evacuation at police department, Cary NC

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/3/2025 09:24 AM

Near Wilkinson Ave, Cary, NC 27513

A fire alarm was accidentally triggered at the Cary Police Department near Wilkinson Ave. The building was evacuated as a precaution. No fire or smoke was found, and units cleared the scene after confirming safety.

Audio|Source: Cary Fire-Rescue

03:30

Transcript:

00:00

Accidental activation, everything's 104, all units can clear.

00:04

Is correct.

00:05

It's number 102.

00:07

104 central it is, if you can update it.

00:10

I think that.

00:33

1 inch 2, ladder 1, fire alarm, Cary Police Department near Wilkinson Ave, used in attack 40.

00:42

Gary, into 2,040. Letter 1 in Rome.

00:57

When it's coming down to the police department, it's going to be a storage room,

01:01

M158, came in by ASAP, also audible in the center.

01:17

Carrier Battagin 3 is on scene.

01:20

Got a three-story building up to show on from the exterior. Building has been evacuated.

01:26

Battagion 3, take command.

01:28

Institute slide around to the control or to the FTC.

01:33

Edge 2 copy the FTC.

01:37

The mezzanine is open down down below.

01:45

Angel 1's on location. We're going to go to the back side.

01:50

Copy.

01:56

Angel Woff's man.

01:58

Go ahead.

02:13

Latter 1 you can just pull behind Ninja 1 that will be close to the lobby for it.

02:23

Smith dimension to us.

02:26

Go ahead.

02:29

Activated detector is M158, second floor storage room next to record.

02:41

Copy, that's gonna be it. They said with some microwave in the record score.

03:04

M158.

03:05

In the storage room. In the storage room, off of the records room.

03:10

You can go ahead and sit on too long with everybody back in the building.

03:16

Andrew 1,

03:20

you need the latter or you can do with what you got?

03:24

I think we're doing what we got. There's no smoke or haze anymore, just the odor.

03:28

We should be fine. You can go ahead and try reset on the system as well.

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Near Wilkinson Ave, Cary, NC 27513

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