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Fire alarm at Oyster River High School deemed accidental, Durham NH

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audio iconFire & Arson
Coe Dr, Durham, NH 03824

As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency personnel responded to a fire alarm activation at Oyster River High School in Durham. The building was evacuated and fire crews investigated the cause. It was later determined that the alarm activation was accidental and no fire occurred.

Audio|Heard on: Strafford County Area Local Police and Fire
Listen to dispatch call
04:57
Transcript:
00:00
Copy, I'm 20.
00:05
Attention personnel, respond for a fire alarm activation near Coe Drive at Oyster River High School.
00:28
Durham Fire dispatching apparatus for a fire alarm activation called in by an alarm company at Oyster River High School on Coe Drive, showing general fire.
00:38
Time of your tone is 1638.
00:42
Stand by for the next.
02:53
You want us to take the front?
02:57
If you want to access the Knox box, the panel is in the vestibule of the right-hand door.
03:07
Okay,
03:08
Received.
03:14
Company's on scene, 16 forty-two.
03:27
The three-story educational building, noncombustible.
03:31
Nothing showing, the alarm is sounding, evacuation in progress.
03:34
Have command at 1643.
04:32
Once one copies, you can show us off on scene.
04:51
Getting reports that it's an accidental activation, not at the panel yet but continuing to investigate.

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Location mentioned:
Coe Dr, Durham, NH 03824

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