Fire alarm triggers emergency response near South Drive, Fairlawn VA
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, a fire alarm was triggered near South Drive and Pulaski County by a neighbor who heard the alarm while walking a dog. No smoke or flames were visible, and the neighbor found no response at the door. Emergency services, including fire units and law enforcement, responded to the call and investigated the property, which appears to be a two-story single-family home with a basement. The situation may involve a false alarm or unconfirmed incident as no visible fire was observed.
Audio|Heard on: Pulaski County Fire and EMS
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04:9
Transcript:
00:00
Seventy-three station near South Drive, cross of Brandon Road.
00:09
Fire alarm called in by a neighbor.
00:12
Fire channel one central clear 19 fifty-seven.
00:19
Central medic nine two.
00:23
Medic nine two.
00:26
Nine two en route.
00:27
Switching fire one.
00:30
Copy.
00:35
Central, yeah, three alpha slash.
00:41
Several.
00:46
Central chief three.
00:50
Chief three.
00:56
Three, go ahead.
00:59
En route.
01:04
Probably en route 40 hundred hours.
01:06
It was called in by a neighbor who was walking (name withheld)'s dog or he heard the alarm going off.
01:11
He does not see or smell any kind of smoke or flames.
01:15
He advised he did knock on the door and nobody answered.
01:18
There is a vehicle in the driveway.
01:20
We do have law enforcement en route.
01:26
Ten four, thank you.
01:28
Have PD advised on their arrival.
01:35
Inflation three.
01:39
AC three.
01:42
Coming out.
01:47
Ten four, 2001.
01:51
DC three central en route.
02:02
System chief three.
02:09
System chief three.
02:15
I'm around. We got a single family, two stories of the basement.
02:17
Nothing showing out in this building.
02:22
Central medic nine two.
02:27
Medic nine two.
02:29
Arriving.
02:33
Over.
02:38
Over to us, come on.
02:40
Come in.
02:45
Oh, do you have an object from this location?
02:58
We don't have anything in the history of that location since 2020.
03:04
I'll try to look up the name off of the tag that law enforcement ran and see if I can find something.
03:17
Command, Chief Three.
03:20
What you gonna need over?
03:28
The other one is working on contacting neighbors to get contact information put on.
03:39
Say again.
03:43
Y'all just want to use this way you can.
03:45
I'm just working on trying to talk to the neighbors, get information from the neighbors.
03:53
Careful.
03:56
Engine three, sensor.
04:01
Engine three.
04:04
Responding, six.
04:08
Ten four, 2006.
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Location mentioned:
South Dr, Fairlawn, VA 24141
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