Fire alarm triggered at Granville church with no fire, Granville OH

Fire & Arson

Reported: 10/20/2025 07:13 AM

Near W Broadway, Granville, OH 43023

A fire alarm went off at the First Presbyterian Church near West Broadway. Fire units responded quickly but found no smoke or fire. The alarm was investigated and the situation was contained without any emergency confirmed.

Audio|Source: Licking County Public Safety

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Transcript:

00:00

High-life fire alarm. Engine 201.

00:03

Ladder, 201.

00:05

First Presbyterian Church, near West Broadway.

00:08

Cross streets, Locust Place and South Main Street, East Broadway, North Main Street.

00:15

Commercial High Life Fire Alarm[1].

00:17

Respond on 45 Ops 1.

00:27

Medic 1, Ill Prison.

00:29

Medic 1,

00:31

108, North 12th Street, Cross Streets, Dead End, and West Church Street, Illperson.

00:37

Respond on 45 EMF.

00:44

1791, my shot, crime, one time.

00:47

Okay.

00:52

Air Control at Chief 202. This came in through the alarm company.

00:55

We were unable to make contact with anybody on site.

00:59

All that's advising is an audible fire alarm.

01:03

Clear.

01:06

Two-2-2 is unseen.

01:08

Large two-story church, nothing showing. I'll be investigating with command.

01:14

Chief 20-2 unseen.

01:17

Large church, nothing shown. I'm investigating.

01:23

Command control.

01:26

Command,

01:27

go ahead.

01:33

I'm all right, any further.

01:35

1016.

01:39

Fire control to units en route to near West Broadway. Command has a situation contained. Tying up C-202, Lires 201.

01:52

Ladder, you can level one, make sure I get this reset.

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Fire Alarm: Automatic fire alarm activation incident

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Near W Broadway, Granville, OH 43023

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