False alarm triggered by smoke detector battery change, Greensburg PA


A fire alarm went off at an apartment near S Main St. Response teams found no fire. The alarm was caused by a homeowner changing the smoke detector battery.
Audio|Source: Westmoreland County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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251 Hudson Avenue cross streets of NEPA Street and Ridgeway Street, non-MAC fire alarm showing basement smoke detector.
00:06
1679 city fire, patch on attack 11.
00:09
Number 6-7.
00:11
Engine sick.
00:12
Truck 24-4.
00:13
24 truckers save.
00:15
I gave Loss Prevention your email.
00:21
I think she can re-tend something ever shortly.
00:23
Proceed.
00:24
Respections.
00:25
Inspection 7.
00:26
Go ahead, dispatch.
00:27
Second call from security, they spoke to the homeowner.
00:31
Proper PASCO, they were trying to change the batteries in the smoke detector.
00:34
Roger, I will be there in a second.
00:35
Grace. 20, 3-A-4-4.
00:37
Three engines short last year you were walking.
00:40
No, for three engines.
00:41
Engine each one scene.
00:42
Nothing sure or we're checking.
00:44
Engine eight that's receipt. 26 hours on the way.
00:46
Breathe. We're 10 4th.
00:47
We're 10 for it.
00:48
Thank you.
00:50
Copy that engine 8,000, not emergency.
00:53
890, C2. I'm in a face, there nothing here.
00:56
Copy that. All units can return.
00:59
The company's activated.
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Hudson Avenue, you can cancel for 79 C2.
01:06
In C2, homeowner was changing the battery, smoke detector.
01:09
It's a computer.
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Location mentioned:
Near S Main St, Greensburg, PA 15601
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