False fire alarm triggered by smoke detector at apartment, Harrisburg PA
Fire & ArsonA smoke detector showed a red light in an apartment near Williamsburg Drive, leading occupants to mistakenly believe there was a fire. They called emergency services, but responders found no actual fire.
Audio|Source: Dauphin County Fire - Digital
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Transcript:
00:00
Updated address is near Williamsburg Drive.
00:05
County, 35 is arriving.
00:07
The update address is near Williamsburg Drive, Apartment F.
00:11
Your caller's going to be on scene now.
00:14
Advise, she did give the incorrect address.
00:16
It will be near Williamsburg Drive apartment, (name withheld).
00:19
She is on scene advising there's nothing on fire, that the mother there saw the smoke detector was on red in the apartment and thought that meant there was a fire and called her daughter saying the apartment was on fire.
00:31
All right, we're going to double check.
00:33
Do you have anything else responding that can come in Class 3 at this time?
00:37
Okay.
00:38
Units operating the 33-1 box.
00:40
All units still responding come in Class 3.
00:42
Command from Engine 35, we're stationed at the Hydrant, Williamsburg at the other end here, for a second to water.
00:50
Command, engine 35, stage up for Williamsburg on the other end with the Hydrant, second to water.
00:55
All right.
00:57
Did anybody verify the correct department? No problem yet, so we can really shoot.
01:01
We're still trying to get there.
01:02
Uh, give me a minute.
01:03
Sheep, truck 35 is arriving over here near Williamsburg Drive.
01:06
We'll be checking for you.
01:09
Command 33 from dispatch on the main channel.
01:12
Good.
01:13
We have a commercial fire alarm pending for a 35 box.
01:17
Okay. Let's hold an engine in a truck here and take the balance of whatever you need from here.
01:23
I'm just not sure who can get out.
01:24
Stand by.
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Location mentioned:
Near Williamsburg Dr, Harrisburg, PA 17109
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