Fire alarm at downtown building, call canceled, Hickory NC
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a report of a possible structure fire near South Center Street in Hickory. Alarms were sounding and smoke was reported from the fourth floor, but no fire was found. Battalion One later canceled the call.
Audio|Heard on: Catawba NC Fire Dispatch Group Calls
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01:13
Transcript:
00:00
Hickory Fire Engine One, Engine Two, Ladder Three, Rescue One, Battalion One, near South Center Street.
00:07
Near South Center Street will be Center Crossing.
00:12
Possible structure fire.
00:13
Caller advised alarms going off on the first floor and smell of smoke on the fourth floor.
00:21
Units en route to Center Crossing, operations on type four.
00:27
Engine One's on scene.
00:28
Nothing showing at this time.
00:31
Engine One,
00:34
Tinker Fire Engine Three, are you still out on Seventh Avenue Southwest?
00:40
We'll be clearing shortly.
00:43
Talent.
00:47
Battalion One, Engine Five.
00:50
Go ahead.
00:53
Cancel all units, structure fire.
00:55
Roll with EMS and benchmarks and pre-empt tacto.
01:00
Copy.
01:05
All units en route to Central Crossing for the structure fire, near South Center.
01:11
You can cancel, you can cancel authority battalion one.
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This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
S Center St, Hickory, NC 28602
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