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False fire alarm from expired detector in residential building, Ithaca NY

Fire & Arson

Reported: 10/29/2025 01:21 AM

Near S Plain St, Ithaca, NY 14850

Fire and EMS responded to a fire alarm on the second floor of a two-story residential building near South Plain Street. No fire was found. The alarm device was near its end of life and not functioning properly. Occupants were advised to replace the alarm.

Audio|Source: Tompkins County Fire/EMS

01:55

Transcript:

00:00

Ethnic Engine 1, Engine 2, Truck 1,

00:03

near South Plain Street, crosses the Center Street, North Titusayev,

00:06

for the seal alarm going off on the second floor.

00:10

And that's ethnic engine 1, engine 2, truck 1,

00:14

near South Plain Street, crosses out of Center Street, North Titus Ave,

00:18

for the seal alarm going off on the second floor.

00:21

Time is 0421.

00:27

Soft plane, one on the corner,

00:30

two-story residential, nothing show-inside off with Delta[1], Bravo[2].

00:36

We'll be the Offensive Strategy Investigative.

00:41

I'll contact here.

00:49

Enter once in. We have two meters fired up.

00:52

We're headed in.

00:53

We're headed in.

00:57

Top 1, 911.

01:04

All I'm going off in the second floor apartment, we're headed up.

01:09

Got you head in the floor, too.

01:16

So far, nothing on the meters did hear four feet in a row like a slow battery.

01:25

Receive.

01:30

TNG 2 is level 1.

01:37

We've got five beeps on the alarm indicating a end of life.

01:43

We'll advise the occupant to get a new one.

01:47

I think we're all so much to send you on.

01:50

Drop you all that.

01:52

Truck, Pinch 2, you can pick up.

Police codes explained

The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:

[1]

Delta: High-priority (ALS) medical response

[2]

Bravo: EMD determinant level indicating an urgent, non-life-threatening medical response

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Location mentioned:

Near S Plain St, Ithaca, NY 14850

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