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Fire alarm activated at nursing home with no fire foundMatamoras PA

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Rivers Edge Dr, Matamoras, PA 18336

According to the dispatch call, a fire alarm was activated at the Delaware Valley Skilled Nursing facility at Rivers Edge Drive. A resident pulled the alarm, but no smoke or fire was found on arrival.

Audio|Heard on: Pike County and Lackawaxen Fire and EMS
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02:37
Transcript:
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Westfall Township, near Rivers Edge Drive, Delaware Valley skilled nursing for a fire alarm[1],
00:06
(number withheld) tower.
00:22
Last fall, (name withheld), near Rivers Edge Drive, Delaware Valley Skilled Nursing for a fire alarm[1].
00:27
(number withheld) engine (number withheld) tower.
00:29
Cross routes of Ruben Bell Drive and Macintosh Way, East Fireground Channel 2, 0620.
00:47
105. Ponzi.
00:53
621.
00:59
Consenters.
01:03
Consenters 391.
01:06
391. 391.
01:09
Responding.
01:17
0624, you're responding to near Rivers Edge Drive, Delaware Valley skilled nursing, called in by the alarm company for a fire pull station alarm, zone 202, description of 200-hall pull.
01:29
They did make contact with a staff member who is not on scene.
01:34
He did advise that there are nurses on scene to meet you there, and they did report that a resident pulled the alarm.
01:41
You did advise him that there was no presence of fire or smoke, no one has requested a cancel.
02:06
Westfall, Township-near Rivers Edge Drive, Delaware Valley skilled nursing for a fire alarm[1], (number withheld)-engine (number withheld) tower, a real alert.
02:27
Let's call trip near Rivers Edge Drive, Delaware Valley School nursing for a fire alarm[1].
02:31
(number withheld)(number withheld)-132 Tower, Aure Alert, cross sheets of Rubin Bell Drive and Macintosh Way.
02:35
You fire down channel 2, 0625.
Police codes explained
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[1]
fire alarm: Report of a fire alarm activation

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Rivers Edge Dr, Matamoras, PA 18336

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