False fire alarm from iPhone crash detection near Broad St, New Britain CT


A fire alarm was triggered by an iPhone crash detection near Broad Street, possibly indicating a motor vehicle accident. Emergency responders found no evidence of an actual emergency, made no patient contact, and dismissed the call as unfounded.
Audio|Source: Hartford Fire Department
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Transcript:
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Engine 8, Ladder 6, Tack 1, District 2.
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Near Broad Street for the iPhone crash detection[1] with no patient contact.
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You have a fire incident 1.
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108, Laddersa, contact 1, District 2, near Broad Street, the general area.
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For a possible MVA, we've got an iPhone crash detection[1], unable to make contact.
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Fire incident 1.
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Hi, Jay, Ratsy, you're checking this again.
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Got a call back, final?
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Engine A unseen has command at 1945.
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It's a negative on a callback, sir.
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It's a now one fell.
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Commanding restrictive.
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Go out, command. Yeah, it's you so far, nothing.
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Time for, let me know when you're satisfied.
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All right, I'm just going to go off the farm, and I think we should be good.
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All right. Yeah, Chief it sounds out.
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I think we could clear everybody.
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Nothing there. Sounds good.
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Dismiss the assignment. District 2 file alarm for...
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District 2 file alarm, unfounded dismiss the assignment.
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District 2 available. September. Unfounding dismissing the assignment in 1846.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
iPhone crash detection: Automatic crash alert from a mobile device
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Location mentioned:
Near Broad St, New Britain, CT 06053
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