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False fire alarm due to stuck call box button on Columbia St, New York NY

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Near Columbia St, New York, NY 10002

Fire units responded to a smoke alarm triggered by a stuck button on a call box near Columbia St, Manhattan. No fire was confirmed, and the call box needs repair.

Audio|Source: FDNY Fire Dispatch - Manhattan
00:59
Transcript:
00:00
And I'm calling Latter-18.
00:01
Latter-18.
00:02
Latter-18 being redirected to the phone alarm 298-1-20-Columbia of these half an order smoke under 134.
00:09
Letter 1-8.
00:10
May 10-4[1] response.
00:11
Okay. 10-4[1] response. On the phone box 298, the address near Columbia St.
00:14
So up in east south of the street, over the smoke on the 13th 4-0.
00:17
Units respond in about the 298, it's available upon request.
00:20
3.4-746. Yes,
00:21
sir, is a stuck button on the call box.
00:23
They have to send somebody out to repair it.
00:25
All right, time for hang a sign.
00:26
We'll play better of service on our end.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-4: Acknowledgement/Message received

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Near Columbia St, New York, NY 10002
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