Commercial fire alarm triggered by battery change attempt, Newtown CT
Fire & ArsonA fire alarm went off at a law office in Newtown. It was caused by an employee trying to change a smoke detector battery. No fire or hazard was found.
Audio|Source: Newtown Fire
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Transcript:
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Newtown, Hollyville Dispatch, Hollyville Road for the fire alarm.
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Newtown, Hollyville, if you can respond, near Hollyville Road, crosses Northridge and Barnvis Road for the commercial fire alarm coming from the second floor smoke detector, repeating Newtown to Hollyville, if you can respond, near Hollyville Road, the law office of (name withheld) for the commercial fire alarm called by alarm company coming from the second floor smoke detector.
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1932. 304[1] zone.
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304[1]. T03[2] time.
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Tad3. 301[3]'s on. Three o one's on.
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On T3O1.
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301[3]. Three o one.
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For the alarm company, they spoke to (name withheld), the business owner.
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She stated that the employee was on property.
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They were attempting to change the battery in the detector and was able to provide proper code.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
304: Zone 304 (alarm zone reporting)
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T03: Time or unit code
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301: Unit responding
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Location mentioned:
Newtown, CT 06470
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