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Smoke machine triggers false fire alarm at Sauquoit churchOneida County NY

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Mohawk St, Sauquoit, NY 13456

At Sauquoit United Methodist Church, an automatic fire alarm sounded but was caused by a smoke machine, not a fire. Emergency crews responded and found no visible danger.

Audio|Source: Oneida County Public Safety
03:21
Transcript:
00:00
Clay, automatic alarm, 2946 Mohawk.
00:10
Park Control Sequoia, automatic alarm, 2946 Mohawk Street.
00:15
Fire Control of Sequoia, automatic alarm,
00:17
2946 Mohawk Street, the Sauquoit United Methodist Church.
00:22
For automatic alarm activation, it's on 992, General Alarm, 1904.
00:31
The tanker or anybody at the firehouse?
00:39
Coyt Rescue 2 on channel 3, would you like us to respond?
00:47
461. Thank you.
00:55
Yeah, if you guys can do so,
00:58
uh,
00:59
but proceed with caution.
01:03
Received normal traffic.
01:10
Affirmative.
01:13
Recease.
01:18
461, Ted.
01:24
I'm just going to go back to the granddaughter on board.
01:32
I'm just going to go back to the station because I got my granddaughter on board.
01:42
Crazy they said church on Mohawk right uh for a minute I can take a ride off just to make sure.
02:01
Did they notify a key holder?
02:09
Fire control tanker 22 en route to that call for Sequoia.
02:15
Do we have a key holder en route? Negative.
02:26
Close Sequoia.
02:33
Sequoia, Car 3, go ahead.
02:35
Just your vice, it can be a correction.
02:37
There is a key holder on scene.
02:43
Received.
02:48
Like, I'll take the back of the church.
02:56
Fire control, Sequoia Car 3 on scene with Tanker 22 and Tanker 7.
03:01
Nothing visible.
03:07
Fire control is the Sequoia car.
03:12
Fire tool on.
03:16
Pulled all my apparatus in quarters.
03:18
This is a smoke machine that has set off the fire alarm.

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Mohawk St, Sauquoit, NY 13456

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