False alarm from discarded smoke detector

Heard on: Seminole County Fire and EMS

02:19

00:00

Engine 24, Engine 7, Battalion 15 , mechanical alarm commercial, (number withheld) Fontana Court, select 49 , over.

00:24

I am 15 ft 24 .

00:27

I was at Winter Springs.

00:30

Alarm was called in by a caller.

00:32

If I state heard it, but unsure where in the building it's coming from.

00:41

Three 47 . What is your frequency? We're on there.

00:47

13 on delay.

00:48

00:49

00:58

scene, nothing visible, investigating.

01:04

24 on scene, nothing visible, investigating.

01:11

Rescue 33, base and transfer.

01:14

Rescue 33, base transfer.

01:20

17 to hydrant.

01:24

Engine 17 to hydrant.

01:30

17, we got an audible alarm looking for an unsecured panel.

01:37

Disregard, we found a smoke detector outside in a trash can.

01:40

2014 ambulance.

01:47

Lieutenant 15, check.

01:48

17, you can return.

01:49

701, I'm on the air.

01:53

Time 15 . Twenty four available.

02:01

Engine 24 , go ahead.

02:03

Do you still need maintenance?

02:08

Twenty four seven negative.

02:09

This is somebody who disposed of their smoke detector in the garbage.

02:14

There is no hazard.

02:15

We're going to remove the battery from the smoke detector.

02:19

Understood.

2026-09-13 19:02 UTC

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Fontana Cir, Oviedo, FL 32765

False alarm from discarded smoke detector

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