False fire alarm at nursing facility due to heater, Pinellas County FL


Fire department responded to a fire alarm at a nursing facility. Investigation revealed no fire; a mock fireplace heater had activated. The issue was contained and controlled.
Audio|Source: Pinellas County Sheriff and EMS, Clearwater / St. Petersburg Police
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Transcript:
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Annals Point Nursing, we have near 174 Street, Southward 173A, right-up (number withheld), right-to-and (number withheld).
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Main stroke 1 near 4805th Street South Bridge 666A, Bres 217 for a tech hole.
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Go hi.
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You know our color to go off.
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Someone three, I'm ten four times a second.
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Okay, copy, thank you.
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Thank you.
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At this time, our only investigated issue is there is a mock fireplace that does have a heater.
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For some reason the heater would activate it.
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I believe it's probably going to be isolated to that.
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It is in the common area atrium.
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You can go ahead make this with Truck 4-8 engine 5-2.
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CommandCopy, is it dissipating or do you need any ventilation needs?
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We're going to go ahead.
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We've investigated, no fire problem found at this location.
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We're going to hold this to engine 5-2, truck 48 myself, all our companies can buy.
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Pinellas County, FL
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