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Fire alarm activation at commercial building in WhitehallPittsburgh PA

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audio iconFire & Arson
Skyline Dr, Pittsburgh, PA 15227

According to the dispatch call, a commercial fire alarm activated at a building near Skyline Drive in Whitehall. It was later confirmed to be testing batteries during maintenance, so no emergency was found.

Audio|Heard on: Allegheny County Police, Fire and EMS - Southern Areas
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02:28
Transcript:
00:00
780, E4 along with your fire company, near Skyline Drive and Whitehall.
00:07
This is going to be a commercial fire alarm, Zone 9 stairwell.
00:12
Now it will effects being reported at this time.
00:14
944.
00:18
780, there's response to request.
00:20
Chief.
00:25
Skyline Drive in Whitehall.
00:27
Point of activation is going to be a Zone 9 stairwell fire alarm.
00:31
Station 301 South 5 and 944.
00:39
Point of activation, stairwell.
00:44
207, you start off right around.
00:45
Clear on court, I can start off as well.
00:57
County.
01:00
Okay.
01:04
See the complaint in 1445, (name withheld)'s U-Haul's stuck in a hole, blocking his driveway.
01:10
He needs to get around it so you can go to the hospital.
01:17
Okay.
01:18
Okay.
01:22
Tony, one-night seven chief will be in.
01:27
Copy Chief.
01:33
Engine 1 with 2.945.
01:42
County 197, 197, engine 3.
01:47
Engine 3. We'll be in service to Woodcrest.
01:56
Robbie.
01:57
197, Chief, County.
02:01
One 97, Chief.
02:04
Chief.
02:05
Chief, they just put a notification in here.
02:08
They were changing batteries on the site.
02:11
No mention of the cancel in the update I received.
02:15
Okay, we'll bend M3 continue on, you can hold everybody else.
02:25
197 units put Crest retirement for the chief hold netion 3.

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Skyline Dr, Pittsburgh, PA 15227

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