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Smoke detector activates on back porch near Taylor StPittsburgh PA

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Taylor St, Pittsburgh, PA 15205

According to the dispatch call, a smoke detector activated on a back porch near Taylor Street in Crafton. Fire units responded and determined it was a smoke detector, not a carbon monoxide alarm, before clearing the scene.

Audio|Heard on: County Fire / EMS - West Zone West Fire 2 Operations
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01:30
Transcript:
00:00
First CO alarm going off on the back porch, near Taylor Street in Crafton.
00:05
128 responding West Fire 2, W020.
00:09
For a CO alarm going off on the back porch, near Taylor Street in Crafton.
00:14
One hundred and twenty-eight 2nd activation, West Fire Two Double Zero Twenty-Five.
00:20
County Show One Hundred and Twenty-Eight Chief into the scene.
00:26
Copy.
00:28
One Hundred and Twenty Eight Chief County.
00:32
Go ahead County.
00:36
Stand by, Chief.
00:42
128, Chief County.
00:46
128, Chief.
00:51
Okay, your assistant just called the desk.
00:53
He stated that the alarm was sitting on the back porch.
01:01
Ten four.
01:02
Not in the house.
01:05
Negative.
01:09
Ten four, I'll be home.
01:14
Copy.
01:17
128 Chief, County.
01:21
Go ahead.
01:24
That was a smoke detector on the back porch.
01:28
We're going to be in service returning.

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Taylor St, Pittsburgh, PA 15205

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