Fire alarm activation at 2nd Avenue Commons, Pittsburgh PA
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, a fire alarm activated at 2nd Avenue Commons near Second Avenue, triggering evacuation and response. Smoke detector on the third floor was triggered but no smoke or fire was found. The situation appears to have been a false alarm, and responders are preparing a report.
Audio|Heard on: Pittsburgh Fire / EMS Fire Dispatch Ch 1
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03:19
Transcript:
00:00
Attention all companies, stand by for a fire one dispatch in zone two four for 2nd avenue commons at near Second Avenue between Municipal Courts Drive and 2nd avenue ramp.
00:11
We're getting a zone 50 point of activation is the women's area.
00:19
Unknown alarm, general fire alarm.
00:23
Again, attention all companies stand by for a fire one dispatch zone two four for the 2nd avenue commons at near Second Avenue between Municipal Courts Drive and 2nd avenue ramp for reported general fire alarm in the women's area zone 50.
00:41
Responding companies are going to be four engine, three engine, 24 engine, ten engine.
00:48
Engine, four truck, 14 truck, battalion two, and deputy chief respond on fire one.
00:56
Time is 1717.
00:58
Dispatch engine 16 back.
01:03
Copy that. Sixteen engine back in service.
01:05
Seventeen 17.
01:08
Four engine in.
01:09
Four engine in.
01:16
Attention all companies, 16 engine back in service.
01:18
Again, 16 engine back in service.
01:20
Seventeen 18.
01:21
Truck fours.
01:25
Truck four in 1718.
01:28
CC Susan.
01:32
Copy 1719.
01:34
Seventeen 19.
01:36
Copy that. Official four in 1719.
01:40
Dispatch 400 on scene at a five-story multifamily shelter.
01:47
Evac in progress, nothing showing from two sides.
01:50
We'll be investigating.
01:52
Copy that four engine.
01:54
1720.
01:55
That's four enter?
01:59
Do you have four engine?
02:01
Third floor smoke detector activation, we're heading up now to check it out.
02:06
Copy that four engine.
02:08
1721.
02:10
Truck four is on scene with command dispatch.
02:13
Copy that, truck four on scene.
02:15
Command dispatch 1721.
02:17
Dispatch from truck four.
02:20
All other companies on response one while four investigate.
02:25
Copy.
02:27
All companies zone two four go to response one again.
02:30
All companies zone four go to response 11722.
02:34
Three engine on scene.
02:38
Three engine on scene, 17 twenty-three.
02:42
Command four engine.
02:45
Go ahead, engine four.
02:49
No sign of smoke or fire we can handle.
02:57
I received that dispatch returned all the other companies.
03:00
Four is going to stay for the report.
03:01
Truck force back.
03:03
Copy that, 1723.
03:06
All companies zone two four return.
03:09
Official four received.
03:11
All companies zone four return with the exception of four.
03:15
Again, all companies zone four return with the exception of four, 1723.
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This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
Second Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
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