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False fire alarm at 7th Avenue, Santa Cruz CA

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audio iconFire & Arson
7th Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95062

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews were dispatched to a reported fire alarm near 7th Avenue in Santa Cruz. Upon investigation, it appeared the alarm was triggered during a test by a service department. The alarm was reset and the call was canceled. No fire or emergency occurred.

Audio|Heard on: Santa Cruz County Fire
Listen to dispatch call
01:29
Transcript:
00:00
Truck 3570 to a fire alarm near 7th Avenue, time out 1312.
00:04
Break, medic 5, I copy, down C.
00:15
Medic 2, Netcom, can you start heading to Boulder Creek?
00:24
2-0.
00:31
Netcom, truck 3572.
00:34
Go ahead.
00:37
Can you confirm they're requesting a cancel?
00:40
They are requesting a cancel.
00:41
I'm just waiting to see about a reset, but they should be on scene testing it.
00:48
(name withheld), can you confirm is that the alarm company on scene testing?
00:54
Copy.
01:01
Check 3572 and I come.
01:05
Go ahead.
01:08
It's not the alarm company on scene doing the testing, it's some other service department that's on scene and it sounds like the test mode that they had expired and they forgot to extend it.
01:22
The initial alarm had a reset.
01:26
Copy that. Sounds like they don't need us.
01:28
We'll be standing down because it was just the service.

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Location mentioned:
7th Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95062

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