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False fire alarm at St Paul Auditorium caused by detectorSt Paul MN

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Auditorium, St Paul, MN 55108

Fire crews responded to a fire alarm at the Grandstand Auditorium in St Paul. After checking all floors, no fire or smoke was found. The alarm was a false alarm caused by a malfunctioning detector. The State Fair Police will report the malfunction to the alarm company.

Audio|Source: Saint Paul Fire
04:18
Transcript:
00:00
923 is currently at the alarm panel and we're walking the auditorium.
00:04
No signs with motor fire yet.
00:09
(name withheld), I'll assume commandant.
00:13
Flammata 23.
00:16
Go.
00:20
The alarm panel is just stating in trouble.
00:23
Supervisory trouble.
00:26
Crews are walking the floors right now.
00:29
No sign of smoke or fire.
00:30
I believe it's probably a bad detector where you set to locate it.
00:36
Copy.
00:39
Just wait till Cruz give us a report.
00:43
And an additional note, there is no alarm sounding throughout the building. It's just at the panel.
00:51
Copy.
00:57
I'll be riding here, Charlene. Give you a size up.
01:03
Copy. Copy.
01:10
Dispatch, Captain 504.
01:13
Captain 504.
01:16
We're arriving on scene.
01:19
One vehicle against a power pole looks like PDI is a driver in custody. I'll be out investigating control main command.
01:29
Captain 504 on scene one vehicle against a power pole.
01:34
Police have the driver.
01:36
Captain 504 will be on investigating 2333.
01:40
And ladder 23.
01:47
Go.
01:53
Crews are walking floors not finding anything on initial reports.
01:58
I'm with St. Paul, with the State Fair PD right now.
02:02
We're going to have them call the alarm companies because this is the alarm malfunction.
02:10
Copy ladder 23 due to the size in orientation, I'm unable to get a 360, but I don't have anything from the exterior on three sides.
02:25
If we got it all clear in the building, we can call it an alarm malfunction.
02:32
Cruise are still walking.
02:35
They'll be back in a few minutes here.
02:40
Copy.
02:44
Ladder 23 portable is ladder 23.
02:52
Go ladder 23. Go ladder 23.
02:55
What's your location in any report?
03:01
First floor, east side,
03:04
I'm not locating any detectors activated.
03:14
Inger 23, did you find anything?
03:21
Negative, we walked the entire second floor, probably nothing.
03:26
Command, this is ladder 23. Did you follow that traffic?
03:31
Copy, just confirming all floors and areas have been checked,
03:38
and we've got it all clear at this point.
03:46
Command is the latter 23. All crews are reporting. All floors have been walked in all areas.
03:52
All clear.
03:55
Copy.
03:56
Dispatch.
03:59
Grandstand command.
04:03
Grandstand command, go ahead.
04:08
This appears to be the, be an alarm mill function.
04:12
The state fair PD is going to take care of it, report it to the alarm company.

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