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False fire alarm caused by construction dust, Watertown NY

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/8/2025 10:07 AM

Near Gale St, Watertown, NY 13601

Fire units responded to an audible fire alarm near Gale St in Watertown. The alarm was caused by construction dust, not an actual fire. All other units were canceled and returned to service.

Audio|Source: Jefferson County Fire/EMS

01:49

Transcript:

00:00

City Fire General Alarm[1], Engines 3-1, Truck and Rescue,

00:06

Respond, near Gale St for an audible fire alarm.

00:12

Repeating,

00:13

City Fire General Alarm[1], Engines 1-3, truck rescue,

00:18

respond near Gale St for an audible fire alarm.

00:23

Cross is there, Davidson, and Cooper.

00:25

Jefferson on for last.

00:28

1311's arrived 1311 arrived 13107 engine 3 responding 1307 rescue responding 1308 rescue responding 1308

00:48

2308 Chief CEE responding 1308

00:56

Truck responding, 1308.

01:02

Engine 3 arrived, 1308.

01:06

Chuck's in 1311.

01:08

Go ahead.

01:11

Andrew 319C, single family, up to Trump.

01:17

Copy, 1309.

01:19

Have National Grid come out, poll number 6.5?

01:24

One transformer is burnt, but it doesn't appear to be an active player right now.

01:29

Receive...

01:35

Chief Tree is in Engine 3.

01:37

You can have all other units disregard.

01:39

It's just some construction dust.

01:43

Copy.

01:45

Precute. Chief 3 to all units except for engine 3, return at first.

Police codes explained

The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:

[1]

General Alarm: Fire department general alarm activation/dispatch

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Location mentioned:

Near Gale St, Watertown, NY 13601

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