Fire alarm at nursing home caused by faulty detector, Wauwatosa WI
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, a fire alarm was triggered near North 69th Street at a nursing home. Upon investigation, the cause was a faulty smoke and carbon monoxide detector. There was no fire or smoke present. Staff were advised to call again if the alarm sounds.
Audio|Heard on: Milwaukee WI Fire Dispatch Group Calls
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Transcript:
00:00
Engine 55 and Tower 53.
00:02
Calling you down for a fire alarm sounding near North 69th Street.
00:06
Engine 55, Tower 53 for the fire alarm sounding near North 69th Street.
00:13
Engine 55 from dispatch.
00:20
The tones are taken out due to restacking of the call.
00:25
The address was going to be near North 69th Street.
00:33
4th51 I already responded.
00:34
It was a faulty detector earlier, but they were advised if the alarms go off again to call.
00:43
Message receives.
00:47
This back from the tower, is this the same alarm from earlier?
00:51
Affirmatives.
00:54
Okay, I'm going to have engine 55 respond alone.
01:01
Those are trollebys.
01:04
Energy 50, subtract 51.
01:08
Go for engine 55.
01:11
Just for information, this was a combination smoke detector carbon dioxide alarm.
01:17
There was no smoke condition, we metered for carbon dioxide.
01:21
The alarm was not sounding when we were there, but we told them if it went off again, the call staff.
01:27
Copy that, thanks for the info.
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Location mentioned:
N 69th St, Wauwatosa, WI 53213
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