Fire alarm triggered accidentally by child at Altoona home, Altoona IA
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Fire & ArsonA fire alarm was triggered at a home near 10th Street Southwest in Altoona. Fire responders found the alarm was accidentally activated by a child pressing buttons on the fire alarm keypad.
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Transcript:
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Altoona Fire Department, fire alarm, near 10th Street Southwest.
00:06
Altoona Fire Department, fire alarm, near 10th Street Southwest, between 28th Avenue Southwest and 26th Avenue Southwest.
00:16
Response 1, timeout, (number withheld).
00:24
46M, know that his email is being rejected and holding enough to the rod off to report.
00:30
Okay, I'll be that, 3.46 out.
00:33
And direct, thanks.
00:39
Station 25, just advising, we just received a request to cancel.
00:43
It was a child pressing, they used buttons off on the fire alarm keypad.
00:52
Engine 251, responds with others.
00:55
Fire alarm, near 10th Street Southwest.
01:00
Between 28th Avenue Southwest and 26th Avenue Southwest.
01:04
Response 1, timeout, (number withheld).
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Location mentioned:
10th St SW, Altoona, IA 50009
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