False residential fire alarm at piedmont avenue, Berkeley CA
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, fire personnel responded to a residential fire alarm near Piedmont Avenue in Berkeley. Residents were found changing batteries on fire sensors. The alarm was confirmed false with no fire present.
Audio|Heard on: Berkeley Police and Fire
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01:31
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 5 and truck 5 respond to residential fire alarm.
00:05
Near Piedmont Avenue.
00:08
Cross streets are Russell Street and Ashby Avenue.
00:15
Engine 5 and truck 5 is just an update.
00:18
Looks like we made contact with the residents or an officer made contact with the residents and they are changing the battery.
00:25
It's a false alarm.
00:29
I'll be careful the truck.
00:30
Copy truck 5 available.
00:38
Drive back office, thanks.
00:42
Engine 5, engine 3, apologies that it put us back available, you know, to pick that up.
00:47
We got.
00:52
Engine 3, this is Engine 5, where are you? We're good, thanks.
01:01
Berkeley 1, Medicare 1, Code 2, Kaiser, Oakland.
01:06
Medical 1, Code 2, Kaiser, Oakland.
01:13
Rip 1 from Engine 5.
01:16
Engine 5.
01:20
We're with the resident now.
01:21
They're changing the batteries on all of their sensors.
01:23
If you get another fire alarm from this address in the next hour,
01:27
they were told to call 911.
01:28
You can disregard anything that comes in from this address the next hour.
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Location mentioned:
Piedmont Ave, Berkeley, CA 94705
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