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Residential fire alarm at berkeley address is a false alarmBerkeley CA

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Piedmont Ave, Berkeley, CA 94705

According to the dispatch call, a fire alarm was reported at a residence near Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley. Responders found residents changing batteries on their fire sensors, confirming the alarm was false.

Audio|Heard on: Hercules Pinole Public Safety
Listen to dispatch call
03:13
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 5 and truck 5.
00:02
Respond to residential fire alarm.
00:05
At near Piedmont Avenue.
00:08
Cross streets are Russell Street and Ashby Avenue.
00:13
DVDs on Team with 23.
00:16
2 for each and a...
00:22
Medicaid, you can cancel.
00:23
Medicaid, you can cancel.
00:29
6.6. Clearhouseville.
00:31
Right, 6.6.6.6.2.
00:32
Clear Hospital will start for Barrett.
00:38
Engine 5 and Truck 5.
00:40
Just not update.
00:41
Looks like we made contact with the residence or an officer made contact with the residents and they are changing the battery.
00:49
It's a false alarm.
00:51
23-0-4.
00:54
I'll be down for the truck and one of the other.
00:57
I'll be truck by the double.
00:59
Drop five, this is nice.
01:02
364, you can show us clear?
01:07
964 or... 645, I got to you guys are in Brett.
01:13
Howie, thank you.
01:15
Rich Bard, 670 Radio.
01:17
6.7 available in radio. 6.7 available in radio.
01:18
The item three, can you log a deal, please?
01:23
Go ahead.
01:27
Yellow 255-1023.
01:31
Copy.
01:32
Okay.
01:36
Okay.
01:37
Three six, two, seven,
01:39
Y, one. You can keep it off there.
01:42
Probably.
01:49
Ginger 5003, apologies.
01:51
I put a snack available.
01:52
You know, let's pick that up.
01:54
Where are you at?
01:58
It's three. This is engine five.
01:59
Where are you? I'll see.
02:00
We're good.
02:05
What kind of scy-on-looking car? Did you see, (name withheld), what kind of car that was? It pulled into the park?
02:14
Someone.
02:15
Someone? Someone?
02:18
Don't want to lay on the bench.
02:20
I still want to lay on a bit.
02:26
Sparkly 1, medic 1, code 2.
02:28
Code 2, casual open.
02:33
Like, black Mercedes possibly just went into lawnless parking lot.
02:37
I couldn't get the plate.
02:49
Murphy 1 for mention 5.
02:52
Medi 59, truck 81, code 3, medical.
02:55
(number withheld) Giovanni Street, (number withheld) Giovanni, cross the east, 13th Street.
03:00
90-year-old patient, possible D.O.A.
03:03
105. 5.
03:05
We're with the resident now.
03:07
They're changing the batteries on all of their sensors.
03:09
If you get another fire alarm from this address in the next hour,
03:12
they were told to call 911.

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Piedmont Ave, Berkeley, CA 94705

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