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False fire alarm at Clanton Road hotelCharlotte NC

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audio iconFire & Arson
Clanton Rd, Charlotte, NC 28217

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a possible alarm activation at a hotel near Clanton Road in Charlotte. Units found audible alarms but no visible fire. After investigation, they confirmed no hazard, and the response was canceled.

Audio|Heard on: Mecklenburg NC Fire-Tac Group Calls
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Transcript:
00:00
Alarm company is responding to near Clanton Road.
00:02
Received this from the alarm company.
00:05
Advised an audible fire alarm detection in zone 487.
00:09
Crossing is going to be Clanton Road still.
00:15
Ladder two, alarm.
00:17
Where are you going to be closer to spinning than 16 is?
00:21
Stand by ladder two, let me check.
00:24
That's affirmative, we want to put you on it.
00:27
Come on.
00:30
Engine 44 is on scene.
00:32
Three-story hotel, nothing showing.
00:37
Audible's there and evacuation not in progress.
00:42
Engine 44 will be investigating.
00:48
Hello?
00:50
We can copy.
00:51
Switch the anchors up.
00:53
Chief ladder 16, chief engine 44 on scene with command.
00:59
Ladder 15 to alarm.
01:02
Ladder 16.
01:04
Do you all just pull us from the tent into a fire alarm?
01:13
That's affirmative, but you can actually cancel.
01:15
There's no pin in.
01:16
We're going to put a lighter tube back on this.
01:19
Copy that. So cancel off the extrication and off the fire alarm, correct?
01:27
Affirmative. You can cancel all calls.
01:30
Last 15 cleared available.
01:32
Thanks for dispatch.
01:34
Third floor is clear.
01:37
Copy that. Coming down to the office.
01:41
We may have started banging on doors opening doors because nobody's out evacuating and it's not giving us which board or what room it is.
01:54
Portable two, portable one, you want these keys?
01:58
Yeah.
01:59
Let me come get them.

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Clanton Rd, Charlotte, NC 28217

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