Multiple alarm activations at Clearwater airport, Clearwater FL
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews discussed multiple alarm activations at the St. Pete–Clearwater International Airport. Several gates and TSA areas experienced alarm signals, likely due to system testing or maintenance activities with no confirmed emergency.
Audio|Heard on: Pinellas FL Public Works Group Calls
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Transcript:
00:00
Hey (name withheld), are they still working on gate five? Because I'm getting alarms back to back now.
00:06
No, that last one should have been valid.
00:08
Happy.
00:10
There are up, gate five, 10-4, TSA saying there's no one around it.
00:16
Now we're getting one at gate six, which we never get.
00:20
And the alarms are just going off randomly? Like they're just...
00:23
Yeah, it's audible right now.
00:25
You can probably hear it.
00:27
So there's no one in here.
00:29
Okay, let me text them real quick.
00:33
Hey (name withheld), I think (name withheld)'s testing the alarms because of the issues we've been having the last few days.
00:40
All right, six now is silent and it's 10.
00:44
Yeah, that one he did send a test.
00:46
I just got a message from me.
00:49
Hi, (name withheld), now we're getting panic alarms from the B-side TSA.
00:53
I'm just checking them, make sure those are thin for.
00:56
Yeah, (name withheld), that's a test too.
00:58
We're trying to figure this out.
01:00
The gate one alarm, did you get a gate one alarm? (name withheld) just called me and said they set the gate one alarm off by accident.
01:05
Did you get it on your phone because I didn't get it on the primary?
01:08
The only gate one alarm I got was at 8:06 this morning.
01:12
Nothing since then.
01:14
All right, copy.
01:15
I'll let you know if there's a reason to be concerned.
01:19
We're up here trying to figure this out right now.
01:21
(name withheld) and I are.
01:22
He's on the phone with (name withheld).
01:24
All right, yeah, TSA's inquiring as well.
01:26
That's what I wanted to find out.
01:29
Copy.
01:32
All right, (name withheld), there should be an A-side panic test.
01:36
Let me know if you get it, please.
01:40
Hey, (name withheld), are you on the A-side?
01:42
Affirmative.
01:44
Do you mind sliding over to gate one? They're having some issue with the alarm there.
01:48
Let's see what's going on with it, please.
01:49
It sounds like a pre-alarm going off in the phone.
01:53
Probably just needs to be shut.
01:55
I told them that, but they're saying they tried everything.
01:59
Copy.
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Location mentioned:
St. Pete–Clearwater International Airport (PIE), 14700 Terminal Blvd #221, Clearwater, FL 33762
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