False fire alarm at Durham hospital, Durham NC
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a fire alarm near North Roxboro Street in Durham, involving a seven-story hospital. No smoke or fire was visible, and officials determined it was a false alarm. All units were cleared after confirmation that the alarm posed no actual hazard.
Audio|Heard on: Durham City Fire
Listen to dispatch call
01:40
Transcript:
00:00
Fire alarm, near North Roxboro Street.
00:09
Fire alarm, near North Roxborough Street, cross of Olympic Avenue and Crutchfield Street.
00:18
Quint seven, engine two, engine nine, battalion four.
00:27
Channel two.
00:37
Engine two, we're out.
00:50
Battalion Four from Quint 7, we're on scene.
00:52
We are at a large hospital seven-story.
00:56
We've got nothing visible from two sides.
00:59
The emergency room will be the alpha side.
01:03
Got no evacuation in progress.
01:05
Quint 7, go out and investigate.
01:09
Ten Four copy, you're on scene, (name withheld).
01:21
Retiring 4th and Quince Road.
01:25
Go ahead.
01:29
(Name withheld) says that it is a false alarm.
01:32
You can clear everybody,
01:33
just leave us on the scene.
01:37
Copy that, false alarm.
01:39
Everybody clear yourselves.
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This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
N Roxboro St, Durham, NC 27704
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