False fire alarm triggered by humidifier at apartment, East Providence RI
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Fire & ArsonA fire alarm was activated at Ridge Drive Apartments due to a humidifier in a room. Fire services investigated and reset the alarm system with no fire found.
Audio|Heard on: East Providence Police and Fire
Listen to dispatch call
02:39
Transcript:
00:00
Move the engine four, one and two, ladders one and three, rescue, four, and battalion one.
00:03
Ridge Drive Apartments, and Penn, Ridge, and Masterbox.
00:08
Floors a black.
00:13
The engine's four, one and two, lap one and three, rescue forum, battalion one.
00:17
Ridge Drive apartment, and Ridge Drive from Masterbox, (number withheld), indicating zone one.
00:23
End that engines 4-1 and 2, ladders 1 and 3, Rescue 4, Battalion 1.
00:28
Ridge Drive Apartments, near Ridge Drive, or Masterbox, (number withheld), indicating zone 1.
00:35
All company will be assigned channel 2, 10 out 1608.
00:39
The battalion 1 responding from top 1.
00:43
Recy.
00:46
June 1,000, nothing show from the exterior of a three-story residential we're investigating.
00:52
Roger, 1 on the scene, nothing showing 16 o' 9.
00:56
Engine 3rd,000, 7-0-9.
00:59
Engine 3,000 Cromford Tower South and 5-N-Avada.
01:08
405. Seventy-year-old male, have no matches.
01:12
Again, engine 323, Humber Tower South, 105, Numen F, unit 405.
01:18
79-year-old male with had normal laps,
01:21
timeout is 1609.
01:27
Fire panel indicated.
01:30
4-1 smoke is 1012, 1-10-12, 1-10.
01:38
3C2nd1, panel indicating, 4-1 smoke.
01:45
Pause.
01:54
All companies are responding to an operating 10 Ridge Drive.
01:57
It's code yellow for 101, time yellow, 16, 11.
02:18
Roger, three's round scene, 1612.
02:21
Engine prized the fireline.
02:23
Engine plug.
02:25
The alarm was caused by a humidifier in room 518.
02:33
Alarm systems reset, elevator is a reset and we're back in service on Channel 1.
02:38
Roger, at 1614.
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Location mentioned:
Ridge Dr, East Providence, RI 02914
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