False alarm for smoke and flames at a Flint residence, Flint MI
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Fire & ArsonEmergency responders were dispatched to a reported residential fire at a house near Mann Hall Avenue and Court and Tackin in Flint. A caller, via their nine-year-old son, reported smoke and flames, but upon investigation, no fire or smoke was found at the scene. The call was a false alarm.
Audio|Heard on: Flint City Fire
Listen to dispatch call
02:40
Transcript:
00:00
I'm fire, standby for a structure fire.
00:06
The engine 11, engine 81, engine 61, squad 1, squad 2 battalion, fire ground 11 respond for a possible structure fire.
00:13
4,008, Mann Hall Avenue near Court and Tackin; secondhand information reported smoke and flames seen from the home.
00:24
Fire ground 11 at 1331.
00:26
Plenty engine 11, engine 61, engine 81, squad 1, squad 2 battalion, fire ground 11, respond for a residential structure fire at 4008 Mann Hall Avenue near Court and Tackin, with secondhand reports of smoke and flames.
00:41
Fairground 11 at 1331.
00:47
In fact, and townships, Lieutenant Susan Ralph.
00:53
Strain, 11 3446th and 10-room concert for Tier 1, 3.3-3-10.
00:58
For Flint City Fire, you got a hydrant on the northeast corner of Mann Hall in Tackin and the northeast corner of Medina and Mann Hall.
01:10
The Flint City Fire Fighters reference 4000 Mann Hall.
01:15
It's a 31 by 37 single-story residence.
01:23
Eleven's on.
01:25
Single story, nothing's showing.
01:29
Dispatch,
01:30
you try a callback to this location.
01:33
11, hereby, and nothing's showing.
01:35
I'm clear.
01:37
Can you copy up to show him?
01:40
11 Radio, did you have smoking flames showing?
01:47
This is all secondhand; the son called the father,
01:51
he's not there,
01:53
told him there were flames and smoke.
01:56
This is all secondhand; the son called the father,
02:00
he's not there,
02:02
told him there were flames and smoke.
02:05
This son is nine years old, just FYI, a nine year old.
02:09
He's supposed to be there with the grandma who has dementia.
02:15
and the son's phone cut out before he could get anything further.
02:23
For homeowner, no smoke, no fire.
02:27
910, engine 11.
02:29
Everyone can clear.
02:31
Okay.
02:35
910 for engine 11.
02:38
You can clear EMS.
02:40
I'm clear.
Disclaimer:
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Location mentioned:
Mann Hall Ave, Flint, MI 48532
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