Fire alarm testing causes smoke smell near Cypress Gardens Loop, Fort Myers FL
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Fire & ArsonFire units responded to a report of a structure fire near Cypress Gardens Loop in Fort Myers, Florida. Upon investigation, personnel detected a smell of smoke but found the cause to be fire alarm testing at a nearby building, with no actual fire present.
Audio|Heard on: Lee County and Cape Coral Fire Dispatch
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03:27
Transcript:
00:00
13 decontrol Metagate Team, District Officer 8, Engine 17, Engine 14, Truck 16, Engine 16, Battalion 10, Rescue 13, Engine 15, and Battalion 11.
00:12
ECHO[1], structure fire.
00:14
At near Cypress Gardens Loop respond on the dispatch 2.
00:19
Medicaid, District Officer 8, Engine 17, Engine 14, Truck 16, Engine 16, Battalion 10, Rescue 13, Engine 15, and Battalion 11.
00:34
K4 Engine 10, backing service.
00:38
Copy engine.
00:43
Respond on this batch 2.
00:49
14-01.
00:57
Medic 24 Delta Medical.
01:00
At 24, Diplenac9, Diplomat Parkway East, respond on dispatch 2.
01:11
Ladder 42, lift assist.
01:14
At 22167, Isolivair DeWay.
01:17
Respond on to snatch 3.
01:19
Ladder 42.
01:24
Okay, for a lot.
01:29
DO8 on Pack 1.
01:33
15 on 1.
01:39
1016 on one.
01:42
Dying 11 on 1.
01:48
Trametic 7.
01:50
7.
01:53
And we get a return priority to the noise, please.
01:56
7.4.
02:02
Submit 28, our cat doesn't appear to be updating.
02:04
We're going to do a reboot.
02:08
17s on Tack 1.
02:15
Medic 23. Unknown problem medical alarm.
02:19
At 93, try S-drive.
02:22
Respond on dispatch 2.
02:24
Medic 23.
02:29
Italian signs on the single story clubhouse.
02:33
Investigating the established command, yield the smell of brush fire in the area.
02:38
See control copy?
02:45
The control command, do you have an exact area where the person saw the smoke from?
02:51
That's negative.
02:52
For the office of the apartment, they call it from the Goodville next door.
02:59
Can you repeat where the call came from?
03:02
Goodeville, next door.
03:08
Battalion 10, uh,
03:11
be advised that they're doing the alarm testing in this building's 4, 5, and 10 also.
03:18
Copy that. We're going to handle this with engine 17 and myself.
03:22
You can clear everyone else.
03:24
Copy battalion 10, engine 17 handling all the other thing clear.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
ECHO: Highest-priority emergency response for life-threatening situations requiring immediate action.
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Location mentioned:
Cypress Gardens Loop, Fort Myers, FL 33966
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