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Alarm caused by dying detector battery in Gainesville buildingGainesville FL

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Building 5, 5, Gainesville, FL 32608

An alarm at a Gainesville building was caused by a dying detector battery. The resident was notified to replace the detector and will contact maintenance to install a new one.

Audio|Heard on: Gainesville Police and Alachua Fire
Listen to dispatch call
00:40
Transcript:
00:00
Contact the resident.
00:01
This is going to be alarm setup due to a dying battery.
00:08
Resident was informed and contact made for a new detector at Foxcroft 5.
00:15
It's the same complainant from last night.
00:19
We handled them all under one report.
00:22
This is the neighbor to the one I did last night.
00:26
Left a contact report last night but no combined report, it is the same.
00:32
I got it, Master Control.
00:33
Eventually made contact with the resident.
00:35
Advising the alarm set off due to a dying battery.
00:36
They will contact maintenance for a new detector, available at Foxcroft 5 at 1843 hours.

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Location mentioned:
Building 5, 5, Gainesville, FL 32608

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