False fire alarm at building due to smoking in bathroom, Galveston TX
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Fire & ArsonFire responders were dispatched to a fire alarm at a building near 21st Street. The alarm was cleared with no hazard found. The cause was a homeless person smoking in the men's bathroom on the ground floor.
Audio|Heard on: Galveston and La Marque Public Safety
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Transcript:
00:00
Disagrebate the first tones.
00:01
Engine 1, near 21st Street.
00:05
Gulf 3 is on a fire alarm clear at 1127.
00:08
Respond on FireCom.
00:10
One.
00:11
Hey, can I get somebody down the 25th and The Strand for a quick bathroom break, please?
00:20
You right there.
00:26
2,000 lock, you don't let's work.
00:32
Did you want to dispatch.
00:33
Oh, please.
00:36
Go ahead.
00:39
It was just going to be a homeless smoking in the men's bathroom on the ground floor.
00:42
No hazards.
00:43
You can show us back in service.
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Location mentioned:
21st St, Galveston, TX 77550
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