Residential fire alarm set off by battery change, Greenwich CT
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Fire & ArsonA fire alarm at a residence near Carrington Drive was triggered accidentally when a battery was changed. Fire units responded and confirmed no emergency.
Audio|Heard on: Greenwich Fire Department
Listen to dispatch call
02:28
Transcript:
00:00
Dispatching Squad 8, Squad 1, Station 7, residential alarm,
00:04
near Carrington Drive for a first floor smoke detector activation.
00:09
Repeating dispatch: Squad 8, Squad 1, Station 7, residential alarm,
00:15
near Carrington Drive for a first floor smoke detector activation.
00:19
Runs between the town line and Stanwich Road, use Channel 1 Alpha, Dispatch clear at 10:13.
00:30
Squad is around.
00:32
Receive.
00:38
Squad one's now.
00:41
Receive. Receive.
00:43
Okay, your server responding to channel one.
00:50
Received.
00:52
Dispatch is Squad 8.
00:56
Squat-up.
01:01
It's a MLS stating that they were changing a battery that set off the system.
01:11
All right, copy.
01:12
What I'm seeing, we'll verify the current assignment.
01:15
Received, 1019.
01:20
Greenwich Fire dispatch on the early units responding, operating near Carrington Drive, Squad 8 to continue in for verification.
01:27
All other units are TQ 1019.
01:32
Take your servant, copy.
01:35
Receive, second.
01:38
Squad 1 to service.
01:39
Receive, Squad 1.
01:46
Pager 7 dispatch,
01:49
on dispatch?
01:50
Dispatch, on.
01:53
Just enough to add you know, we're back in service.
01:56
Agent 71 is still located in Bedford.
02:00
10.
02:07
Squatty dispatch.
02:10
Dispatch on.
02:13
Confirmed accidental activation, one-service.
02:16
1022.
02:21
Prentry to fire dispatch on.
02:23
The aerial units are filing operating near Carrington Drive.
02:26
Squad 8, clear, last unit, 1022.
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Location mentioned:
Carrington Dr, Greenwich, CT 06831
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