False fire alarm caused by burnt food in apartment, Ithaca NY
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, a fire alarm activated in an apartment at Titus Towers due to burnt food cooking on the eighth floor. The alarm was reset after the situation was checked and cleared.
Audio|Heard on: Tompkins County Fire/EMS
Listen to dispatch call
02:57
Transcript:
00:00
They got engine 1, truck 2,
00:03
942, near South Plain Street unit number 812 at Titus Towers for a fire alarm activation.
00:10
Again, that's for engine 1, truck 2,
00:14
942, near South Plain Street, unit number 812 at Titus Towers 1.
00:19
You have an apartment smoke detector activation.
00:22
Time now is 1527.
00:27
McClain to Grand Ambulance OPT, OPT.
00:40
The easiest access will be off of McLean Coral.
00:50
McLean, Command, could you repeat, you're a little muffled.
00:58
When you arrive, come on the Quarklands-Bekling Road side.
01:07
Copy that, we're still about four-out roads are a little slick.
01:12
551.
01:18
C's 1531. 942-963.
01:24
942. 942.
01:28
942.
01:31
Two things.
01:32
One, driver's side, roll-up door is open, check for equipment.
01:37
How about the rider of 942, team up with Engine 1 for the investigation?
01:43
Copy that.
01:46
Copy that.
01:55
Channel shows, one alarm, 8th floor, apartment 812.
02:01
Copy truck, one alarm, apartment 812.
02:03
Copy truck, one alarm, apartment 812.
02:10
Copy truck, 360, all clear.
02:17
12, 760, around 852, on 852.
02:20
All right.
02:26
Feel free to go for a silence if you haven't done so already.
02:36
Copy ones, you got an odor of burnt food on the eighth floor.
02:45
We're in Apartment 812.
02:47
It was cooking.
02:48
Should be clear enough for a reset.
02:51
Copy Engine 1.
02:52
Confirm, activated device, 812.
02:55
Causes cooking panel.
02:56
Give it a shot.
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Location mentioned:
S Plain St, Ithaca, NY 14850
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