False fire alarm at commercial property on Fox Ridge Drive, Kalamazoo MI
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Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to a commercial building near Fox Ridge Drive for a fire alarm. Multiple reports indicated an audible alarm without visible smoke or fire. Upon checking the two-story building, no fire signs were found, and the alarm was deemed false.
Audio|Heard on: Kalamazoo County Fire and MSP District 5
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02:38
Transcript:
00:00
Towns through engine 5 engine 3, chalk 4 for a commercial fire alarm[1] near Boxridge Drive, across the LMO Avenue.
00:09
See, whole building for an audible alarm with no visible smoke or flames per two callers.
00:15
Especially clear at 719.
00:21
Okay.
00:23
Yeah, 17, 1719.
00:30
24. Okay.
00:34
10720.
00:39
1451 in route.
00:42
1451 is in route.
00:43
1451 is in route.
00:49
In your class city, if you won't show me a route already, you can show me a route, Patrick?
00:54
I got you going.
00:55
Zero City.
00:57
Go ahead.
00:59
26 fire alarm, two-story multi-unit residential structure.
01:03
There's nothing shown.
01:04
There is some audible tones inside.
01:06
There's a hydrant rate at the,
01:08
just by the entrance going into the back side of the parking lot there.
01:11
No evacuation at the time.
01:18
Commercial structure, no evacuations with audibles.
01:25
Could you try maintenance to have them come recesses? I'll be going inside to check further.
01:31
Hello there.
01:37
We're going to see.
01:39
We're going to flip around here so we're going to flip around here so we can face.
02:00
Go ahead. I just walked both floors.
02:06
There's no sign of fire you can strike and return.
02:12
I just strike off for Foxridge.
02:14
I've got maintenance on the way.
02:16
They have no ETA.
02:20
I'm going to think.
02:25
Fort City, you can show us clear back in? Will do.
02:34
End of five.
02:35
City is from Bexer.
02:37
We'll do. 728.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
commercial fire alarm: Automatic fire alarm activation in a commercial building
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Location mentioned:
Fox Ridge Dr, Kalamazoo, MI 49006
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