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False fire alarm triggered by smoke detectorMontgomery County PA

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Longfield Ln, Whitemarsh Township, PA 19422

A fire alarm was activated near Longfield Lane in Whitemarsh due to a faulty smoke detector. The alarm company confirmed it was a false alarm and there was no fire.

Audio|Heard on: Chester and Montgomery Counties Fire/EMS
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01:13
Transcript:
00:00
And ladder 7, fire alarm, near Longfield Lane, box 3229.
00:05
29, ladder 7, a fire alarm, near Longfield Lane off of Argo's Drive, box 3229, Whitemarsh.
00:17
Strature 40.7.5 now.
00:21
47, okay.
00:23
4516 is on scene.
00:26
40, 45,
00:27
16, okay?
00:29
8486, okay?
00:32
8386 on scene.
00:35
All right, wait, six, okay.
00:41
General fire alarm for a beast in the smoke detector.
00:44
The alarm company was attempting to notify.
00:45
They just called back, requesting a cancel spoke with the president who advised everything's okay and the alarm's faulty.
00:57
Okay.
00:58
There are any priors of that under?
01:04
Then for a fire alarm from the base and smoke detector from December 8th of this year.
01:11
Okay, thank you.

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Location mentioned:
Longfield Ln, Whitemarsh Township, PA 19422

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