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False fire alarm at commercial building near Cortez StreetNew Orleans LA

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N Cortez St, New Orleans, LA 70119

According to the dispatch call, fire units responded to a multi-story commercial building near North Cortez Street after a fire alarm was accidentally triggered. There was no fire, and the alarm was reset. All units were cleared from the scene.

Audio|Heard on: Metro New Orleans Area Fire Departments
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03:34
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 35, Engine 18, Ladder 9, Car 505, Squad 7, Rescue 7.
00:07
Fire alarms business.
00:09
Near North Cortez Street.
00:12
Cross street of, near Toulouse Street, and Lafitte Greenway.
00:17
Zone 5044.
00:19
Engine 35, Engine 18, Ladder 9, Car 505, Squad 7, Rescue 7.
00:26
Two zero rates can do the first engine in 27 a row.
00:30
How fast.
00:32
Just for information, alarm call back to cancel advice, pulse alarm.
00:37
Have all units continued to someone arrives.
00:41
Copy.
00:42
Business.
00:43
Near North Cortez Street.
00:45
Cross street of near Toulouse Street, and Lafitte Greenway.
00:51
The problem engine 2.307 roads.
00:54
35, 10th. Heavy's his right, mouth.
00:58
119, 104. 104, 194, 119.
01:02
8, ground 5 times 12, 28.
01:05
My alarm 648, tall machine.
01:07
Out of Saskatchez.
01:09
5, 104.
01:11
104. 104.5.
01:12
104.5.
01:14
Topping, 164.
01:15
Don't see you on a vestige.
01:16
104. 104 engine 18.
01:19
D7,000. 104 RISB7.
01:21
7.
01:24
Another six one seven from file long.
01:28
5754. 74-4-127.
01:31
6-83-5-1. 680.
01:34
680 the file-long.
01:37
6-8-3.
01:39
680.
01:41
You can hold 617.
01:43
Yeah.
01:45
Copy.
01:46
617 in quarters if he hasn't gone and bail-off into the room.
01:50
Copy.
01:51
Hold 617.
01:55
187s on scene, multi-story commercial building, nothing showing, not investigating.
02:01
640-0-0-11.
02:03
Copy 640-0 on scene.
02:04
Copy 187 on scene.
02:07
Multi-story commercial, nothing showing, investigating.
02:09
683 on scene.
02:12
Copy 683 on scene. Copy 683 on scene.
02:15
File on major 148 in quarters.
02:18
Happy 148. Happy 148.
02:21
288.
02:23
27.
02:25
Cancel a common unit in the building.
02:28
Cavy, canceling company workers in the building.
02:31
File, engine 208, available, return, dispatch.
02:34
Copy 208 returning.
02:36
5-8, clear, returning.
02:38
Copy 158 returning. Copy 158 returning.
02:40
Final 1648.
02:41
648.
02:42
Enter 640.
02:45
Call set off the alarm.
02:49
We go reset and the alarm as we speak.
02:53
File 1-4-0 is available.
02:56
Happy 1-40-0 available.
02:58
Carvians with a 3-4-8.
03:00
Drop it up, the alarm.
03:03
20-7, we're returning.
03:06
Happy one-day returning.
03:08
35 on the scene, 35 of all incoming companies, 35 to handle, 35 for communication.
03:15
Let's move this roll of underground 9.
03:18
All right, 1-654 is going to be clear, the call.
03:20
Copy 654, clear.
03:22
Rescue 7, the service.
03:26
Tempo, rescue, 7, 104-505.
03:29
104-505. 35 to communications without an alarm accidentally set off at this location.

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Location mentioned:
N Cortez St, New Orleans, LA 70119

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