False alarm at business near north causeway road, Pawleys Island SC
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Fire & ArsonA business near North Causeway Road in Georgetown County had an active fire alarm. Officers and fire units responded but found no smoke, fire, or signs of forced entry. The alarm was determined to be a false alarm.
Audio|Heard on: Georgetown County Public Saftey
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02:43
Transcript:
00:00
Hey, come 25 on the North Causeway, I hear a business alarm going off.
00:08
Ten four, I'm en route, pressing the hotspot.
00:15
That's where before?
00:19
Possibly. This is out of the Walgreens.
00:26
That's 4-1.
00:27
Are you getting any copies of alarms or anything in that area?
00:37
Can you see if midway fire called in anything about an alarm going off right there? I know they were just out there a little bit ago and they're on top of the roofs.
00:51
Copy the firemen are on the roof?
00:56
Yes, they were earlier.
01:02
Right.
01:03
They were out on an alarm earlier at that location that was unfounded, to my knowledge.
01:09
Two and four.
01:12
Central S-44.
01:13
Do you show me out at Pollython supplies? There's an active alarm going off.
01:17
They won't.
01:19
Say I try 247.
01:20
I'm Kenny. We're wondering.
01:24
Deer 1050 Ori,
01:29
Tournament Boulevard at McDowell, Shortcut, Toys or Camry.
01:35
One, D5-10-17.
01:39
T-5-2-10-14.
01:40
T-5-2-24.
01:43
San Charles 44.
01:51
Hey,
01:54
if you can, can you just advise fire department that it is an active fire alarm?
02:04
When the alarm company called it into us, they responded, they did a 360, checked everything, could not get in contact with a key holder and everything was sent for.
02:12
Do you want me to send them back out?
02:18
4-1, do you copy that?
02:23
Do you see any sounds of smoke or anything or any force entry in the building?
02:29
Nothing like that, just the alarm's going off.
02:37
As long as you'll see no smoke or no doors or windows busting open, you can clear it.
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Location mentioned:
N Causeway Rd, South Carolina 29585
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