Fire alarm triggered by burnt food at residential building, Portage MI
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, fire alarm sounded at a residential building near Hummingbird Ct in Portage. Firefighters found no fire, and the alarm was caused by burnt food. The alarm was reset and no further action was needed.
Audio|Heard on: Kalamazoo County Fire and MSP District 5
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02:34
Transcript:
00:00
Three tones for Estima 5-2 in Portage, 1, 2, and 3.
00:03
It's possible structure fire near Hummingbird Ct.
00:09
Mallard is going to be a cross-reference apartment, B-Boy.
00:13
They said the fire alarm was going off because of cooking.
00:16
Alarm is still going off, not sure if there actually was a fire.
00:20
1514 time.
00:29
Dispatch, 12 of you want to be en route.
00:32
Is this just an alarm going off or do we have fire or smoke?
00:39
It's for the notes that said the alarm is going off because they burnt food.
00:45
Not sure if it's smoky or not, the caller was not very specific.
00:55
Clear on that dispatch.
00:57
We're going to run this as a fire alarm.
00:59
You can cancel Oshtemo.
01:01
You can mark 123 available, 122 and 121.
01:04
We'll run this.
01:05
Ten for Oshtemo.
01:07
You can code for Portage 123.
01:10
I will show you back in.
01:12
And we'll change it to a fire alarm.
01:17
Motionless clear on the traffic 5-2 is available.
01:22
15-16.
01:25
1241-0.
01:28
1241.
01:35
This batchment 12, you can show something two-story, multi-residential, nothing showing from two sides.
01:41
Front door is open.
01:43
A few people out front, we'll be out of investigating.
01:47
Two-story,
01:49
multi-family, nothing showing people out front.
01:50
Checking further.
01:57
Question 1212 no fire cooking incident gets smoke we'll be resetting the alarm here shortly will strike the alarm holding fire burnt food holding everybody else can strike off preference near Hummingbird Ct record 1518 strip.
02:31
You can go ahead and mark 12 one available.
02:34
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Location mentioned:
Hummingbird Ct, Portage, MI 49024
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