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Fire alarm at Richmond apartment caused by detector malfunctionRichmond VA

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Everett St, Richmond, VA 23224

According to the dispatch call, fire units responded to a fire alarm at an apartment complex near Everett Street in Richmond. No smoke or fire was found. The cause was a malfunctioning detector that briefly reactivated the alarm.

Audio|Heard on: Richmond City Fire Dispatch
Listen to dispatch call
03:35
Transcript:
00:00
Copy Battalion 1-Sem route, 14-65.
00:09
Richmond, uh, engine 13 is on scene.
00:12
Nothing showing from the 8 sides.
00:14
I believe it's a movie story apartment complex.
00:18
I'll have the command of it.
00:24
2013,
00:26
a couple year on scene, near Everett Street,
00:29
nothing showing from the Alpha side.
00:32
Move storage apartment complex will be investigated with commands, 14% now.
00:38
Thank you, Regiment.
00:45
Richmond.
00:46
Richmond?
00:48
Command. Command.
00:49
Do you have any further information at this time there is no alarm counting?
00:58
It's going to be apartment 2016-2016.
01:03
All right,
01:08
command copies,
01:10
2016, apartment 2016.
01:11
Apartment, 2016.
01:14
That's apartment.
01:20
Command for his man.
01:27
Everett, command?
01:30
Yes, man. We've checked the alarm panel.
01:33
Alarm panel,
01:35
indicating system normal.
01:36
We're checking the apartment now, holding all companies.
01:43
Just been copy.
01:44
The alarm panel is selling normal.
01:47
Checking the apartment.
01:53
Good man from 17.
01:57
Go ahead.
02:03
We're with the Ackman right now in apartment 2016.
02:08
The alarm is not active at this point.
02:10
She said it went off and now it's gone back to normal.
02:15
All right, I'm just good.
02:18
Command's harassment.
02:23
Every sheet command.
02:27
This is going to be a detector malfunction.
02:31
17 and 13 can handle.
02:36
A copy is detected from malfunction.
02:40
Engine 17 and engine 13 to handle near Everett Street, all other companies for turns over.
02:52
5 to engine 13.
02:56
Go ahead.
03:01
You got an active alarm again.
03:05
Just in the apartment itself.
03:09
I receive.
03:15
Thanks, Richmond.
03:18
Everett Street command.
03:22
You may receive an alarm notification for this address.
03:27
It's the same thing, system malfunction.
03:32
Richmond copies an additional malfunction.

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Everett St, Richmond, VA 23224
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