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False fire alarm at building near North 143rd Street, Seattle WA

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Fire & Arson

Reported: 12/6/2025 05:53 PM

N 143rd St, Seattle, WA 98133

Emergency responders responded to a fire alarm near North 143rd Street, Seattle. Upon investigation, no fire was found and the alarm was confirmed false. One ladder truck reported a mechanical failure at Linden Avenue North and North 137th Street and was out of service.

Audio|Heard on: Seattle Fire

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01:50

Transcript:

00:00

Engine 24, fire response, near North 143rd Street.

00:08

Venned 24? By 24, near North 1443 Street.

00:13

On medic fire alarm with ladder 5 indicates smoke detector on floor 5 near the laundry room.

00:22

Can we get other two?

00:26

Mr. Mc10, give each medic one doctor, Macomb.

00:30

One doc, Macomb, MacCon.

00:38

Engine 24 is at near North 143 Street.

00:42

Nothing visible investigating, establishing 143 command.

00:47

Engine 24, 143 command.

00:57

Dispatch from Latter-Pie.

01:01

Ladder 5.

01:09

He plays Ladder 5 out-of-service mechanical at the intersection of Linden Avenue North and North 137th Street.

01:18

They're going to need a fill for us on this AFA.

01:22

Okay, did you need a chief there?

01:26

Negative.

01:27

We're not involved in the collusion.

01:29

We just blew our main coolant lines.

01:32

Okay.

01:35

Engine 24, we have to fill for ladder 5.

01:37

Your truck's delayed.

01:41

That's 143 command.

01:44

That's a negative. We don't need a truck.

01:45

This is a false alarm.

01:47

We'll place ourselves as I can search.

01:49

Okay. Agent 24.

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N 143rd St, Seattle, WA 98133

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