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False commercial fire alarm at Shawnee CollegeStatesville NC

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Museum Rd, Statesville, NC 28625

According to the dispatch call, a commercial fire alarm activated at Shawnee College on Museum Road was investigated and found to be a false alarm caused by a power surge. Fire units checked the scene and cleared without incident.

Audio|Heard on: Iredell NC Fire-Tac Group Calls
Listen to dispatch call
02:14
Transcript:
00:00
Use for out-commercial fire alarm activation.
00:02
Shawnee College Sakes Museum Road.
00:06
Envise fire alarm, NPR area, east of pole station.
00:11
Western Avenue Baptist Church, east of pole station.
00:14
Fire ground one.
00:17
Let me go on states for Chief One.
00:20
State's Chief One.
00:22
On the scene, nothing showing from two sides doing a 360 drive around at this time.
00:28
No evacuation in progress.
00:33
Copy on the scene, I'll restating.
00:34
I'm showing from the side.
00:37
Do you on that 360 drive around?
00:40
On the car, G.
00:42
Copy that.
00:44
I'm gonna go over to the preschool entrance.
00:46
Okay, I want to come around back here to office entrance.
00:48
I don't know.
00:49
Sometimes you get some at some places and not the other.
00:53
Go ahead.
00:54
No.
00:55
I want to see.
00:56
They're saying it's saying pull station 117 in the multi-purpose room.
01:00
Let's check that, but they said the fire flashed on and off at both locations.
01:04
That's probably going to be the issue.
01:07
We're trying to get in now.
01:09
Something's all right.
01:11
Well, I want to see, it's around back by the dumpster.
01:14
We can have somebody meet you there to let you in at that door.
01:22
Use all thing, Museum Road, fire alarm, special information, alarm company called in, devised keyholder call the code for a false alarm.
01:33
Copy.
01:36
Fine, latter one.
01:38
Copy.
01:40
Hey Beth, y'all want to pull around to the rear of the church, that's where we're staged at right now, just checking this room.
01:47
Lighter one, Chris.
01:50
Chief, they've already reset it.
01:51
Two is clear?
01:55
Copy.
01:56
Two you can clear.
01:58
Ecom, you can see everything under control here.
02:00
They had a power surge.
02:01
We believe that's going to be the issue.
02:02
They've already reset it now, so...
02:07
You can show all states of fire units is a summit complete.
02:11
To say you're going to clear.
02:13
All states are units up, be clear.

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Museum Rd, Statesville, NC 28625

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