Carbon monoxide alarm activation at Stokesdale home, Stokesdale NC
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Fire & ArsonFire and rescue units responded to a carbon monoxide alarm at a home near Topside Court in Stokesdale. The homeowner reported no smoke and refused to evacuate despite the alarm company's advice.
Audio|Heard on: Rockingham County Public Safety
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01:45
Transcript:
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Station 150, Station 50, Guilford Station 12, stand by, Topside Court, field.
00:18
Station 150, Station 50, Guilford, Station 12, you're responding to near Topside Court,
00:26
off Windward Drive, reference to a carbon monoxide alarm, utilize TAC11, TAC11, TAC11. CECOM's clear at 1820.
00:33
Chief 150, SICOM, you can chat me en route, you can cancel me until later, no, so you have an alarm.
00:40
Chief 150, copy.
00:44
Station 50, copy direct, tenet.
00:47
Copy.
00:49
Yeah, McQuil, copy direct.
00:50
Okay.
00:51
Copy.
00:56
One fifty-one for Ralph.
00:59
Do one fifty-one, copy.
01:02
One fifty-one, copy.
01:05
One-51's on eleven with two.
01:11
Section 150, you responding, near Topside Court, off Windward Drive, running to the carbon monoxide alarm.
01:18
It's going to be Zone 29 downstairs to the (name withheld) residence.
01:24
The alarm company did speak to the homeowner who stated that it was not a smoke alarm, there was no smoke in the house.
01:32
The alarm company tried to advise that it was a carbon monoxide alarm and they needed to evacuate.
01:37
Alarm company advised that the homeowner did not appear to understand the difference between a smoke alarm and carbon monoxide alarm.
01:43
Homeowner will not be evacuating.
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Location mentioned:
Topside Ct, Stokesdale, NC 27357
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