False residential fire alarm caused by cooking bacon, Vancouver WA
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Fire & ArsonA fire alarm at a residence near Northwest 27th Avenue was triggered by cooking bacon, resulting in a false alarm. The person at the location did not know how to turn off the alarm.
Audio|Heard on: Clark County Public Safety - CRESA Digital
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Transcript:
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Engine 62.
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Residential fire alarm near Northwest 27th Avenue.
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Priority 5[1], engine.
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62, residential fire alarm.
00:25
6107, hold up there at the hospital, I'm going to change that post.
00:29
Medic 1602, pre-alert 16506 out east 29th Street.
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One fire, Tom?
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Engine 62, go ahead.
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I got to hold with somebody at the location.
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She said, there's no fire.
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She was cooking bacon, which caused the alarm to go off.
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But she's their house sitting and does not know how to turn off the alarm or any codes.
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Copy that. We'll continue.
Police codes explained
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Priority 5: Low-priority, non-emergency response, often involving public assistance and no lights or sirens.
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Location mentioned:
NW 27th Ave, Vancouver, WA 98685
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