Commercial fire alarm triggered without fire at local building, Wapato WA
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Fire & ArsonA commercial building near West Second Street had a fire alarm caused by battery changes. There was no fire. The alarm company did not set the system to test mode, causing the alarm to activate.
Audio|Heard on: Yakima City / County Police, Fire and EMS, Washington State Patrol
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00:32
Transcript:
00:00
Automatic commercial fire alarm near West Second Street.
00:05
Automatic commercial fire alarm near West Second Street.
00:09
Basement manual pull station alarm.
00:15
Valley Fire responding.
00:19
Valley Fire.
00:23
No contact response; they are changing the batteries on the alarm.
00:28
The alarm company failed to set the system to test mode while changing batteries.
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Location mentioned:
W 2nd St, Wapato, WA 98951
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