Fire alarm at residential building found false, West Des Moines IA
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Fire & ArsonFire department responded to a fire alarm at a two-story residential building near 64th Street and confirmed the alarm was false after investigation.
Audio|Heard on: Westcom Fire and EMS Dispatch
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01:6
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 5.50.
00:02
Fire alarm, near 64th Street.
00:05
Engine 550, fire alarm, near 64th Street.
00:10
Cross streets are University Avenue and Carpenter Avenue.
00:15
On arrival, use TAC 5[1].
00:17
Timeout, 1259.
00:23
Responding to near 54th Street on the fire alarm.
00:27
First-to-respond for all-way zone to retain smoke detector alarm.
00:38
Count 550's a rack on scene.
00:40
A two-story residential, nothing charred in the exterior.
00:43
Five-fuscute about to investigate.
00:45
On scene, two-story residential, nothing trying from the exterior, investigated at 3-013.
00:56
Count 550.50, back in service on a false alarm.
01:02
Back in service on a false alarm at 1304.4.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
TAC 5: Designated tactical radio channel 5 used for specialized police or emergency communications.
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Location mentioned:
64th St, West Des Moines, IA 50266
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