False alarm triggers medical response at airport, West Palm Beach FL
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency units responded to an apparent fire alarm at the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office on level one at Palm Beach International Airport. The alarm was later determined to be a medical alert device activation in short-term parking. No fire was reported.
Audio|Heard on: Palm Beach FL Fire-Tac Group Calls
Listen to dispatch call
02:34
Transcript:
00:00
Attention, officer.
00:01
We have a fire alarm in the PBSO office, Level 1.
00:05
Again, we have a fire alarm, PBSO office, Level 1.
00:11
Rescue 81 response.
00:14
Stand by.
00:17
Rescue 81 standby.
00:19
Escort 1 respond.
00:21
Rescue, go ahead and go en route.
00:24
Aircom, do you have maintenance responding?
00:27
Rescue 81 copy, en route.
00:31
All units please advise.
00:33
Let me try to make a phone call.
00:35
It's an ADT alarm.
00:40
Turns out it's possibly short-term parking.
00:45
I've got a name.
00:47
Let me try calling the number.
00:49
I'll call you right back shortly.
00:53
Rescue 81, copy.
00:57
Escort 1, you could just monitor.
01:01
I'm almost to the parking now.
01:05
Copy.
01:07
That's working AC1.
01:08
If you need assistance from outside units, just make them aware there's an officer on scene, they have to assume command.
01:12
Copy.
01:13
All units be advised that tried contacting that number, it went to a voicemail.
01:20
Again, per dispatch,
01:23
could possibly be someone in the short-term parking lot.
01:29
Is this a fire alarm in the short-term parking?
01:33
Dispatch is kind of hard to understand.
01:37
I believe it's now a pendant alarm or a walk that was activated, and it came in through ADT first as a fire alarm.
01:51
Rescue 81 copy.
01:54
Rescue sounds like it's a medical tag or alert or alarm.
01:59
We copy. I have all the information on the MDC computer.
02:08
Attention units, I have a pendant alarm in short-term parking checking to verify the location.
02:18
Again, we have a pendant alarm in short-term parking, checking to verify the location.
02:26
Rescue 81, copy.
02:30
Rescue 81, arrival in the area.
02:33
Rescue 81, copy 1109.
Disclaimer:
This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
Short Term Parking, 1000 James L Turnage Blvd, West Palm Beach, FL 33415
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