False fire alarm triggered near Central Ave escalator, Albany NY


A fire alarm activated near the second floor escalator at a building near Central Avenue. Firefighters responded but found no signs of fire or danger. The alarm was reset, and the property manager was advised to contact the alarm company for further assistance.
Audio|Source: Albany County Volunteer Fire Departments
02:47
Transcript:
00:00
Two portable for and two officer.
00:02
Oh,
00:05
the issue is for the second floor escalator, duct,
00:11
relay alarm.
00:13
Okay.
00:19
You want to go for the reset or do you want to keep investigating?
00:27
Well, all the escalators check negative at this time, so we will leave that up the commands.
00:39
That's all our command of commander.
00:40
There's to be an alarm issue.
00:49
We're going to make this signal 15, we'll hold 412.
00:52
Well, we'll wait out if we can we set it or not.
01:00
Signal 15[1], fire alarm, near Central Ave, holding an end of 412 only at 1843.
01:08
And a portable 412.
01:14
Jagged, man.
01:18
I'm assuming there's no issue in the area of the escalator.
01:24
Negative.
01:25
All the heads are not activated at this time.
01:31
Okay. Do you have somebody from management with you that they can reach out to whoever monitors the alarm? Because the duct detector we're not going to be able to do anything with.
01:39
And if it doesn't hold the reset, we're not coming back.
01:43
Yeah, I'll have him reach out to them.
01:46
Okay. If he's going to reach out to the alarm company, you can make an attempt at a reset.
01:54
Receive.
02:00
424 officer says in progress I got the AP manager here and four and four and four portable four one two the AP manager is capable of putting the alarm and tests just advise them what they need to do but let them get it rectified without us coming back
02:28
Okay.
02:34
Okay. Okay.
02:41
Alarm is reset and holding.
02:43
We are making our way out.
02:46
Okay, are they going to put it in tests?
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Signal 15: Units may return to service; situation resolved or no further action required.
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Location mentioned:
Near Central Ave, Albany, NY 12205
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