False fire alarm activated on fourth floor, Dorchester County MD


A fire alarm was triggered on the fourth floor of a building in Dorchester County. Fire crews responded and found no actual fire or smoke. The activated detector was investigated and the alarm system was reset. No evacuation was needed.
Audio|Source: Dorchester County Fire and EMS
02:45
Transcript:
00:00
Are you still showing a full station somewhere?
00:05
No, we're showing a detector activation.
00:10
Four-floor central zone.
00:12
The top.
00:17
Is that a four-stakes for command?
00:24
Go ahead.
00:27
Take contact with a residence of (number withheld).
00:31
They're in a wheelchair, unable to get into steps.
00:37
Okay, as long as you can't jump in place.
00:40
Right on the fourth floor, if you can scan the smoke detectors, see if you can find one of the central zones that may have an issue.
00:51
Okay.
00:56
which I see notified just you tell what they're not going to be needed.
01:04
Senator 460 command.
01:08
Okay.
01:13
I find a pool station activated on the fourth floor.
01:19
You have a detector that appears to have activated.
01:26
Maybe there's a pool station.
01:30
You have a pole station that's been activated on the forest floor?
01:35
That's correct.
01:39
Okay, I've found to pull up, so we can try to get that.
01:42
Right to time.
01:46
Okay, we're working on it now.
01:52
You need a flathead or you... Okay.
01:59
Which is command.
02:02
Okay.
02:09
So if you keep telling them as long as they can cancel, however,
02:12
in their protocols they cannot cancel their representative, he'll continue in.
02:18
Okay.
02:21
Command, pull station on the fourth floor has been three steps.
02:26
All right, I'm going to attempt the system reset.
02:34
Professor, we're able to obtain a reset. All units coming available is running.
02:42
Okay, command,
02:43
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Dorchester County, MD
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