False fire alarm caused by wiring work at campus building, Ithaca NY


A fire alarm went off at a campus building near Phillips Corridor by room 423. Upon checking, no smoke or fire was found. The alarm was triggered by contractors working on the wiring of the fire alarm panel.
Audio|Source: Tompkins County Fire/EMS
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Transcript:
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343 Campus Road. It's going to be for a fire alarm showing me corridor.
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It's 911[1], 902, 932,
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343, campus room for a fire alarm showing the corridor.
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831.
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2419-9-6-3 aftonite.
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963 is on for Cornell.
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They'll show Phillips Corridor 400 CA by room 423. We're heading up to investigate.
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All right, 6.3.
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Walk the fourth floor, no activated at this time.
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No smoke, no fire.
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Those such a cause is going to be due to contractors doing some wiring up here with the fire alarm panel.
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If you're good with it, we'll do a silence or reset and we'll do some education.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
911: Emergency telephone number
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Location mentioned:
Near Campus Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850
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