False fire alarm at house under construction, Norfolk VA

Fire & Arson

Reported: 10/6/2025 06:22 AM

Near Poplar Hall Dr, Norfolk, VA 23502

A fire alarm was triggered at a house under construction near Poplar Hall Drive in Norfolk. Fire units responded but found no fire or medical emergency. The call was cleared after confirming it was a private alarm with no incident.

Audio|Source: Norfolk City Fire and EMS Dispatch

01:57

Transcript:

00:00

Fire alarm 547, Poplar Hall Drive.

00:08

Medical 11's en route.

00:10

Medical 11 in Norfolk, can you assign an engine company this, please?

00:16

Medical 11, also be advised Medi-16's trying to raise you.

00:20

Medical 11, Medi-16.

00:25

Fire at 13, 14.

00:28

Engine 10, ladder 10,

00:32

respond on a fire alarm, near Poplar Hall Drive.

00:37

Engine 10, ladder 10, fire alarm, near Poplar Hall Drive, on Tech 3 at (number withheld).

00:45

Page 14 to medic 11.

00:48

Do you want to swap calls? We will be passing each other to go to our respective calls.

00:54

Yeah, that's fine.

00:55

I'm going to Buffalo Avenue.

00:57

What call are you going to?

01:01

You will be going to the military highway,

01:05

Walmart.

01:07

Excuse me, you'll be going to the Tidewater Walmart.

01:11

All right, we'll go ahead and pick up the Tidewater Walmart or you pick up the Buffalo Avenue and just be advised.

01:16

I suggest you add an engine company based on comments.

01:20

Hey, just turning around.

01:22

Angel 4 in office, 103.

01:25

916, Norfolk, could you please send me Medic 11th Hall?

01:30

I copy.

01:31

Agent 4 to the company responded to the off the hall.

01:35

Engine 4 and copy.

01:37

All right, Medica 11 is en route to Tidewater Drive.

01:40

It's a full.

01:43

Hey, 16, Norfolk.

01:44

Could you please that engine of this fall?

01:47

I'm doing it now, sir.

01:48

Give me one second.

01:49

Hey, come on, we're about to pull on Poplar.

01:51

We got it.

01:53

We got it. We're about to pull up on there now.

01:55

We just cleared.

01:56

You can go back to one.

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