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False fire alarm triggered at North 18th Street building, Philadelphia PA

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Near N 18th St, Philadelphia, PA 19121

A fire alarm was triggered at a building near North 18th Street. Emergency responders investigated but found no fire or emergency. The alarm was determined to be false.

Audio|Source: Philadelphia Fire - South Fire/South Medics
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Transcript:
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The Alarm[1] near North 18th Street, the alarm, 27,
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18th, the alarm, tire.
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(name withheld) 43B. I think 43B Proceit.
00:21
Can we get a callback from the caller? Because we're not able to get into here. There's like a code to get the key.
00:35
In just 247.
00:38
Looks like a caller was not from in the city.
00:44
We have no callback number.
00:46
Mention 27.
00:49
It was like three, okay.
00:52
This one near 18th Street.
00:56
And that's affirmative.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Alarm: General alarm call

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Near N 18th St, Philadelphia, PA 19121

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