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False fire alarm reported at Canadian Way and Columbia DrivePinellas County FL

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Pinellas County, FL

A fire emergency was reported near Canadian Way and Columbia Drive. Multiple fire and rescue units responded. Responders searched for a male individual mentioned in several calls but found no active fire or emergency. The situation was determined to be a false alarm or a call made with good intent.

Audio|Source: Pinellas County Fire and EMS
05:15
Transcript:
00:00
Fire attack golf, Engine 48, respond for a six-person, Canadian Way, Columbia Drive.
00:05
Grid 254C, Engine 48, Fire Attack[2], Call.
00:13
Rescue 60 on fire attack call. Rescue 60 on fire kilo.
00:14
Rescue 60 on fire kilo.
00:19
Okay,
00:21
are you, can we have Toland out of station 6-1, we're covering port engine 6-1?
00:29
Understood, has the trade been set up yet or not yet?
00:38
Do you, well with that again?
00:43
Has the coverage been set up yet or is that what you're needing to do?
00:48
That's what we're needing to do.
00:51
Understead, standby.
00:52
Dispatching on one and then I'll do it.
00:58
One winner circle, grid 165, correction, 156B, and a 65 fire tackle.
01:04
All.
01:12
438, standby, dispatching on primary.
01:20
12660, 134th Avenue North, grid 401D, engine 43 fire attack, Rob.
01:32
That's correct.
01:33
Red 260 covering for engine 6.1.
01:37
Understood, greeting it now.
01:44
Blvard, grid 362A, engine 40s fire tech wall.
01:52
Start unit on Kilo[1], go ahead.
01:59
TRITECROW, METICT PROVA, METIC3, respond for fall, 3001, 19th Avenue South, Grid 679A, MEDA3, PyrotechTACP.
02:11
With your traffic.
02:17
For Chestpane, Salvation Army, 1404th Street, South, Grid 671D, Rescue 5 Fire Attack[2] Vault.
02:27
This is at Jr.
02:28
44, 20 minute timer.
02:39
I'm sorry, it's 4272.
02:44
This is I trust you 5 respond.
02:46
This regard.
02:48
I agree.
02:55
TUMADC-3.
02:58
Show is responding downrated.
03:01
Undermatic 3, downgraded. Under 7Matic 3, downgrad.
03:07
5-470 at patient.
03:12
Under the Sunstar 470 with patient.
03:15
Engine 43, that's your Sunstar.
03:19
Engine 43, 470.
03:21
You can dab rate it this time.
03:24
43, copy downgrade.
03:30
Rescue 48, dispatch.
03:33
Rescue 48.
03:35
We're still in line with the call taker.
03:41
The last transmission you were broken up.
03:45
Can we keep our sensor on the call, please?
03:49
Only said we'll abide to keep sensor on the call.
03:56
You're not here.
04:00
I understand 16 with patients one starts 249.
04:07
The rest of you want to face.
04:10
Actually,
04:13
the rest of you one with patients.
04:14
One start is 363.
04:16
Just after a C40, I'm confirming the call taker standby.
04:24
Engine 167 is squad 65.
04:29
Squad 55. Squad 55, go ahead.
04:34
Squad based on the note, you guys can be available.
04:38
Copy that, thank you.
04:44
Just that's Rescue 48.
04:45
The call here is no longer landline.
04:48
The patient was walking north on Canadian way.
04:50
I'm not sure where they were last seen at.
04:56
Rescue 48, Kathy.
04:57
We were on scene with PCS though.
04:59
They said this is the fourth call in the last few days about this mail, but they have not found anything.
05:05
We have not found anything either.
05:08
We'd go ahead and call this by a good intent.
05:13
Arsidavit 48, good intent.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Kilo: Phonetic alphabet code word for the letter K.
[2]
Fire Attack: Active fire suppression operations or tactical communications related to fire incidents.

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