False fire alarm at Wesley Educational Building, Summerville SC


A fire alarm sounded at Wesley Educational Building near West 5th South Street. Fire crews investigated the audible alarm but did not find any fire. The alarm was determined to be false.
Audio|Source: Dorchester County Fire/EMS with Summerville
05:34
Transcript:
00:00
Tom, (number withheld).
00:04
H.U.
00:05
(number withheld).
00:06
In the area says, location.
00:12
Point, Ty, (number withheld).
00:13
I'm confused here. So the address we pulled up first, that's near West 5th South Street, you went to, correct?
00:20
That's correct.
00:21
The alarm is going off at another location. That's true.
00:25
See, I believe it's near West 5th South Street.
00:28
His pulling up is down there by the tennis court.
00:36
Command is 01. Can we confirm it's near West 5th South Street? They're showing that's the old tennis court building has been torn down.
00:47
That's what it shows on the CAD, and on her mailbox, right there on the bottom of it, it looks like a number.
00:53
I can't tell that to one or seven on the end of her address, on the mailbox.
00:59
Control CP-1.
01:00
C-P-1.
01:02
Okay.
01:04
Copy.
01:06
What are seen available or refusal?
01:09
1226.
01:11
Make face-to-face with that resident and confirm what her address is.
01:17
Robert.
01:19
Ladder Thro 2, if you just staged it near West 5th Street and Main.
01:24
P.P.1.
01:28
Light of 3, 2, copies.
01:32
8327, Belling Rathcourt, North Charleston, please.
01:36
Copy, 1226.
01:49
Ladder 3-2.
01:52
Meetup with Winning, he's going to show you where your here is an audible when going off. It may be this educational building or behind this educational building.
02:00
We copy. We can get on so little.
02:03
We can get on so little.
02:07
Certainly at least (number withheld).
02:11
10201.
02:15
2.05, it's going to be Wesley Educational Building.
02:21
Robbie?
02:26
Some of a battalion (number withheld).
02:29
Battalion (number withheld).
02:30
A couple things. I need you to move engine (number withheld) off this card. They should be out of service for class if you would give me another engine, respond to this, preferably probably at Engine (number withheld).
02:42
Could you reach back out to the alarm company as well and try to see we can't narrow down the merits? We're walking around. The guys think they hear an audible alarm, but we're trying to figure it out.
02:53
I copy.
02:55
Engine (number withheld), stay by for a fire alarm.
02:58
No, it's doing, Bobo.
03:00
Do you work, go make face it. Okay. Okay.
03:10
(number withheld), respond near West 5th South Street for a fire alarm.
03:14
Engine (number withheld), respond near West 5th South Street, for a fire alarm. Summer vote, time at 12.30.
03:24
Summer 115.
03:28
2411. I mean you have to read the structure.
03:32
Okay, that's there, please.
03:34
1230.
03:36
Single under 30.
03:37
Engine (number withheld). Engine (number withheld).
03:46
There's nothing showing on, Caddy. Can you tell me about address again, and is this a canceled file on?
03:56
Negative.
03:58
Engine (number withheld) on scene.
04:01
You're en route to that location.
04:03
Engine (number withheld) was busy at a class.
04:05
That was dispatched.
04:07
Copy. That's for West 5th?
04:10
Affirmative.
04:15
Summerall, just command.
04:18
Command.
04:22
All right, so crew on scene has confirmed it is Wesley Educational Building. The correct numerics will be 131.
04:35
They do have an audible wall, they walk around, and then in front of the exterior, and we can see we've got a key holder for this.
04:42
Oh, there you do.
04:49
(number withheld), Somerville.
04:51
Right.
04:56
I actually do not have a contact for the alarm company. I will look for one. However, it was just a person that passed by that heard the audible alarm that called it in.
05:07
Copy that. They're going to try and look at it on their first-do software and say we have something in the pre-plan.
05:13
If not, they've done a thorough walk around and we don't see anything.
05:21
Well, we're going to chalk this up as a false call.
05:25
Please have been a walkthrough. We don't have any contact information.
05:31
Everything's important to see. Command 2nd, May, we're clear returning.
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Location mentioned:
Wesley Dr, Summerville, SC 29485
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