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False fire alarm at commercial strip mallWest Des Moines IA

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West Des Moines, IA

Firefighters responded to a commercial strip mall for a fire alarm activation. Upon arriving, they found no smoke, fire, or need for evacuation. The alarm strobes were active in several businesses, with a pull station triggered at the rear exit of one suite. The alarm was reset with no fire found.

Audio|Source: Polk County, Dallas County, and Warren County Public Safety and ISP
03:5
Transcript:
00:00
Once comes.
00:01
Inch210s arrive, single story,
00:04
commercial strip mall, nothing showing no evacuation.
00:08
Inchid 210 will assume the University Command. We're going to go around for access to the Knox Box on the south side. We'll designate the university side as A and has 220 arrive on the A side.
00:29
37-1.
00:34
Go ahead.
00:36
1069 diversified. They advised 20 to 30 at most of the drivers already in Elzeola with the flatbed, so that'll be en route.
00:46
Next one.
00:50
Bench check-ins, this is going to be private.
00:55
Yeah, 10-4[1].
00:58
Six minutes.
01:04
Four, six-twenty-eight. The engine two-twenty is arrived, staging on the A-side, switching through TAC-P-Pive. Heavy.
01:20
Engine two-twenty has arrived on the A-side. It's like we got strobes and Jason's Dilley.
01:28
Yeah, copy, still going to access.
01:30
FAPE and 210 is going to access from the rear of the suite.
01:37
There's stroves at Office Depot, too.
01:40
Doesn't look like there's any guitar signor for some reason.
01:48
Onc 379, 1041.
01:53
Part of one at 629.
01:59
Don't wait, 65, 1041.
02:07
Go ahead for command.
02:11
Sounds like an excellent alarm right now, we don't see any smells the flames.
02:18
There's copy it's indicating pole station for the north,
02:24
rear exit of suite 90.
02:31
Alright, this is our pulsation.
02:33
We got a second air.
02:37
Uh,
02:39
you trail a lot, I think it's the end, but let me know if you need a key, I do have a pulsation key on here,
02:44
I think on this ring.
02:46
Reg, engine 220, you can go back in.
02:50
Got me. Got me.
02:55
220 is available.
02:58
631.
03:03
Postation's been reset.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment or confirmation that a message was received and understood.

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