False fire alarm at residential address in West Hartford, West Hartford CT


Fire units responded to a fire alarm near Mountain View Drive in West Hartford. The alarm company received the alert but could not reach anyone by phone to confirm the issue. Firefighters found no evidence of a fire outside the two-story residence. After investigation, it was confirmed as a false alarm and units were cleared from the scene.
Audio|Source: West Hartford Police, Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
00:00
Letter for an engine, you're responding for the box alarm[1] near Mountain View Drive.
00:08
Coming in from the alarm company, who states they did receive an acknowledgement of the alarm, but we're unable to reach anybody by phone to confirm there's no issue there.
00:18
Ladder 4, engine 2 for the box alarm[1], near Mountain View Drive. Your timeout is 1851. You can operate on fire incident 2.
00:29
We just had an evading,
00:32
I'm sure if they went towards Bristol or towards the highway, just be aware it's a black pickup Chevy with a trailer on front and damage.
00:41
It's hopefully provided.
00:47
Roger, any injuries?
00:50
Negative. Negative.
00:53
Okay. Okay. Okay.
01:02
Our dispatch on Matter 4.
01:04
We're on scene.
01:05
Two-story residential.
01:06
Nothing evident from the exterior.
01:09
Ladder 4 will be commanding out investigating.
01:12
Receive, Ladder 4.
01:20
Radarhorn into two you can cancel,
01:22
fire, dispatch, confirmed false alarm.
01:24
We're cleared available.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
box alarm: Fire alarm activation/assignment (alarm sounding, no smoke or flames reported)
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Location mentioned:
Near Mountain View Dr, West Hartford, CT 06117
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