Smoke detector thrown in tree triggers false fire alarm, Winchester IN


A smoke detector was thrown into a tree near West Pearl St in Winchester, causing a fire alarm to sound. Emergency responders found no actual fire and confirmed it was a false alarm triggered by the device in the tree. Fire response was slowed as there was no emergency.
Audio|Source: Randolph County Sheriff Dispatch
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Transcript:
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Indian City Fire, signal light the area, near West Pearl, near West Pearl, and they can hear an automated alarm going off. They've not gotten anything from the alarm company, this is a passerby.
00:16
Close the parking problem on 200 blocks off, man.
00:19
Close it out.
00:21
Your Clay.
00:29
729.
00:34
729.
00:35
Can you get me the exact? I'm 23 at that fireline. Can you get me the exact house? They weren't sure which one it is.
00:44
Like a better drug fire department.
00:47
20 is going to be pretty accurate. Give me one second on the pro chain.
01:00
29, there's a fire alarm in the tree.
01:04
That's keeping.
01:10
Somebody possibly threw it out?
01:17
Fire alarm, stop. If you want to let know they can slow down their response, it doesn't look like I have an active structure fire here, but I could hear them in the day, thank you.
01:28
Hey, you're clear.
01:32
Go ahead.
01:34
You can slow your response to continue. We have law enforcement on scene advising that it was a smoke detector that was thrown up into a tree.
01:42
You can continue.
01:49
You are clear.
01:57
9871-0.
01:59
9871. If you're not clear, you can slow but continue.
02:03
You've law enforcement on feed advising. It was a smoke detector that was thrown up into a tree. There's no active structure fire this time.
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Location mentioned:
Near W Pearl St, Winchester, IN 47394
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