Fire alarm at walmart in sanford farm shopping center, Amsterdam NY

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/12/2025 05:56 AM

Near Sanford farms shopping Center, Amsterdam, NY 12010

Fire departments responded to a fire alarm at Walmart in the Sanford Farm Shopping Center, Amsterdam. After investigation, they found it was likely a short circuit, not an actual fire.

Audio|Source: Hagaman Fire/EMS

02:33

Transcript:

00:00

Dispatch, Cranesville, Fort Johnson.

00:01

Second activation, standby at your station for a fire alarm activation.

00:06

101, Sanford Farm Shopping Center, Walmart, town of Amsterdam, pull station from the Auto Bay.

00:12

Dispatch repeating.

00:13

Second activation for Cranesville, Fort Johnson.

00:16

Standby at station.

00:18

Fire alarm activation, 101, Sanford Shopping Center, Walmart, Town of Amsterdam.

00:23

Full station from Auto Bay.

00:24

Spescented by 856.

00:31

Give him a chief for this fetch.

00:34

Hey given two.

00:36

Tell me arising.

00:40

Chief Onsenie, 58.

00:43

Cranesville is a dispatch.

00:48

Cranesville is a dispatch.

00:51

Dispatch.

00:54

Cranesville's acknowledging.

00:57

Cranesville acknowledged 8.5-9.

01:08

Dispatch Fort Johnson, third and final activation, standby your station, fire alarm off.

01:13

101, Sanford Shopping Center, Walmart, Town of Amsterdam, full station from the Auto Bay.

01:19

Spats repeating.

01:21

Fort Johnson, third final activation, standby air station, fire alarm off, 101, Sanford Farm Shopping Center, Walmart, Town of Amsterdam, full station from the Auto Bay.

01:28

Sped us, by 903.

01:40

Agamon Engine 5 is in dispatch.

01:42

We're in route.

01:45

Tegamination 5 in route, 903.

01:49

Engine 5 to achieve the command.

01:56

All right, affirmative will be out by your trouble.

02:08

Pegamon, engine 5 to dispatch, we're unseen.

02:12

On scene, 9-107.

02:20

Pegam in chief to dispatch.

02:23

Pegam in chief.

02:26

You could release my mutilative of my things.

02:29

I'm still investigating.

02:30

They think it might have been a short or something in the system.

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Near Sanford farms shopping Center, Amsterdam, NY 12010

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