Fire alarm at Charlotte Apartments determined test

Heard on: King County WA Fire-Tac

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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Engine 164 is at scene of a seven-story apartment.

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Building is not evacuated.

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Does not look like bells and strobes are activated.

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Engine 164, establish you (number withheld) command, investigating.

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Engine 164 is (number withheld) command.

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Battalion 161 on scene, assuming (number withheld) command.

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Engine 164, heavy rescue.

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Ladder 100 and sixty-one, this is.

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Copy, battalion 100 and sixty-one, assuming command.

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Dispatch (number withheld) command.

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Go ahead.

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We can cancel all units, they're testing the system.

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Copy, cancel all units to (number withheld) Charlotte Apartments.

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And terminate (number withheld) command, show all units available.

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Copy, command terminated, 1530.

2026-10-21 22:06 UTC

Fire

Charlotte Ave SE, Auburn, WA

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, crews investigated a fire alarm at a seven-story apartment building near Charlotte Avenue Southeast in Auburn. Responders reported the building was not evacuated and no alarm strobes or bells appeared active; the call was later canceled after it was determined the system was being tested.