Fire alarm activated with cigarette smoke odor in panel room, Charleston SC


Fire units responded to a repeated fire alarm at building 400, Zone 1. No audible alarm was sounding and no fire was found. There was a smell of cigarette smoke in the panel room. The alarm was silenced but could not be reset. Representatives from the alarm company are being contacted for assistance.
Audio|Source: Charleston County Fire and EMS
01:41
Transcript:
00:00
King Street Command. Go ahead, Kings Creek, Command.
00:02
Walsity detector, same issue we had when we came last night.
00:05
There's no audible alarm going off.
00:07
We're going to try and see if we can get in contact with the alarm company so we can send a representative out.
00:11
The command will be terminated.
00:12
Dispatch copies. 12-11.
00:13
Command, Josh. Commandant.
00:14
Just confirming they didn't provide an apartment number.
00:17
No, they're just building 400, Zone 1.
00:21
Got.
00:22
Zero 16 from ladder 3-1.
00:24
We all able to the silence the alarm up front.
00:25
16 from ladder 301 were you all able to silence the alarm from up front?
00:31
Negative, we haven't been able to locate a panel yet.
00:34
It's on the bottom floor, Charlie's side.
00:37
We're back here now.
00:38
It smells like cigarette smoke in the alarm room, or in the panel room, and it says the alarm has been silenced.
00:44
McCabe, are you able to reset it from there?
00:48
I stand back. 16 from Lyra 301, negative on resetting from down here.
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Location mentioned:
Near King St, Charleston, SC 29403
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