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False fire alarm at hospital on MacCorkle Avenue

Heard on: Kanawha WV Multi-Dispatch Group Calls
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Engine 400 and fifty-six, engine 400 and fifty-four respond.
audio iconFire & Arson
MacCorkle Ave SE, Charleston, WV 25304
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Fire units are sent to a hospital on MacCorkle Avenue Southeast for a fire alarm in the main hospital area. Dispatch notes that the same alarm has been going off several times during the night. Hospital security then calls in and reports that the current alarm is a false alarm. Dispatch asks that future alarms be checked with security first to confirm whether they are real before sending more units.

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