Fire alarm triggered at Clearwater post office due to system error, Clearwater FL


A fire alarm went off at the post office near 69th Way North. An employee could not turn off the alarm. Fire crews arrived and found no fire. They determined the alarm was caused by a system malfunction.
Audio|Source: Pinellas County Sheriff and EMS, Clearwater / St. Petersburg Police
05:5
Transcript:
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48 district 48 respond for fire alarm near 69th Way North grid 177 feet and to 50 into 65 truck 48 district 48 fire tech office
00:11
381 bravo it's going to be at the post office near 69th Way North
00:23
Your employee entrance.
00:25
Number. 943.
00:26
104, thank you.
00:27
943. 943.
00:28
I'm going to walk up there and look like everything is 104.
00:30
What is, sir? 9.44.
00:31
Yeah,
00:32
74B is. Everything is 104.
00:33
This guy's got keys and he's loading a bunch of postal stock into the back of that.
00:37
Postpom is here.
00:38
I want to check cancel your mask.
00:39
Okay.
00:40
Yeah, this guy's new to the route and he's got keys to the building, but he has no idea how to turn the alarm on or off.
00:45
You never got that as a,
00:46
I guess, his memo for the job break.
00:48
I don't know if we want to call the subscriber or let them know what's going on.
00:51
Maybe they can come shut it off or something.
00:54
Fire attack, Bravo, Truff 67.
00:56
Response for Falls, 3473, Shoreline, Circle, Grid, 108B, Truf667, Fire Attack, Robos.
01:02
Engine to evasion.
01:04
Respond for a sick person, the Villages in your living, 3479, 54,000 North Road 556B, Rescue 18, fire attack problem.
01:12
Engine five there ago.
01:14
We're on scene of a single-story, single-family residential structure.
01:17
We have nothing shown.
01:18
We'll be in investigative mode.
01:20
Underset. Engine 50 on scene, nothing showing.
01:23
57. Blue Truck, median lane.
01:29
4-6 Charlie Fluscher at 9 4.
01:32
Let's be Charlie. Let's move.
01:33
Redis-Truth. The engine two.
01:40
I'm not entirely sure. The engine two go.
01:43
Uh, we're, I think we're outside the unit.
01:48
I'm not entirely sure.
01:49
It doesn't have a number to see.
01:50
It's an opposite side of where we're part, but even though it's written on the front of the complex, front phone.
01:57
Understood all.
01:58
District 48 dispatch.
01:59
District 48, go.
02:00
For engine 50, no fire problem at the location, seems to be a system malfunction.
02:04
They're going to go ahead and handle.
02:05
We're going to leave this with engine 50.
02:07
All of the engines can be available and ready.
02:08
You can show District 48 available.
02:09
Understood all, District 48 available.
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Location mentioned:
Near 69th Way N, Clearwater, FL 33761
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