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False commercial fire alarm at Hampton InnFredericksburg VA

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Near Market St, Fredericksburg, VA 22408

Fire and EMS responded to a commercial fire alarm at the Hampton Inn near Market Street. The alarm was triggered by a smoke detector at the top of the elevator shaft, but no fire was found. The panel showed a trouble alarm at a 4th floor pull station, but investigation found no evidence of fire.

Audio|Source: Fredericksburg City and Spotsylvania County Fire and EMS
01:30
Transcript:
00:00
Letter 11, Engine 4, Engine 6, and Battalion 4.
00:05
Commercial alarm.
00:06
Hampton Inn near Market St.
00:09
Market Street.
00:10
Cross Streets are Sponsylvania Avenue and Mark Street.
00:13
Respond Priority 1[2].
00:15
On Incident 1[1].
00:22
Responding to the Hampton Inn near Market Street.
00:28
We have an alarm for a top-of-shaft elevator smoke.
00:38
We are going to make contact now with the property owner.
00:42
Thank you, (name withheld). (name withheld).
00:50
So,
00:51
probably Delta.
00:53
Yeah, I'll investigate.
00:54
Establish Command on Saturday.
00:58
Stafford for Command, (number withheld).
01:04
335.4 is on seat. Position set Delta with oral war.
01:09
Command.
01:13
Command.
01:17
Alarm panel shows a trouble alarm on 4th floor pull station at stairwell one. I don't see anything about the elevator shaft.
01:25
I'm going to go up to investigate.
01:29
I caught that.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Incident 1: Assigned incident operations radio channel 1
[2]
Priority 1: Highest-priority response, potentially life-threatening

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Near Market St, Fredericksburg, VA 22408
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