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Mysterious electrical odor triggers fire alarm scare on Hilton HeadHilton Head Island SC

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Duckhawk Rd, Hilton Head Island, SC 29928

Fire crews responded to a Duckhawk Rd residence after a fire alarm triggered, detecting a strong electrical burning smell but no heat or flames found.

Audio|Source: Bluffton Township and Hilton Head Fire
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Transcript:
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Engine 2.25 Duck Hawk Road, alarms, emergent response.
00:06
TAC 1[1]. Engine 2.25 Duck Hawk Road, alarms, emergent response.
00:13
TAC 1[1].
00:28
Inchance two.
00:31
Medicines out first.
00:34
Mercy.
00:37
The Department of the Heart Association at 14 Westbury Parkway, timeout is 1236.
00:50
Motion 2, dispatch.
00:54
Answer 2.
00:56
It's funny to a smoke detector activation.
00:58
No, I answer, I'm called location.
01:03
Three to four.
01:08
It's a bad change of 335.
01:11
Ended 335.
01:14
In route.
01:20
It is 335. I copy a route to a coronary department at the Heart Association at 14 Westbury Parkway.
01:26
It's reference to a conscious alert 78-year-old female that is low systolic response from a stress test.
01:36
She's going to be in room three.
01:39
This match, into two is unseen, three-story, single-family, nothing shall I investigate.
01:45
Received, engine two.
01:51
That's engine eight.
01:54
Engine eight.
01:55
Engine eight.
01:57
Engine and Medicaid available at Station 4.
02:00
Receive.
02:07
Medic 1, Engine 1, 62 Governor's Road, breathing problems, emergent response.
02:16
PAC 1, Medic 1,
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Engine 1,
02:19
62 Governors Road, Breathing Problems, Emergent Response,
02:25
PAC 1.
02:30
Cover and got an initial whiff of that electrical burn smell.
02:34
Pops our head in there with the tick as well.
02:36
No heat indications,
02:38
but it does have a consistent smell.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
TAC 1: Tactical channel 1 for operations/communications

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Duckhawk Rd, Hilton Head Island, SC 29928

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