Commercial fire alarm in Hoover found to be false alarm, Hoover AL

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/18/2025 01:51 PM

Near Parkway Office Cir, Hoover, AL 35244

A commercial fire alarm was activated at Bud's Best Cookies near Parkway Office Circle in Hoover. Fire crews investigated but found no fire and determined it was a system malfunction.

Audio|Source: Hoover Fire Department

02:11

Transcript:

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Engine 3, Engine 1, Truck 4, Battalion 2, and Best Cookies, near Parkway Office Circle.

00:07

Investigate commercial fire alarms showing manual full zone 32.

00:11

Engine 3, engine 1, truck 4, Battalion 2, Buzz Best Cookies near Parkway Office Circle.

00:20

Investigate commercial fire alarms showing manual full Zone 32,

00:25

Cross street, River Jeter,

00:27

Parkway Lake Drive.

00:30

Friskade on scene.

00:31

Presbyard on thing.

00:37

Mr. Scott played in the Midwest Shaver.

00:40

Mr. Park can play in the Midwesthaver.

00:42

Into 1 respondent.

00:45

Inter 1 respondent.

00:50

Inters 5. Into 3 response.

00:52

Into 3 responding.

00:58

Section 2, the fire alarm.

00:59

Truck 4 get responded.

01:03

Truck 4 respondent.

01:07

Tate 2 responding.

01:09

Taday 2 responding.

01:11

Taday 1, the fire alarm.

01:17

Tadai 1 to be responding to Bud the best, and I'm saying you can count for battalion 2.

01:23

10, one responding to Buds Best and is on-scene.

01:27

Attain 2ndi 2nd Service.

01:32

Battalion 2nd Service.

01:34

Battalion 2nd Service.

01:37

Battalion 1 to be in Parkway Office Command.

01:40

Kind of multi-store industrial facility.

01:44

Nothing showing.

01:46

Multi-story, special real facility, nothing showing.

01:49

The Italian 1 is Parkway, Command.

01:51

Parkway office command fire alarm.

01:55

Fire alarm[1].

01:56

It's going to be a system malfunction.

02:01

Let engine three continue.

02:03

Place the other hover units in service.

02:06

Tangle is going to remain on the scene.

02:09

System malfunction, engine three to continue.

Police codes explained

The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:

[1]

Fire alarm: Automatic fire alarm call/type

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Near Parkway Office Cir, Hoover, AL 35244

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