Smoke alarm triggers investigation in Ithaca rooming house, Ithaca NY


Fire units responded to a smoke alarm in a basement. They found no fire and reset the alarm. High humidity may have caused the alarm to go off again, and the fire team is considering replacing the smoke detector.
Audio|Source: Tompkins County Fire/EMS
03:35
Transcript:
22 south of Aurora Street, went in a rooming house, cross streets by the first up street, and outside of the general front of the recognition. I'm going to the same company. I'm concerned at Enfield Fire Unit. smoke, no fire, audible alarms. Some people outside not excited. We're going to be in the offensive strategy. Copy 3s, you're in with a nothing showing condition. He'll be in the offensive strategy. Copy engine 1, he'll be level 1 staging. 9-63 will be in. Be Whittenhall Command. Ops 9. Take care. silence. Permission granted. Thank you. Command engine three. Go. In the basement, laundry room, no apparent cause, should be clear for recess. You got an activated smoke detector in the basement, no apparent cause. Truck, you can go for a reset. System is reset. It's showing all normal. Negative. Alarm just came back in. There's alarm, monitor, M73. Again. Copy that. Engine 3, pull that head. See if it needs to be blown out. What? Is there a high humidity condition in there? On a hazy condition, it is definitely moist, but thanks about it. Copy that. Pull the hat down. See if we can get a reset after we do that. If not, we'll just have to leave in. I'll have to get a new head for it.
22 south of Aurora Street, went in a rooming house, cross streets by the first up street, and outside of the general front of the recognition. I'm going to the same company. I'm concerned at Enfield Fire Unit. smoke, no fire, audible alarms. Some people outside not excited. We're going to be in the offensive strategy. Copy 3s, you're in with a nothing showing condition. He'll be in the offensive strategy. Copy engine 1, he'll be level 1 staging. 9-63 will be in. Be Whittenhall Command. Ops 9. Take care. silence. Permission granted. Thank you. Command engine three. Go. In the basement, laundry room, no apparent cause, should be clear for recess. You got an activated smoke detector in the basement, no apparent cause. Truck, you can go for a reset. System is reset. It's showing all normal. Negative. Alarm just came back in. There's alarm, monitor, M73. Again. Copy that. Engine 3, pull that head. See if it needs to be blown out. What? Is there a high humidity condition in there? On a hazy condition, it is definitely moist, but thanks about it. Copy that. Pull the hat down. See if we can get a reset after we do that. If not, we'll just have to leave in. I'll have to get a new head for it.
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Location mentioned:
S Aurora St, Ithaca, NY 14850
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