False fire alarm caused by cooking steak at fire station, Ithaca NY
Fire & ArsonA fire alarm was triggered in the second floor kitchen at the Kewa Heights Fire Department due to smoke from cooking a steak. The alarm was false, and all responding units were canceled.
Audio|Source: Tompkins County Fire/EMS
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Transcript:
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Kewa Heights Fire, 194 Pleasant Grove Road, it's the Kuga Heights Fire Department. You have a fire alarm activation indicator, second floor kitchen smoke detected.
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Again, that's for Kuga Heights Fire.
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One-94 Pleasant Grove Road.
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It's the Kuga Heights Fire Department for an activated fire alarm. Time now is one, three, two seconds.
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I'm getting two six one.
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Two-six one.
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Uh,
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apparently somebody was cooking a steak inside the building.
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Speed your last.
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You can cancel all Qigheights units. Somebody was cooking a steak inside the fire station.
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10-4[1].
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Duncan's 2344.
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2344.
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2344 is clear across straight back in service.
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2344 back in service.
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2344 back in service.
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It's a 261.
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261, right.
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Do you want the cancel toned out?
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Yes, please.
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Cougar Heights Fire, cancel the call at your station.
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Cuba Heights Fire, cancel the call at your station.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-4: Acknowledgement / Message received
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Location mentioned:
Near Pleasant Grove Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850
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