Commercial fire alarm triggers response at Harmony Bridge apartments, New Oxford PA


Fire crews responded to a commercial fire alarm at Harmony Bridge Apartments East near Harmony Drive. Upon arrival, no fire or smoke was found. The alarm was caused by a smoke detector that was sounding; the batteries had been removed from one detector but another was still chirping. The incident was confirmed to be a false alarm, and no fire department services were required.
Audio|Source: Adams County Fire and EMS - Digital
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Transcript:
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Box 3310.Oxford Township near Harmony Bridge Apartments East for commercial fire alarm.
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Engine 332, engine 14, truck 33, Mickey, 54, 21, Ops 3[1], 1,600.
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I'm Stephanie 1 to responder.
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Okay,
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31, Ops 2, 1,600.
00:28
133 is around.
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System 33, ops 3, 1600.
00:39
Adams under 1-2-3.
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The engine 1-2-0-3.
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Section 1-2-3, ops-2-1601.
00:46
The Deputy 1.
00:55
Good.
00:58
71, you're responding to 9090 of Mead Drive Cross Street of Heritage Drive.
01:04
Caller is the homeowner.
01:06
She is advising the smoke detector in the hallway was sounding.
01:09
Her daughter took it down, took the batteries out of it.
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It is playing on the table now.
01:15
There is still something chirping in the hallway.
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They're not sure where it is coming from.
01:20
They do not see any flames or smoke.
01:25
Okay.
01:30
That's Command 33.
01:35
We just got a call from factor security.
01:39
We had someone on scene advise them that it was a false trip and no need for fire department services.
01:47
All right. Please have a great one.
01:50
Okay, police and box and service, 1602.
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In box 33.1 near Harmony Drive.
02:01
Awesome. Police and Service.
02:03
The alarm company, 1602.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Ops 3: Assigned operations radio channel 3 for incident communications
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Location mentioned:
Near Harmony Dr, New Oxford, PA 17350
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