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Heard on: Jasper County Fire and EMS · 3 days ago
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Fire department needed for a fire alarm called by alarm company at the Mercy Hospital, (number withheld) North Fourth Avenue.
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Two hundred and four North Fourth Avenue is the zone 700 and forty-seven fire alarm at the hospital.
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Apparent fire alarm at Mercy Hospital canceled

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As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews were dispatched to Mercy Hospital in Newton for a possible fire alarm initially reported by an alarm company. Hospital staff later determined there was a short in a wire, and the alarm was canceled.

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N 4th Ave E, Newton, IA 50208
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