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Apparent false alarm at college apartment

Heard on: Norfolk City Fire and EMS Dispatch
03:44
00:00
I copy, engine 7, ladder 7 for a fire alarm (number withheld)-(number withheld) West 41st Street, apartment (number withheld), Village 9, Virginia House, ODU.
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W 41st St, Norfolk, VA 23508
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As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to an alarm at an apartment near West 41st Street by Old Dominion University. Upon investigation, it was determined to be a false alarm, possibly caused by an occupant smoking a recreational substance. Units later handled unrelated medical calls nearby, including a chest pain case at St. Mary's Catholic Church and a sick person report on Spring Meadow Boulevard.

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