False fire alarm at high-rise building on coastal highway, Ocean City MD

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/22/2025 10:34 AM

Coastal Hwy, Ocean City, MD

Fire and rescue units responded to a fire alarm at a high-rise building near Coastal Highway in Ocean City. After checking, crews found no signs of fire and canceled the alarm, confirming it was false.

Audio|Source: Worcester County / Ocean City Fire

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Transcript:

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Locked area 4-132-0-0 Coastal Highway the X-caliber for a fire alarm activation, engine 1,

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1334.

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Ocean City of the Paramounting.

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Goal-Tang's command, ocean setting.

00:17

Correct command.

00:24

City to Paramountic 3, you'll also be doing this call for high-rise.

00:29

Terminator 3, 3, 1334.

00:33

County, hey, hey.

00:39

Golden T. Commander, the City.

00:42

We're going to be around with the fire alarm, Proof 2,

00:45

(name withheld) is transporting a paramedic 4 to Tidal Health.

00:49

Determin. Golden Tans, ma'am.

00:52

Procetefold, commands, command,

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terminated.

00:56

Changing Forest and Rout, fire alarm, activation with two,

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1335.

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Formatic forward en route,

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PRMC.

01:10

Okay, so now, Forestry and 20 minutes, PRMC.

01:14

1335.

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Repeat, Pyramid 3 is responding 1336.

01:23

Your City, basically, snapping, engine 1 is going to be your spotting.

01:33

Okay, engine 1 is responding 1336.

01:41

It's responding to that caliber.

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This is called inviting alarm system, so fire, water, flow from first floor, snap,

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stairs.

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What's our central to 450?

01:56

We made contact with Central.

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T.C.7 is going to respond to all.

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Okay, the time he said.

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It's responding 1337.

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4 is on the scene.

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Kind of high-rise residential.

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Nothing evident from the size Alpha and Delta.

02:27

We haven't heard of hydro.

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764 based on average command.

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See you in 4 arriving.

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764 has X Calpa for commandant 1339.

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Grant 360 complete, nothing shown.

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