False fire alarm at vacant apartment in Portland
Fire & ArsonFire responders arrived at the apartment building after a fire alarm went off but found no fire or injured people because the apartment was empty. They decided to cancel the response.
Audio|Source: Portland Area Fire and Rescue
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Transcript:
3350-0, copy-on-scene, it's 2319. Number 13, 53[4]-0[3], 53-lift assist, cornerstone apartment, 14-153 alpha[1] lift assist, cornerstone apartment. 1427 Avenue Unit 418, respond on Ups 1 at 2320. Atic 1331 from Engine 4, just arriving you guys the easy thing help in there. Go ahead and do a test pop out at the station for Trupptones, so we're just checking the radio. Okay. Medic 1331 off 1. Test tap out for truck 4. Test tap out for a truck 4. 2321. Medic 1331, opt 1. 1331, we can cancel our fire responders. Engine 4, you can clear. Hensurekata, thank you. 2322. Ops 1, Rescue 7.4. Rescue 74, go ahead. Yeah, this apartment's vacant, so unless we have a better address, we're going to clear. 40, DRC. 30, copy on the scene. This was just a console activation[2] so we could give the alarm company a call back if you like otherwise then there was no patient contact. Yeah, if you want to try the alarm company, that's probably the next-by-step.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
14-153 alpha: Alpha-level lift assist
[2]
console activation: Fire alarm activation
[3]
53-0: Lift assist
[4]
53: Lift assist
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Location mentioned:
Near NE 7th Ave, Portland, OR 97232
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