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False fire alarm triggered by street sweeping dust 

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Bowe Street Parking Deck, 609 Bowe St, Richmond, VA 23220
The fire alarm was falsely activated due to dust from street sweeping. Fire crews checked the area and confirmed there was no actual fire or danger.
Audio|Source: Richmond City Fire Dispatch
04:16

Transcript:
West Broad Street, this came in from the alarm monitoring company called Direct, stated that there was a heat detector activation on the fourth floor elevator lobby of the parking deck. Our copy. We'll further investigate. I don't see any alarms at this address currently. Only the... dust from the street sweeper. We'll investigate further. 47 hours. Richmond Highway Command faulty compressor. 13 Truck 5 to handle truck 5's lieutenant has a command. Richmond Cappies 13 truck 5 to handle Richmond Highway. All of his return to service for the faulty compressor 847 hours. All right, Richmond, we verified the issue. Engine 10 to remain on scene. It's going to return to all other companies. No hazards. Richmond, Cappy. Engine 10 to handle West Broad Street. All the companies return to service 848 hours. Agent 10, Bravo and Charlie from Engine 10. Good. Fourth floor is clear. I can confirm it's the sweeper causing these alarms to go off. Can you get reset? We at the alarm panel. We need the code to get into the room. I copy. Is the young lady still with y'all? Yeah, she doesn't have the code for that. All right, there's a knox box here. We don't have a key. Do I need to call for another engine? The cache has a code for the lock. It's not a knockbox. It's a combination code. from Richmond. Go ahead. I do have that four-digit code when you're ready. Sir, go ahead. It's going to be 4198. Repeat 4198. A copy 4198. Engine 10, Bravo. Give that a try. Copy. We've made access. Roger 10 from Battalion 2. Go ahead. Do you need the building rep for anything else? Yes, sir. While they're cleaning the parking lot, this is going to happen again. We got a good reset, but they need to put the system in test. So we need to establish a fire watch with her if they're going to continue it. All right, I don't think that building is occupied, so I'll check with her and see if they can put it in test. It's unoccupied on the weekend, so that fire watch isn't really necessary. I got me. Fire alarm is good reset. Engine 10 from Battalion 2. I'm going to check with the street sweeper operator before pulling the trigger on all that, see how much more he has to do.

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Location mentioned:
Bowe Street Parking Deck, 609 Bowe St, Richmond, VA 23220
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