Fire alarm sounds at Richmond apartment building, Richmond VA


A fire alarm sounded at a multi-story apartment complex near Shafer Street in Richmond. No smoke or flames were visible. The alarm was reported by a private caller. No keyholder information was available. Multiple fire units responded and investigated the scene.
Audio|Source: Richmond City Fire Dispatch
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Transcript:
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Thank you. Engine 5, engine 6, engine 10, chalk 3, and battalion 1.
00:08
Fire alarm[1] near Shafer St, Epi-Square Apartments.
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Engine 5, engine 6, engine 10, truck 3, and battalion 1.
00:18
Fire alarm[1], near Shafer St, Epi-Square Apartments.
00:23
Cross streets are West Gray Street and West Broad Street.
00:26
On tap Channel 2.
00:27
Timeout, 0101.
00:29
Truck three.
00:30
Truck three, go ahead.
00:31
They provide key order information.
00:33
Negative, no keyholder information was provided.
00:36
It was called in by a private caller, advised that there's a fire alarm that's just going off in the building.
00:41
Unknown area, no smoke or flames shown.
00:43
All right, can you go back in previous notes and see if they have keyholder information and have them respond?
00:48
We've been here about four or five times today.
00:53
Major 5 is arriving, multi-story apartment complex.
00:58
According to investigation, do have audible alarm sounding.
01:00
Pigeon 5 will have command.
01:01
Richmond Coffee, Digital 5 on scene, multi-storey apartment complex, audible alarm sounding.
01:06
Well, investigator has command 105 hours.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
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Fire alarm: Fire alarm sounding at a multi-unit residence
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Location mentioned:
Near Shafer St, Richmond, VA 23220
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