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Fire alarm triggers at vacant home during bug bomb useVandergrift PA

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Near Hamilton Ave, Vandergrift, PA 15690

A fire alarm was triggered at a vacant home near Hamilton Ave due to a bug bomb set off by the occupant. There was no actual fire or emergency.

Audio|Source: Westmoreland County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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This morning, Illinois, Station 53, respond in place of 51, near Hamilton Ave in Vandergrift.
00:07
For fire alarm[1] sounding from the vacant residents, 1551, operations firepack 7.
00:18
County, 122, 1090.
00:21
122, 1790.
00:24
122, unseen at 13552.
00:31
10 16's in all right 16 you're responding at 1353 your patient's going to be to the rear of the residents.
00:43
received.
00:49
4LINO 1. Stations 53 respond in place of 51, near Hamilton Ave for a fire alarm[1] sounding in a vacant resident, operations fire attack 7.
01:05
Station 53, acknowledge it.
01:09
Station 53, fire attack 7.
01:16
Oh, and then first name is (name withheld), last name, (name withheld), date of birth, (number withheld).
01:32
That's a...
01:38
County, Medical 1-6-8.
01:40
Medical 1-6-8.
01:44
So we're on scene on Hamilton, it's actually going to be the address of...
01:53
It's going to be near Hamilton Ave.
01:55
Occupant states that they set off a bug bomb and then the fire alarm[1] instead of going off, but there's no emergency here.
02:03
104, 1356.
02:10
Redispatched Snorkel 50.
02:16
50. Ernest Snorkel 50.
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50.
02:23
1550 that's dispatch, you can cancel all units.
02:31
Units activated near Hamilton Ave in Vandergrift, you can return for G50.
Police codes explained
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[1]
fire alarm: Report of a fire alarm activation

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Near Hamilton Ave, Vandergrift, PA 15690
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