False alarm triggered by shower steam in apartment fire


A fire alarm went off in a three-story apartment building, but it was only caused by steam from a shower. There was no fire or danger.
Audio|Source: Westcom Fire and EMS Dispatch
02:20
Transcript:
All Westcom uses be advised, you're going to lose access to your mobiles here shortly, do some maintenance, and also PD you're going to lose access to RMS, stay out of it. Westcombe score 754[2]. What's coming to 411[1]? Engine 411. 711, drive-down scene, three-story apartment building, nothing's wrong on the exterior, no evacuation. 411 has one lieutenant, stay out to investigate. Copy arrived, three-story apartment building, nothing choice in the exterior, no evacuation progress. Any 411 will have command out to investigate 755[4]. For 404[3]. Good. Just one I advised, we got a call from the alarm company. They got a drop at 753[5] for the zone front door pool station. Copy, did it have Sweet 3033? Yes, it does. Copy, thank you. You're welcome. Let's call someone a command. Go ahead. There's no active alarm in 4821. How did you guys receive this call? CDG security gave us a call for the alarm. And they said building 4821. Yes, 4821, Apartment 30. Copy? You don't want. Let's call on this man. Go ahead. Smoke to the occupant, and apartment 30. She said, steam from the shower, set the detector off. There is no problem here. Copy. May and Terminid 814-11 back to service. Back in 8 of 4-11.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
411: Engine 411 (fire response unit)
[2]
754: Alarm/maintenance notification
[3]
404: Unit 404
[4]
755: Command reference
[5]
753: Alarm company notification
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Location mentioned:
30th St, West Des Moines, IA
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