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Multiple false fire alarms triggered at apartments and fraternityAmes IA

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Ash Ave, Ames, IA 50014

Fire crews responded to multiple fire alarms at Twin Oaks Apartments and a fraternity building in Ames. Both alarms were false; one was repeatedly triggered by a female resident, and the other was caused by a faulty system that needed resetting.

Audio|Source: City of Ames Fire and EMS
02:18
Transcript:
00:00
Automatic alarm.
00:02
Engine 2.410 Lincoln Swing, Twin Oaks Apartments.
00:07
Cross-off, Beal Drive and Abraham Drive.
00:11
Automatic alarm.
00:13
4-210 Lincoln Swing, Twin Oaks Apartments.
00:23
Automatic alarm.
00:25
Truck 1, 217 Ash Avenue, Theta Delta Chi, cross-off gable lane and sunset drive, SPAC2.
00:36
Automatic alarm,
00:38
217 Ash Avenue, Theta Delta Chi, S-TAC2.
00:49
Dispatch, engine 2.
00:53
Go ahead.
01:10
Copy, there's a female that just keeps pulling the Coltstation alarm, it just needs to reset.
01:17
My officers are out there as well.
01:23
Copy. Can you get the same maintenance fan from first property en route again? We're going to need to get the key.
01:35
Copy.
01:37
This has power.
01:39
Tower One.
01:42
Two-seventh-e-E-9-7-5-1, rescue three unavailable.
01:47
Copy, it's coming in as a second floor, Fire One.
01:50
Copy.
01:57
Tower 1, Station 1.
02:00
Go ahead.
02:06
We've been contacted by a resident at near Ash Avenue.
02:10
They say it's a faulty alarm.
02:13
They just need help resetting.
02:14
You can downgrade.
02:17
Kathy, thank you.

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