False fire alarm triggered by pressure washing, Bradenton FL
The fire alarm at a multi-residential building near 53rd Street East in Bradenton was accidentally triggered by pressure washing. Fire crews responded and confirmed there was no fire. The alarm was determined to be false.
Audio|Source: Manatee County Fire and EMS
02:30
Transcript:
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Squad 418, multi-residential fire alarm, near 53rd Street East Bradenton.
00:06
Respond on TAC for...
00:23
16261-7-1-7-1-7-6-7-6-7-6-7-1-6-st1-7 single-story record the instructor up in town you need my functions please copy 16277
00:37
5-418 go-ah
00:41
Yes, sir. Did you say we're responding just to reset the alarm? Can we do it a non-emergency response?
00:52
Engine 621, are you okay with squad 418 responding non-emergency?
00:58
If they can give me the passcode over the radio, I'll silence it and they won't need to respond.
01:08
21 for 418.
01:09
I don't have the passcode.
01:11
However, if it's just an alarm, you verify that there's no fire.
01:16
We're en route.
01:17
You can get out of there.
01:21
Copy that. It was due to pressure washing the, uh, they got the FACP whip.
01:32
Yeah, we typically just try at one, one, one, one, one, two, three, four, all that.
01:37
If not, I'll try to make contact with a key holder.
01:43
I'll try one-one-one.
01:45
Up, standby.
01:46
Somebody just got it.
01:51
Okay, 11-0.
01:52
811.
01:57
Go ahead.
02:03
811 Thompson.
02:06
1629.
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6219.
02:15
6779, I key up, no voice.
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671, we key up, no voice.
02:27
Yes, ma'am.
02:28
This is going to be a false alarm.
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Location mentioned:
Near 53rd St E, Bradenton, FL 34208
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