False fire alarm at Richardson Hotel due to faulty detector, Buffalo NY
Fire & ArsonAuthorities responded to a commercial fire alarm at the Richardson Hotel near Forest Avenue. The alarm was caused by a faulty detector, a known issue in the system, and no fire hazard was found. The incident was determined to be a false alarm caused by equipment malfunction.
Audio|Source: Buffalo Police, Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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Investigate and activated commercial fire alarm near Forest Avenue. Between Abbotsford and Tremont, level two response to the Richardson Hotel.
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Let's go for engine 19, engine 36, letter 13 and b44.
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Luminary signal to investigate an activated commercial fire alarm, near Forest Avenue, between Abbotsford and Tremont, Level 2 response, Richardson Hotel,
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to go for engine 19, engine 36, letter 13, and B44.
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Timeout, 16, 14 hours, both full fire.
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Over there,
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2014 White Apollo, they took a computer and tools.
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Air training.
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Starting to run in the air training.
01:04
Okay, you're okay.
01:17
One story non-combustible. Investigating.
01:22
According to a location, one-story non-combustible.
01:31
4-4 is responding.
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Roger Biffel, for you're responding, near Forest Avenue.
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Between Abbotsford and Tremont, it's the Richardson Hotel.
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Alarm company said Zone 47, but could not tell us where that was inside the building.
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There are two Knox boxes there, you're a P.S.
01:54
4-3 is on location with 22.
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4-3 on location.
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If you can run that.
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Or,
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yeah, engine 28, this is 4-3. Can you go up, May? See if you got a three-sided view of this.
02:18
Copy that, we'll come up, May.
02:39
A fight at 785 Film War, it's going to be three people fighting outside the caller was uncooperative for more details.
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Okay.
02:53
Okay.
03:09
27946 as a voluntary surrender comes back to 906 Avenue in Brooklyn.
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There's zero reading throughout faulty detector 31 in service.
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From 22 votes.
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Go for 4-3.
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We're able to make contact with some employees.
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It is a known malfunction in their system.
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It's a bad detector. They've had Amherst alarm out several times with no remedy.
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There's no hazard here.
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Copy that. Dispatch out of the malfunction.
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Avoidable alarm.
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22 will handle. Truck will take the report, pick up the other companies. I'm in service.
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Roger, malfunction, avoidable alarm, 22 will handle, truck, a pick the report.
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Location mentioned:
Tremont Ave, Buffalo, NY 14213
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