Commercial fire alarm caused by child's hair dryer, Buffalo NY

Fire & Arson

Reported: 10/31/2025 12:27 PM

Broadway - Fillmore, Buffalo, NY

A commercial fire alarm was triggered near Mall Road between Peckham and Broadway in Buffalo, New York. Fire units responded and found the alarm was caused by a child's hair dryer. No fire or emergency was present.

Audio|Source: Buffalo Fire

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Transcript:

00:00

Preliminary signal[1], level 2 response, near Mall Road between Peckham and Broadway. To investigate a commercial fire alarm, to go for engine 3, engine 32, letter 5, and B-4-3.

00:09

A preliminary signal, level 2 response, near Mall Road between Peckham and Broadway.

00:15

To investigate a commercial fire alarm, to go for engine 3, engine 32, letter 5 and B-4-3, time 1531, fuzzle fire.

00:34

4-3-12.

00:38

24-3, you're responding to near Mall Road between Peckham and Broadway.

00:43

So, investigated commercial fireline, we have a PS[2].

00:57

The engine three is on location.

01:00

Nothing showing. We're investigating.

01:02

Major three on location investigating, nothing showing us.

01:06

Four, three is on a two-story, wood frame, multi-residential occupancy.

01:10

Four-three of location two-story wood frame, multi-occupancy,

01:14

investigating.

01:21

4-3-engine 3. They were set up by a kid's hair dryer. We can handle.

01:34

Did I have verified or told you?

01:41

I'm going to verify with the security right now.

01:48

Dispatch 4-3 engine 3 reports set up by a hair dryer they're going to confirm.

01:52

Pothate the report, pick up the companies.

01:54

433 is in.

01:56

Pryor, set up by a hair dryer.

01:58

Take the report, companies on my roll call not available 4-3-0.

Police codes explained

The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:

[1]

Preliminary signal: Initial notification pending confirmation of incident details

[2]

PS: Preliminary Signal

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Broadway - Fillmore, Buffalo, NY

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