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Smoke from cooking triggers false fire alarm in Cedar County apartmentCedar County IA

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Cedar County, IA

A smoke alarm at a Cedar County apartment triggered due to cooking overflow. Responders confirmed no fire risk and silenced the alarm despite a language barrier with the resident.

Audio|Source: Cedar, Louisa, and Muscatine Counties Public Safety
02:28
Transcript:
00:00
You have some smoke up here and Tuesday is from...
00:06
PISD is from 314.
00:07
They're trying to figure it off.
00:12
Time for.
00:18
341 from command.
00:19
You got anything further?
00:26
There's a language barrier with apartment 314.
00:31
But it looks like it's something good cooking overflowing us for dinner.
00:40
Time for, I'm going to go ahead and silence this alarm unless people come back in.
00:44
How much smoke do we have up there?
00:47
They are going now.
00:53
Then four.
00:55
Okay,
00:59
two.
01:00
Two, go ahead.
01:04
No count 306.
01:09
Go ahead.
01:15
You never to contact anybody from the building, some receptionist alarm?
01:21
They're unable to get all of a key holder, and we'll see what we can find.
01:24
Traffic.
01:28
Yeah.
01:30
Go ahead.
01:32
I don't know if you're advised with fire department said we're 10-2[1] to feel out.
01:38
Yeah,
01:42
well.
01:43
Yeah, well. Two, six.
01:47
I left voicemail on two of the RPs and the emergency after-hours contact number rings once and goes directly to the altosone.
02:00
I'll go directly close to the Alton.
02:03
I'm sorry,
02:09
six and three eleven.
02:13
Oh, yes, me, eleven.
02:17
Everything is 10 to up here.
02:20
I'm pretty sure it's a try of the cooking in 314.
02:25
Again, so there's a language barrier, so we can't really confirm it.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-2: Receiving well/Signal good

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