False fire alarm caused by dead battery in detector, Gainesville FL

Fire & Arson

Reported: 10/23/2025 04:17 PM

Near SW 75th St, Gainesville, FL 32607

A fire alarm was triggered at the Reflections Apartments, Building 3, near Southwest 75th Street in Gainesville. Responders found the alarm was caused by a dead battery in a carbon monoxide detector. There was no actual fire or hazard present.

Audio|Source: Gainesville Police and Alachua Fire

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Transcript:

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Engineering truck 23 is flying to a commercial fire alarm.

00:04

near Southwest 75th Street, Reflections Apartments, Building 3.

00:11

The Reflections Apartments,

00:13

Building 3.

00:15

Alarm companies, the vibing of a Zone 15 pole station 7 alarm.

00:20

Charlie 2nd, please. 7.3, please.

00:23

So I'm coming to advise this is called the Tower,

00:27

Building City.

00:29

It's 19, 19 hours.

00:32

Okay.

00:37

Hey, reference is signal four.

00:38

I'm over here in the area and I'm not seeing them anywhere. I pulled in the park lots.

00:42

When they called back reference timeline, did they say they were moving anywhere or anything?

00:46

Robots 2 75.

00:48

Okay.

00:54

Hmm,

00:57

nothing that was noted.

00:59

Cool, I'll keep looking.

01:03

Charlie, two, you're still on three?

01:05

Yep.

01:07

Hey, I don't know if I have any information that would help you.

01:10

I caught the last part of that.

01:17

Signal 4 that supposedly happened to for the subway, 5666, West Newberry.

01:22

Muddler for the cars, but...

01:25

Uniform so far.

01:27

No disregard. Sorry, I thought you were at the one at 39th in Maine, sorry.

01:32

So worries, back to work.

01:39

Lots of Quentin.

01:40

Quentin. Quentin.

01:46

It's going to be a dead battery and a carbon monoxide detector.

01:49

We're available.

01:51

1182.

01:53

192, what?

01:57

757.

01:59

208 must receive no hazard. It's going to be a dead battery in a... dead battery and a carbon monoxide detector. Clinate training available for 1922.

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