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False fire alarm at location near Shortly Rd, Georgetown DE

Fire & Arson

Reported: 10/29/2025 12:36 PM

Near Shortly Rd, Georgetown, DE 19947

A fire alarm was triggered near Shortly Rd, but the state police confirmed no fire was found. The fire department was not called to respond.

Audio|Source: Sussex County Fire and Seaford Fire / EMS

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Transcript:

00:00

77 on that fire alarm near Shortly Rd true 4 1536 1636

00:13

Command 1118

00:17

77 command 18

00:26

7.7 command, near Shortly road.

00:30

Troop 4 from the McFile alarm.

00:33

To be for the main building.

00:34

Troop4 called in, state and everything's 10-1, no need for the fire department.

00:45

Command, okay.

00:46

You can hold all units in the station.

00:50

Copy, 7th, man, 1537.

01:01

First 37 command hold all units in Susan at 1538.

01:10

Command officers.

01:11

Command officers.

01:13

70-7 command.

01:18

I copy the update in Cadence. I'll continue and not emergency agencies hold the fire units of stations.

01:25

Copy 1539.

01:28

City 774, copy.

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Near Shortly Rd, Georgetown, DE 19947

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