Residential fire alarm set off by battery change, Greenwich CT
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, a fire alarm at a residence near Carrington Drive was triggered accidentally when a battery was changed. Fire units responded and confirmed no emergency.
Audio|Heard on: Greenwich Fire Department
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02:28
Transcript:
00:00
Dispatching Squad 8, Squad 1, Station 7, residential alarm,
00:04
near Carrington Drive for a first floor smoke detector activation.
00:09
Repeating dispatch: Squad 8, Squad 1, Station 7, residential alarm,
00:15
near Carrington Drive for a first floor smoke detector activation.
00:19
Runs between the town line and Stanwich Road, use Channel 1 Alpha, Dispatch clear at 10:13.
00:30
Squad is around.
00:32
Receive.
00:38
Squad one's now.
00:41
Receive. Receive.
00:43
Okay, your server responding to channel one.
00:50
Received.
00:52
Dispatch is Squad 8.
00:56
Squat-up.
01:01
It's a MLS stating that they were changing a battery that set off the system.
01:11
All right, copy.
01:12
What I'm seeing, we'll verify the current assignment.
01:15
Received, 1019.
01:20
Greenwich Fire dispatch on the early units responding, operating near Carrington Drive, Squad 8 to continue in for verification.
01:27
All other units are TQ 1019.
01:32
Take your servant, copy.
01:35
Receive, second.
01:38
Squad 1 to service.
01:39
Receive, Squad 1.
01:46
Pager 7 dispatch,
01:49
on dispatch?
01:50
Dispatch, on.
01:53
Just enough to add you know, we're back in service.
01:56
Agent 71 is still located in Bedford.
02:00
10.
02:07
Squatty dispatch.
02:10
Dispatch on.
02:13
Confirmed accidental activation, one-service.
02:16
1022.
02:21
Prentry to fire dispatch on.
02:23
The aerial units are filing operating near Carrington Drive.
02:26
Squad 8, clear, last unit, 1022.
Disclaimer:
This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
Carrington Dr, Greenwich, CT 06831
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