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False fire alarm at kentwood apartment buildingKentwood MI

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audio iconFire & Arson
Starboard Ct SE, Kentwood, MI 49512

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a fire alarm at an apartment building near Starboard Ct Southeast in Kentwood. Residents evacuated, but no smoke or flames were found. It was likely a false alarm caused by someone pulling the fire alarm.

Audio|Heard on: Kent County Fire and EMS
Listen to dispatch call
02:31
Transcript:
00:00
Pretend with Engine 51, Engine 53, and Car 3 on an indoor investigation near Starboard Ct Southeast.
00:09
Near Starboard Ct Southeast.
00:11
Smoke alarms going off.
00:12
No smell of smoke or flames.
00:14
Everybody's evacuated.
00:15
Dispatch clear 2010.
00:21
Dispatch,
00:22
count Car 3, Engine 51, and Medic 51 out.
00:28
Copy Kentwood Car Three, Engine Fifty Three and Medic Fifty One will be en route at 2011.
00:35
Medic Fifty One and Engine Fifty One.
00:39
Copy Medic Fifty One and Engine Fifty One
00:44
Engine three, med two, district three, at Fulton under US 131.
00:51
Fulton under U.S.
00:52
131, respond on channel one.
00:59
Dispatch, Kentwood engine 53 is en route.
01:03
Kentwood engine 53 en route 2010.
01:10
Dispatch, count one car three, engine fifty-one, medic fifty-two on the scene.
01:13
We have a three-story apartment building.
01:16
Nothing showing outside from the A side or the D side.
01:20
Count one car three, be command.
01:22
Looks like this building is being evacuated.
01:26
Copy, count one car three and then fifty-one and medic fifty-one are on scene.
01:30
Three-story, nothing showing on the A side.
01:32
Sorry, it is being evacuated to shift clear 2013 .
01:40
Two hundred and forty-five preload for Jetwagon.
01:42
Two hundred and forty-five copy.
01:52
The investigation two, I want you to check near Starboard Ct Southeast.
01:55
They think it might be a false alarm.
01:56
They think maybe someone pulled the alarm.
02:03
At zero, district three.
02:06
At 1040 , Park Street Southwest.
02:08
Respond on channel one.
02:14
Check if you need your investigation two.
02:21
Investigation two, I have a pull station on floor one of near Starboard Ct Southeast.
02:29
Do you have the tools to reset it?

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Location mentioned:
Starboard Ct SE, Kentwood, MI 49512

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