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False fire alarm triggered by shower at Lexington homeLexington NC

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Staplewood Rd, Lexington, NC 27295

A residential fire alarm at near Staplewood Road was triggered accidentally by a resident exiting the shower. Fire units were dispatched then canceled or downgraded to routine response.

Audio|Source: Davidson County Fire
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Transcript:
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5 Staplewood Road, 195 Staplewood Road.
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Cross street, Amberley Drive, Residential Fire Alarm.
00:06
Talk about 916.
00:13
The signal off to Station 51.
00:20
Good engine, correction, T33, I'll show you en route.
00:24
Alarm company called in, advised someone was getting out of the shower,
00:28
set the alarm, requesting the cancel.
00:30
How do you advise?
00:34
I let 51 respond on, you can cancel everything else.
00:40
Pay it for? I'll have them respond as soon as somebody checks in route.
00:49
I'm going to continue on non-emergency until they're checking around.
00:54
Copy that. I'll go ahead and show engine 133 available.
00:57
See,
01:03
Tom, can you revise on response from Station 51?
01:10
Therefore, I have no response from Station 51.
01:20
Engine 151 will be en route.
01:24
Engine 151, copy en route.
01:26
The alarm company advises you could cancel, same was someone's getting out of the shower.
01:31
Set the alarm roll out of your advice.
01:39
I'll proceed on routine.
01:46
Copy that. T33.
01:48
Copy direct, sir.
01:50
Fifty-one percent of showing en route.
01:54
Tand4, copy, direct copy in service.

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Staplewood Rd, Lexington, NC 27295

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