Fire alarm triggered by faulty light at local church, Lincoln NE


A fire alarm was triggered at the House of Prayer church near Morton St. Fire responders arrived but found no fire or danger. The alarm was caused by a malfunctioning landscaping light flashing near the building.
Audio|Source: Lincoln Police and Fire, Lancaster County Sheriff
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Transcript:
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Engine 10 and truck 1.
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Zone 33. Fire alarm.
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At near Morton St.
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Respond on Tech 3.
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Engine 10 and truck 1 respond to Zone 33 Fire alarm at near Morton St respond on TAC 3[1]
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Perkinson center out
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Engine tag truck one, verifying a fire alarm, zone 33 at near Morton St, House of Prayer.
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Pass her by report seeing flashing lights that she believes her possible fire alarm going off there.
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The old tack three, tack three.
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24 will go to a little in our force It's Raymond Zimmerout area 56 and bluff road possible grass fire the south of five
00:52
These attends on location, have nothing showing from a medium-sized, one-story, church structure.
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It appears to be that a landscaping light has gone bad and it's flashing, no fire alarm.
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We'll go ahead and check it out.
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Truck 1, you can return to service.
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Clear, landscape light.
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Can you check fine?
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Good.
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18-2.
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Good.
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The Nature Unknown, 2446 South Canterbury Lane.
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I have a text to 911.
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They texted that they need someone to this address.
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They haven't responded when asked what was going on.
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The phone number is not in locals.
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I don't show that this address exists.
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It looks like there are a couple of townhouses there.
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This is the address that was given no premise.
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2446 South Canterbury.
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Where's there?
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Finally. 186-9. Go ahead.
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We've got a phone call in on 9-1.
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A female said somebody killed themselves and hung up.
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Go ahead. Looks like this may be a fourplex.
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We're found here with a landscaping light that stroving.
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Has no issue with the church.
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We are able to see the fire panel inside the church.
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Through the door, it says all systems normal.
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We're going to be returning the service.
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There's no issues here.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
TAC 3: Tactical radio channel 3 used for operations and incident communications.
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Location mentioned:
Near Morton St, Lincoln, NE 68521
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