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False fire alarm at multifamily building on fordham avenue, Madison WI

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Near Fordem Ave, Madison, WI 53704

Fire units responded to a fire alarm at a seven-story apartment building near Fordham Avenue. Upon arrival, no fire was found and the alarm was determined to be false after the alarm company reset the system to normal.

Audio|Source: City of Madison Fire
02:36
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 3, fire incident, near Fordham Avenue.
00:08
Agent 3, copy near Fordham Avenue.
00:16
One center engine three on scene, seven-story,
00:20
multifamily, nothing showing, we'll be able to check it.
00:25
10-3[1] on scene, seven-story, multi-family, nothing showing out checking.
00:34
On engine three.
00:37
Engine three.
00:38
Engine three.
00:41
How did this call come in,
00:44
showing everything normal, no alarm sounding here?
00:50
Came in from an alarm company.
00:57
Can you drive them back and see if they have any active alarms or if it's showing all normal on their side?
01:07
I will attempt.
01:14
Engine 7 and Medic 2.
01:16
Medical incident, 7, and medical incident, near Virch Hill Drive.
01:27
ComCenter, Medics 7, we're going to take that call on our territory.
01:36
Ed 7, I copy, going for Med 2.
01:44
Legion 3 from the Com Center.
01:49
Agent 3 go.
01:53
The alarm company is still showing the alarm active and not reset.
02:04
You see three copies.
02:07
You show a responsible party for this location?
02:16
You stand by.
02:17
Would you like me to give him a call?
02:20
Yes, it's showing system normal, but sounds like what you're saying is we'll just keep coming back to me and let something's figured out between the property manager and the alarm company.
02:35
I copy.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-3: Stop transmitting / Radio silence

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Near Fordem Ave, Madison, WI 53704

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