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Fire alarm triggered by patient smoking at residential buildingMartins Ferry OH

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audio iconFire & Arson
S 7th St, Martins Ferry, OH 43935

As discussed during the dispatch call, a fire alarm was activated at a residential building near South 7th Street in Martins Ferry. Fire responders found no fire; the alarm was triggered by a patient smoking under the alarm.

Audio|Heard on: Belmont County Fire and EMS
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02:21
Transcript:
00:00
Tim Station 28, you have a fire alarm activation going in by the alarm company.
00:07
Near South 7th Street, Martins Ferry, cross street will be an alley, Grant Avenue.
00:17
Common Dispatch is 8.52.
00:24
Even 12, dispatch, occupation is extra paced.
00:28
Patient extricated 853.
00:36
Everyone's en route.
00:39
8.54.
00:44
Squad 1 is staged on the corner of Grant Avenue and Clayton Street.
00:52
8.57.
00:55
To patch to Captain Lytzenberger.
01:00
To patch to Captain Lytzenberger.
01:05
It's a patch 27.
01:12
27, so that it's just much.
01:18
Captain, can you give me a call, please? Need a number?
01:26
126 won't be?
01:28
126, sure, I'm seeing at 850 times.
01:31
No.
01:35
Just that's 4-1.
01:42
Dispatch the squad one?
01:44
Yeah.
01:50
There's nothing, Tom.
01:51
Patient was smoking underneath of the fire alarm.
01:55
If you want to let whatever, fire unit goes on route now.
01:59
Engine freeze on here.
02:01
Dear, VTab, that's radio on, you were locked all over.
02:08
I just said if you wanted to let whichever fire unit goes en route says, because that the engine three know that there is nothing found the patient was smoking underneath of the fire alarm, but he is aware that the fire department still has to come as well.
02:21
That's clear.

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S 7th St, Martins Ferry, OH 43935

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