Fire crews respond to faulty detector alarm, Mechanicsville VA
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a residential fire alarm near Rygate Place in Mechanicsville. The alarm was triggered by a carbon monoxide detector, which was later determined to be faulty. No fire or hazardous gas levels were found, and all residents were safe.
Audio|Heard on: Hanover County Fire / EMS
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03:24
Transcript:
00:00
Engines 417 and 407, Truck 413 and Battalion 401.
00:07
Fire alarm residential near Rygate Place.
00:12
Engines 417 and 407, Truck 413 and Battalion 401.
00:19
Fire alarm residential near Rygate Place.
00:24
Cross streets are Collins.
00:25
Ormondon Drive, Station Seventeenth District.
00:28
TAC Five, Time Out Twelve Fifty Five.
00:36
Is there any response from Battalion Four Hundred and One?
00:42
Eight four one zero.
00:46
I copy, sir.
00:47
Units on TAC five, you're en route to near Rygate Place.
00:51
Near Rygate Place, cross streets of Coleman Drive.
00:55
Caller reports their carbon monoxide detector is going off and chirping in the middle floor in their hallway.
01:02
There are people reported inside.
01:08
Four hundred and 17 to 407, we got primary water at Rye Gate Coal Miner.
01:13
We can hand jack it back to you if we need it.
01:16
Engine four, sound okay? What stage of the hydrant?
01:23
Engine 417 shows on scene.
01:25
We got a two-story residence.
01:27
Let them show from side alpha.
01:29
We'll be out of central command investigating.
01:31
Do have the homeowners outside.
01:40
Engine 417 on scene.
01:42
Two-story residential, nothing showing from the alpha side.
01:45
I'm just outside.
01:46
Investigative mode established command at 1259 hours.
01:54
Go ahead.
01:58
Three 60 is complete.
02:00
We got two in the front, two in the rear with crawl.
02:03
Nothing showing on all four sides.
02:10
Head of copy.
02:15
Indiana 417 entering part two.
02:21
Copy part two, 1302 hours.
02:28
Tagging 401, I'm on location.
02:31
I copy, sir.
02:32
1302 hours.
02:35
All
02:37
Right, we're in your 407s arriving on scene reporting to command.
02:42
1302 hours?
02:47
Me and the 407, you need to send your personnel out.
02:50
413, you need to reduce some non-emergent.
02:52
Maybe a faulty detector.
02:58
Copy, faulty detector.
02:59
1303 hours.
03:05
Command to Hanover.
03:07
Command, go ahead.
03:11
We checked the structure with zero readings.
03:16
Return Titan in the truck once we're under control.
03:22
Hanover copies 1304 hours.
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This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
Ryegate Pl, Mechanicsville, VA 23111
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