False medical alarm triggers fire response in Mobile, Mobile AL
A fire response was activated by a GPS medical alert near Short Earle Street but no emergency was found, prompting concern over false alarms in the area.
Audio|Source: Mobile County/City and Area Fire
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Transcript:
00:00
Engine 3 dispatched for electronic medical alarm near Short Earle Street, between Davidson and Monday Streets.
00:10
Engine 3 acknowledged.
00:11
Electronic medical alarm at near Short Earl Street, between Davidson Street and Monday Street.
00:20
Timeouts recorded.
00:29
Nine.
00:32
Nine, go ahead.
00:35
Sure, good.
00:38
Nine, copy, clear.
00:40
Post-late, please.
00:43
Nine, copy, eight.
00:53
Engine 3 en route, 2230.
00:56
Engine 3 alerted for electronic medical alarm activation.
01:00
No answer on callback.
01:06
30, kept.
01:07
File on me, 3.
01:10
No 950 Short Earl Street found at location.
01:16
Copy 3, it was a GPS medical alert.
01:20
It was a GPS medical alert.
01:26
Preach happy.
01:36
Further unrelated fire alert transmitted for Oak Grove Fire at Callioka Road.
01:44
Oak Grove Fire reported sick person, unrelated to current alarm.
01:52
2235.
01:54
2,35.
01:59
File on the Grove 1.
02:02
Okay, Grove 1.
02:05
Stand by for that call.
02:10
Copy Samoa.
02:18
County 11 details transmitted.
02:25
PageCriton-E Hover-25, County-11.
02:27
2019, 10-0-2237.
02:30
The MS you need to the age of this time.
02:33
Oh, okay.
02:40
All right, long, engine three.
02:42
Engine three.
02:45
Closest residences near location checked, no alarms detected.
02:50
That's station Monday Street.
02:53
No alarms triggered there, so units placed back in service.
03:00
Three in service, one two, thirty-eight.
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Location mentioned:
Short Earle St, Mobile, AL 36603
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