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Fire alarm at Walmart fuel station on Tidewater Drive, Norfolk VA

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/5/2025 02:08 PM

Near Tidewater Dr, Norfolk, VA 23505

Fire units responded to a fire alarm activation at the Walmart fuel station near Tidewater Drive. The fuel pumps were shut off as a safety precaution, but no fire or smoke was found on scene. The alarm was triggered without any confirmed emergency.

Audio|Source: Norfolk City Fire and EMS Dispatch

01:27

Transcript:

00:00

Fire alarm, near Tidewater Drive, Walmart.

00:14

Engine 14, Ladder 14, respond on fire alarm near Tidewater Drive at Walmart, TAC 3[1].

00:20

Engine 14, Ladder 14.

00:23

Fire alarm near Tidewater Drive, Walmart on TAC 3[1], 1709.

00:32

Engine 14, responding.

00:35

Slide to 14, respond.

00:41

214, a copy your route to fire alarm, near Tidewater Drive at Walmart.

00:47

Indications are fuel station, fire alarm, e-stop fire alarm,

00:51

the pumps have been shut off,

00:54

and fire alarm triggered, nothing further.

00:57

Probably much for 200 available mobile.

01:02

1712.

01:03

Engine 14 on scene.

01:06

1714.

01:08

1714.

01:12

Ladder 14 on scene.

01:14

Engine 14, Ladder 14 on scene.

01:18

Engine 14, Ladder 14, I'm clear.

01:21

See, thank you.

01:26

The other 14 is clear.

Police codes explained

The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:

[1]

TAC 3: Dedicated police tactical radio channel 3 for operational communications.

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Location mentioned:

Near Tidewater Dr, Norfolk, VA 23505

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