False alarm due to dead battery in apartment smoke detector, Petersburg VA


Fire crews responded to a smoke alarm at an apartment building but found no fire. The alarm was caused by a dead battery in a smoke detector.
Audio|Source: Petersburg Fire/Rescue
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Transcript:
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Petersburg from Engine 4.
00:03
Confirming Building 3, Apartment H, I'm not showing a building 3 in my maps.
00:08
It's Building 17, Apartment 3H.
00:12
Copy. The engine four is on seeing a three-story apartment building with nothing show.
00:16
Danger four out commence.
00:17
Angel four is on scene with a three-story apartment building nothing showing with command 0703.
00:22
Peterborough from Badge in command.
00:23
Okay, command.
00:24
This was not a file on activation.
00:26
It was a dead battery and smoke detector.
00:28
You can terminate the incident engine four serves.
00:30
Copy dead battery and the smoke detector of the incident terminated 070 Thursday.
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Petersburg, VA
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