Smoke detector alarm triggered by renovation dust, Pulaski TN

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/5/2025 05:15 PM

Pulaski, TN 38478

Fire units responded to a smoke alarm activation near Shawn Circle in Pulaski, Tennessee. The property was under renovation, and firefighters found no fire. The alarm was caused by dust from the renovation triggering the smoke detector.

Audio|Source: Pulaski Fire

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Transcript:

00:00

44 dispatch for your CAD. The address is actually going to be near Shawn Circle.

00:05

Near Shawn Circle.

00:08

Okay, point.

00:15

Dispats, do you have any contact information for, I believe it's now Brandywine Estates?

00:23

Stand by. Stand by.

00:31

44 dispatch.

00:33

44.

00:36

Just for informational purposes, that address is being renovated.

00:40

The house of resident was open, it was checked.

00:44

I believe it may just have been dust that got into the smoke detector, there's no fire or anything.

00:48

I'm going to go over to the property manager's trailer and see if I can make contact with her, let her know.

00:55

And four.

00:57

47.44.

01:03

Go ahead.

01:06

Jamie, if you don't need us for anything, yes, we're going to go ahead and clear out.

01:10

That's firm, you go ahead and clear on by your time, pay.

01:14

That's burning.

01:16

47, just that.

01:19

47.

01:21

Yes, ma'am,

01:22

you can go ahead and show ladder one, easy and two, please and then back on service.

01:28

44 will be on scene for just a few more minutes.

01:32

I'm gonna be kind of forth.

01:40

44 dispatch.

01:43

Forty-four.

01:44

Late times out with the property owner, or correction, the property manager, she was supposed to somebody go over and take their alarms down the day. They were doing some renovation work.

01:56

Started up a bunch of dust, which caused them to go off earlier.

01:59

Apparently, they never took it down.

02:01

But I'm clear from the property manager, they'd been it back.

02:05

44-10-4[1].

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