Commercial fire alarm at Courthouse Road was false, Spotsylvania Courthouse VA

Fire & Arson

Reported: 10/29/2025 09:59 AM

Near Courthouse Rd, Spotsylvania Courthouse, VA 22553

A commercial fire alarm was reported near Courthouse Road at the intersection with Smith Station Road and Crown Grant Drive. Fire units responded but later confirmed through contact with the alarm company that it was just testing with no fire emergency detected. The call was determined to be non-emergency after verification.

Audio|Source: Spotsylvania County Fire and Rescue

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Transcript:

00:00

Ladder 11, Tanker 2, Rescue Engine 1, and Battalion 2.

00:05

Commercial alarm.

00:06

Weis, Courtland Commons.

00:08

At near Courthouse Road.

00:11

Cross streets are Smith Station Road and Crown Grant Drive.

00:15

Response Priority 1[1].

00:17

On Incident 1[2].

00:22

At one, you're going to near Courthouse Road, near Courthouse Road,

00:28

cross-range, Smith Station Road, Crown Grant Drive.

00:31

Alarm company called in a fire alarm.

00:36

For the area zone, it looks like Sprinkler, General Fire Zone 0 through Zones 171 for Sprinkler. My partner's attempting contact apprentice now.

00:53

The battalion, too copy.

00:59

It's responding. My partner's on the phone with them.

01:01

According to them, they've been testing all day.

01:03

No emergency, no fire.

01:06

They should be making contact with their alarm company now.

01:08

Use your discretion.

01:12

Sponsantia. First, do you continue non-emergency to confirm?

01:15

Place the best of service.

01:19

All right. We're going to continue that now.

01:23

It's possible to direct rescue engine one, continue in non-emergency.

Police codes explained

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

[1]

Priority 1: Highest-priority response, potentially life-threatening

[2]

Incident 1: Assigned incident operations radio channel 1

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Near Courthouse Rd, Spotsylvania Courthouse, VA 22553

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