Fire alarm at First Avenue North was false alarm, St. Petersburg FL

Fire & Arson

Reported: 10/30/2025 11:37 AM

1st Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL

Fire units responded to a fire alarm activation near First Avenue North. Water was applied to a reported fire, but no fire or persons were found. The incident was determined to be a false alarm with good intent.

Audio|Source: Pinellas County Fire and EMS

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Transcript:

00:00

Engine 5.

00:01

Fire alarm 3.50.

00:02

Near First Avenue North, grid 651B.

00:05

Engine 5, FireTech, Charlie.

00:12

10 minute timer.

00:19

Hello, 10 minute timer. You're created.

00:25

Hello, Warner, available.

00:29

Midd13 available.

00:34

Truck. You can show water on fire.

00:37

I'm gonna fill water on fire.

00:43

Okay, just saw the water on fire. When it's the water on fire?

00:53

AP 502 in golf.

00:55

Thank you 5.O2.

01:00

Can you show engine 9.9 delays for training at the undercover company, please?

01:06

Hunter study. Show engine 9 delay, training center cover company.

01:15

Agent 5'3 efficient.

01:21

I'll change.

01:23

I'll change five in some of the trigger left together.

01:29

Top.

01:34

In 46th Avenue, Northridge, 8,4E.

01:38

Engine 35, fire back off.

01:44

I think it's going to be 4-8-1 ALF showing on scene.

01:49

I can also have eight minutes.

01:59

Area.

02:01

Can you get a location where the station's at? Okay.

02:07

I'm in the door.

02:22

FireTac, Bravo, Engine 40, Diabetic Problems, 6218, 149th Avenue North Bridge 377C, Engine 40, FireTac, Bravo.

02:51

I don't know what I was doing with crime of eyes, you know, now I'm seeing the condition and the enforcement elevation.

03:04

Yeah.

03:10

You want to send an elevator down?

03:14

Send in an elevator now.

03:19

Take the closing into the platform.

03:24

Okay.

03:26

Nothing found yet.

03:28

Thank you.

03:35

Unless we have anything besides the patcherby, we're not fining anyone.

03:43

Do you have any other...

03:49

Now, with just a single call on the...

03:54

Just...

03:57

...around, you know, it's okay.

03:59

We're mostly interested in to the parking lot.

04:01

You know,

04:02

as weaved just down, we haven't seen anybody.

04:05

Um, no further.

04:06

We're going to say good intent and everything available.

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