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False fire alarm at daycare on Virginia AveStaten Island NY

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Virginia Ave, Staten Island, NY 10305

An automatic fire alarm was triggered at a daycare on Virginia Avenue while about 30 children were inside. No fire was found, and responders reset the alarm. The daycare was locked and under control with no signs of emergency.

Audio|Source: FDNY Fire Dispatch - Staten Island
02:36
Transcript:
00:00
Statenown class 3[1] bucks 493 terminal 3 555 Topkins Avenue Clifton Avenue to Virginia Avenue for an automatic alarm
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Set now in class 3[1], box 493, Terminal 3, 555, Tompkins Avenue, Clifton Avenue to Virginia Avenue for an automatic alarm in a commercial building.
00:18
0715, this the job, special 191.
00:20
Set now, I'll be telling 2-1.
00:23
Name 2-1.
00:24
Yeah, you get three and two, this is a daycare in the first place with 30 children, okay.
00:28
And 4. 07-1-2 minutes the time session with 911.
00:30
Stat now on Nelson second alarm box 4.527 is now in control.
00:34
Step... Stead now on Nelson, second alarm box, 4527 in Borough, Queens is now in control.
00:39
0747-17-1-191.
00:41
Then I don't get.
00:42
Battalion, 2-1.
00:44
Box 493, you can just drop to an 18.
00:46
It's going to be a 10-26[2].
00:47
They're just going to take some of the reset the...
00:50
Just drop to 18.
00:51
1018-4993, 1018-0493, 1018 040493.
00:54
07-1-8 is the time, such at 1-9-1.
00:56
Lieutenant 2-1.
01:00
The daycare is locked up in charge.
01:02
Do you have...
01:03
I'm trying to see if somebody here.
01:05
I... Stand on, you 167.
01:07
You can remain the service.
01:11
Both.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
class 3: Activation of a fire alarm system, automatic or manual, with no confirmed fire or emergency.
[2]
10-26: Food on stove causing minor smoke or alarm, no fire extension or active fire present.

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Virginia Ave, Staten Island, NY 10305

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