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False fire alarm at St. Timothy church, Union KY

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audio iconFire & Arson
US-42, Union, KY 41091

As discussed during the dispatch call, a maintenance worker accidentally triggered the fire alarm at St. Timothy Church and could not reset it. Emergency units responded, confirmed it was a false alarm, and cleared the scene.

Audio|Heard on: Boone County Fire and EMS Dispatch
Listen to dispatch call
01:44
Transcript:
00:00
I feel like the nodes you in something of what building it is.
00:02
It doesn't appear that it's in the main church.
00:10
Okay,
00:24
we're heading down to the school portion here.
00:28
In the report.
00:33
He is conscious breathing now alone, so that I guess conscious breathing now alone, so I guess 1728.
00:53
He was one of the mobiles.
00:54
I got maintenance guy down here.
00:56
He knocked the plastic cover off and set the alarm off.
00:59
He wasn't able to reset it, but he wasn't able to silence the alarm, so.
01:05
Okay, we'll be over there.
01:08
Okay,
01:13
Senator from right-type command.
01:16
Right-side command, go ahead.
01:22
Make engine 72 plus 72 available with a patient refusal.
01:28
10-4[1]. All units available of 1732.
01:34
The center of 272, St.
01:36
Timothy's, False Alarm,
01:38
remaining units available.
01:41
10.4. False alarm at St.
01:42
Timothy Church.
01:43
All units available 1733.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment or affirmative; message received and understood.

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Location mentioned:
US-42, Union, KY 41091

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