False fire alarm turns into duress alert in Crane Valley, Waxhaw NC
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews were dispatched to a reported residential fire alarm near Whiskery Dr in Crane Valley. Responders arrived using emergency lights and sirens but later determined the alarm was not due to fire. It was reclassified as a residential duress alert, and units canceled further response once the situation was clarified.
Audio|Heard on: Union County and North Carolina State Fire
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01:33
Transcript:
00:00
Station 42, engine 42, ladder 44, residential fire alarm, near Whiskery Dr and Crane Valley.
00:05
You're operating on Channel Charlie.
00:10
2413-13-R-Rrop.
00:17
Head 112, 14-1st responders.
00:19
You're en route code 3 to Monarch Lake, near Lake London Dr.
00:22
Your patient's a 64-year-old male.
00:24
He is alert and breathing.
00:26
Slipped and fell, has a head injury with some bleeding.
00:28
He's currently sitting in a kitchen chair.
00:42
Station 42, Engine 42, Ladder 44, call not for a residential fire alarm, called in by the alarm company.
00:49
Near Whiskery Dr in Crane Valley.
00:53
Initially came in as a keypad fire alarm; the alarm company just called, advises you can cancel at your discretion.
01:05
We'll go and check it out.
01:06
You can cancel Ladder.
01:15
They're advising it wasn't ever a fire alarm.
01:17
It was a residential duress alarm.
01:31
Forty-two on scene.
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This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
Whiskery Dr, Waxhaw, NC 28173
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