False fire alarm at Lewis municipal building

Heard on: Central NY VHF Fire Paging

02:06

This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

00:00

This is dispatch to West.

00:01

Fire, fire, 2nd tone.

00:16

This is West Leyden Fire, 2nd call.

00:19

Have a bus respond (number withheld), State Route 26, the town of Lewis, closest cross to Osceola Road, for your fire alarm activation at the municipal building.

00:28

Repeating for West Leyden Fire, have a bus respond (number withheld), State Route 26,

00:35

town of Lewis, closest cross to Osceola Road, heavy fire alarm activation at the municipal building, please respond.

00:54

Fire truck came out.

00:56

Activation, major.

00:58

9215, correction, highway 10, Tompkins.

01:03

Very nice. Detection, 9215.

01:20

This is 24, you're live.

01:25

56, 41, chief here on scene.

01:27

Nothing visible. 236.

01:39

Seven out one.

01:44

38, copy.

01:50

Who is this, dispatch? This is Fire Chief.

01:55

Dispatch, I'm with Fire Chief.

01:59

This is a false trip.

02:03

This is 119 reporting faulty detector.

02:06

23.

8/28/2026 11:30 PM

Fire

State Rte 26, West Leyden, NY 13489

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Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, firefighters responded to a reported fire alarm activation at a municipal building in the Town of Lewis near Osceola Road. Crews reported nothing visible and determined it was a false alarm, possibly due to a faulty detector.

False fire alarm at Lewis municipal building

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