The Dormont Fire Department is warning residents of a scam.
People are going door to door stating that they are either with the borough or a utility company conducting carbon monoxide detector inspections.
Dormont police said on Tuesday, a man dressed in a white puffy coat went to an apartment, saying the fire department sent him.
The tenant was skeptical and didn’t let him in and called police.
Officers patrolled the area, looking for the man, but did not see him.
Fire Chief Jeff Stackich said the fire department will never show up unannounced and they would only check detectors at the request of the resident.
“If we were to knock on the door, we would have appropriate identification, department clothing on, that would identify us,” Stackich said.
The fire department asked that the incidents be reported to the Dormont Police Department.
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