Infant allergic reaction causes throat swelling near Pond Street

Heard on: Belmont MA Fire Dispatch · Fire Operations

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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

Attention, Engine Two, Rescue One.

00:02

Engine Two, Rescue One, number (number withheld) Pond Street, right in the hill.

00:08

It's going to be for a (number withheld)-month-old allergic reaction.

00:14

(number withheld) Pond Street.

00:19

Engine Two, Rescue One.

00:23

Engine two has (number withheld) Pond Street, Channing and Cross.

00:39

Companies have the run.

00:40

This is going to be an allergic reaction to egg.

00:47

For engine two and rescue one, we still have the caller on the phone.

01:01

His throat is beginning to close up.

01:03

There is no EpiPen available.

01:08

Engine two, I have the update.

01:13

Rescue one has the update.

01:18

Engine two to fire alarm.

01:22

Answering engine two.

01:25

(number withheld) Pond Street, investigating.

01:26

Engine still at Pond Street, come in.

01:30

(number withheld) Pond in command, nine fifty-three.

2026-10-18 13:50 UTC

Medical Emergency

Pond St, Belmont, MA 02478

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

As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to a possible severe allergic reaction involving an infant at a home near Pond Street in Belmont. The caller reported the child was reacting to egg and that the child’s throat was beginning to close, with no EpiPen available. Engine 2 and Rescue 1 arrived and investigated on scene.