Broken water pipe causes flooding in Cambridge building, Cambridge MA
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Other Non-Crime EventAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to flooding in a Cambridge building caused by a broken water pipe near the elevator and garage levels. Maintenance staff were notified and worked with firefighters to stop the water and reduce damage.
Audio|Heard on: Middlesex MA Fire-Talk Group Calls
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02:38
Transcript:
00:00
Division One on location, assuming command of the box 2217.
00:05
Water filter command.
00:09
Go ahead.
00:12
We have reports from maintenance of a water leak in the elevator lobby.
00:18
I'm at the panel right now.
00:19
Reads water flow active on pump panel saying water flow.
00:22
Let us investigate.
00:27
Received.
00:31
Division 100, clear.
00:35
Clear entry.
00:40
We have a broken pipe at the garage level near the elevator room.
00:46
They have their techs on the way in.
00:48
We're just looking to stop the water now.
00:53
Received broken pipe,
00:54
basement level.
00:55
Was it an accident or frozen?
01:00
We're all East Cambridge Company and ourselves.
01:03
You can just follow the company.
01:07
We have a report on box 1612 holding East Cambridge companies only as well as Division One releasing all other companies at 22:20.
01:16
Division 100.
01:21
(name withheld).
01:25
We have some water that's reaching an elevator machine room.
01:29
Anyone want to make notification?
01:34
Great,
01:38
Whoever you send out, go to the machine room.
01:41
We'll make notification.
01:42
How long do you copy that?
01:46
Fire alarm has a message.
01:51
Three in 100 to ladder 200.
01:56
Two hundred.
02:02
If that maintenance guy is with you with the keys,
02:05
I do have him meet me in the stairwell you saw me in.
02:09
I need access through this one row.
02:15
Latitude, we're making 100.
02:17
Staff being discharged here right now.
02:22
Received.
02:26
Fire alarm calling 3rd command.
02:29
Command ISD has been notified and is going to try to find an inspector, but we did not get here.
02:38
Received.
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Location mentioned:
Broadway Eastern, Cambridge, MA 02142
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