False alarm investigated at Spencer Ave building, Chelsea MA
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, chelsea fire crews responded to a fire alarm near Spencer Ave for a three-story wood-frame building. The alarm, originally reported as smoke in a trash room, appeared to be a false alarm. Firefighters investigated and confirmed no visible smoke or fire, determining that the alarm might have been triggered by a malfunctioning detector.
Audio|Heard on: Chelsea Fire Dispatch
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03:29
Transcript:
00:00
Chelsea Box 3422 auxiliary for near Spencer Ave.
00:06
Response to the box is Chelsea Engine 3, Engine 2, Ladder 3.
00:12
That's Chelsea Box 3422 auxiliary for near Spencer Ave.
00:18
The response to the box is Chelsea Engine 3, Engine 2, Latitude.
00:23
Got three.
00:25
Channel two will be the.
00:31
I'm calling cop three on channel two.
00:36
Got three.
00:41
The alarm zone is indicating the trash room smoke.
00:51
Got three in the mess.
01:07
I'm answering a lot of two.
01:12
Three-story wood frame alarm sounded, nothing showing.
01:17
Two on scene, three-story wood frame alarm sound, nothing shown in Chelsea file.
01:22
I'm standing by 1950s work.
01:28
Got through the fire left channel two.
01:32
Code three, you're on channel one.
01:34
Go ahead with your message on channel two.
01:40
Code three to parallel, I'm channel two.
01:43
Answering.
01:45
Near Spencer Ave, got a three-story modern construction.
01:49
Left it showing investigating, code three command.
01:54
Three on scene establishing command.
01:56
Chelsea Fire Alarm standing by at 1954.
02:02
Just read a lot of tools.
02:04
I'm being told the trash room's in the back.
02:07
I think it might work out there.
02:10
A lot of tools.
02:16
Is there something else on there besides trash room? Because there's no trash.
02:26
Command answering.
02:29
Does it just say trash a lot on the alarm panel?
02:34
Yeah, it just says smoke detector trash room.
02:42
And security command.
02:44
We got a report that there's been a lot of crashes.
02:48
Right, I'm understanding that.
02:49
And then it was also from central station monitoring company.
02:57
And security command.
02:59
Command answering.
03:03
Apparently, Group Three had this last week.
03:05
There is no trash room.
03:07
They could not find the detector and they just reset it.
03:13
Okay, we're going to investigate a little while.
03:19
Stand by. We're going to hold all companies investigating at this time.
03:25
Command, you're going to hold all companies to investigate.
03:28
Chelsea Fallon, stand by 1958.
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Location mentioned:
Spencer Ave, Chelsea, MA 02150
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