Fire alarm triggered by power outage at Smith School, Danvers MA

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/4/2025 10:24 AM

Near Lobao Dr, Danvers, MA 01923

A fire supervisory alarm was triggered at Smith School near Lobao Drive due to a brief power outage. The alert was investigated and found to be caused by the electrical interruption, with no actual fire reported.

Audio|Source: Danvers Fire Department Dispatch

02:28

Transcript:

00:00

Receiving Supervisor box 8465, near Lobao Drive.

00:06

That would be the Smith School, engine 2 only.

00:10

Receiving Supervisor Box 8465, the Smith School. That will be engine 2 only to respond.

00:22

Engine 4 is on.

00:25

Agent 4, you're on responding.

00:27

The Smith School near Lobao Drive, Supervisory Alarm.

00:31

Be advised we're also getting burglary alarms as well.

00:40

Receive.

00:48

Attention, engine one.

00:53

NG1 respond, supervisory box 8461 for St. John's Prep, by the Key Building, coming in for a CL activation.

01:01

Attenger 1, respond, box 8461,

01:05

St. John's Prep, Brother Key Building, coming in for a CL activation.

01:17

Engine one, you're responding.

01:19

Supervisory box 8461 to St. John's Prep, Key Building, coming in for a CL activation.

01:25

Weather Key Building, engine one has it.

01:28

Attention engine 3.

01:32

Engine 3 responds, Central Station along the Recovery Center of America, near Mill Street, coming for a fire supervisory trouble.

01:40

As engine 3, Central Station along the RCA near Middle Street, coming in for two fire supervisory troubles.

01:55

Engine 3 from engine 1.

02:03

Fire alarm from engine 1. All I'm answering engine 1.

02:11

Can we report the power outage in the area? We're going to be off that knock the RCA.

02:18

You're up at the RCA.

02:20

No residential calls for it.

02:23

We've got a report from an SRO that the Smith School had a brief power outage which calls the alarm.

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Near Lobao Dr, Danvers, MA 01923

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