False fire alarm reported at smith cavern location, Lawrence MA

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/11/2025 08:35 AM

Near Essex St, Lawrence, MA 01840

Fire units were dispatched to a fire alarm at near Essex Street, Smith Cavern. Upon arrival, no fire was visible and the alarm was later confirmed false. Other responses include emergency assistance for a hypertensive female at 385 North Broadway. A search was mentioned for a one-year-old female (name withheld).

Audio|Source: Merrimack Valley Police, Fire and EMS

03:26

Transcript:

00:00

Attention stations, receiving a master box at near Essex Street, Smith Cavern.

00:05

It will be engine one, engine three, ladder one, rescue one, car two.

00:10

Attention station, receiving a master box at near Essex Street, Smith Cavern.

00:16

It will be engine one, engine three, rescue one, ladder one, car kit.

00:25

Four-hurtures, non-esteem, Emerson Street.

00:29

Single story, wood frame, alarm sound, and nothing showing.

00:32

Got to see your armine single stories.

00:34

One there's destruction, a wall and sound, and nothing showing.

00:38

You're one thousand, sir.

00:51

Response to 385 North Broadway for an unknown age female, hypertensive.

00:59

Attention, engine four, covering for engine one, five-star ALS, respond to 385 North Broadway, the unknown age female hypertensive.

01:09

Four hundred engine three is on, team.

01:17

Three, your own scene.

01:23

You're on scene.

01:24

You're on scene.

01:25

2-1, you're on scene.

01:27

One, you're on scene.

01:30

All right.

01:32

Cartoon. Nine in.

01:36

Proceed you're big.

01:43

All right, wow.

01:44

There you want.

01:46

All right, I'm answering 81.

01:49

All right, send as well.

01:52

Receive second.

01:57

Addison. All right.

02:01

All right on one said as all.

02:06

The letter you're picking.

02:11

So my cell phone G7 off, it's 97 and I have unit 1 for a follow-up.

02:17

See back there.

02:23

The border north by the way.

02:28

24, you're responding.

02:34

40 meat trees, one rear.

02:37

Um,

02:38

looking for (name withheld), one-year-old female,

02:41

you know, covering drug addict, and she did.

02:46

Uh,

02:51

you should call on a cell phone?

03:01

Two-six.

03:04

They're at the Vail.

03:05

Okay,

03:07

seven. Okay.

03:08

Okay.

03:14

Okay. Okay.

03:15

Okay. Okay. Okay.

03:23

Thank you. So, you can strike out the box.

03:25

That's the street holding ladder one.

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Near Essex St, Lawrence, MA 01840

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