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Carbon monoxide alarm near South First StreetNew Bedford MA

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S 1st St, New Bedford, MA 02744

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a carbon monoxide alarm at an apartment near South First Street in New Bedford. The readings were around 35 parts per million and appeared to result from cooking with an oversized pot. The stove was secured and the apartment ventilated.

Audio|Heard on: New Bedford Fire
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01:26
Transcript:
00:00
Fire alarm dispatching, ladder three,
00:02
near South First Street, (name withheld).
00:06
For a CO alarm[1] received at headquarters,
00:08
Box 7144. Again, fire alarm dispatching, ladder three, (name withheld), near South First Street.
00:16
For a CO alarm[1] received at headquarters, box 7144.
00:20
Your cross streets Blackmer and Delano Street.
00:30
I got strobe showing.
00:38
Fire alarm, panel reads CO detectors.
00:41
Unit 640 would check it.
00:47
Copy that, panel reads 640 detectors checking.
00:56
Fire on the portable freight.
01:01
Command three.
01:06
It appears to be from cooking on a stove using an oversized pot.
01:10
We got readings of 35 parts per million.
01:13
We have secured the stove and are ventilating the apartment.
01:19
Copy. 35 medium, what do you need up?
01:24
That's a negative fire alarm.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
CO alarm: Carbon monoxide alarm activation

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S 1st St, New Bedford, MA 02744

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