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Alarm activated at Boston College Newton Campus investigatedNewton MA

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Boston College Newton Campus, 885 Centre St, Newton, MA 02459

Fire department responded to an alarm activation at Boston College Newton Campus near Centre Street. Investigation revealed the alarm was likely triggered by a hot water faucet running in a bathroom area, and the detector was reset. No fire was found.

Audio|Source: Newton Police and Fire
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Transcript:
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Boston College Newton Campus, near Centre St. Boston College Newton Campus, near Centre St.
00:03
I'm far left.
00:06
Roger, thank you.
00:15
This is on the area.
00:20
Use command of frailis.
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Command.
00:30
Initial report of smoke outside of room 1.10, you're investigating.
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1840.
00:41
Inger 1, 2-2-3 alpha.
00:45
Andrew.
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Yeah,
00:48
I'm with plumbing. They said there was a hot water faucet running in the bathroom or outside. This team might have shifted.
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Okay, the message, we've got eyes on the detector.
01:00
You can reset it if you want.
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C-2[1], you got that?
01:14
File on C2 as a message. You can tell me on the box 1-3-4-3.
01:19
We'll hold engine 1 and light as well.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
C-2: Operate on Channel 2 (radio/tactical channel)

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Location mentioned:
Boston College Newton Campus, 885 Centre St, Newton, MA 02459

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