False fire alarm caused by broken sprinkler pipe, Reading MA
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Fire & ArsonA fire alarm at the Home Depot at 60 Walkers Brook Drive in Reading was caused by a broken sprinkler pipe. Fire units responded and maintenance was needed to shut down the sprinkler system riser.
Audio|Heard on: Reading Police & Fire Dispatch
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04:35
Transcript:
00:00
Reading Police and Fire Units, receiving Master Box 5521.
00:04
Number six to Walkers Brook Drive, the Home Depot.
00:08
Again, that's incoming box 5521, the Home Depot.
00:13
9-7-0-0-0-0-7-0.
00:24
Tell us B1.
00:28
Have it B1, you're responding.
00:36
Private is writing.
00:39
Hi Nate. Right,
00:42
did you say Lab 4 or Lab 4,
00:46
F-O-O-O-O-R?
00:48
Lab Corp, C-O-R-P.
00:56
Roger.
01:12
The box alarm, box 5521 has been received for 60 Walkers Brook Drive, The Home Depot, all companies on the air is phoning.
01:31
5Ais, you're writing.
01:34
5A.
01:37
Completed up and then, I'll be clear.
01:40
Copy.
01:55
Cotterrey is going to be on steam in a large commercial building nothing shown from the exterior audible water gone it's going to be a high victim profile
02:06
offense strategy life priority Cottery will have command command command is going to be in the opposite side of the building
02:22
Injured 4th on arrival.
02:24
See,
02:28
engine 4 on T's on C's.
02:30
Investigate, I'm going to give you a ladder, shock on their arrival.
02:35
Thank you. Thank you.
02:42
All right, you're going over here.
02:51
Engine 3 is on arrival.
02:55
So you're on arrival.
02:59
Engine 3, just hold there for a moment.
03:05
Have the message.
03:12
Reagan fire P1 is on C.
03:14
Receive P1, you're on team.
03:22
Go to engine one.
03:25
Agent one.
03:29
Access to the garden center.
03:31
I'll be outback.
03:37
Appreciate.
03:39
Agent 4 to command.
03:42
Command answering.
03:44
This is a broken sprinkler pipe.
03:47
I've got issues with it before.
03:49
Gonna try and shut it down.
03:52
Receive.
03:53
Break, engine 3 from command.
03:58
Read the answer in command.
04:01
Lieutenant, can you make your way to the sprinkler room to shut down that riser, please?
04:06
After message.
04:12
Command.
04:16
Command answering.
04:19
To be advised, I have a spitting that blew off the riser pipe.
04:23
There's going to be some maintenance heated over here.
04:25
We're going to have to shut down that riser.
04:29
Receive, engine three, engine three is in the process of it's doing that right now.
04:34
Receive. Receive.
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Location mentioned:
Walkers Brook Dr, Reading, MA 01867
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