False alarm from battery change at Washington Parkway home

Heard on: Bridgeport Area EMS

01:39

This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

00:00

Engine three, truck one, car three, (number withheld) Washington Parkway for the activated fire alarm.

00:06

This is engine three, truck one, car three, (number withheld) Washington Parkway.

00:11

Activated residential fire alarm.

00:26

Engine One, Tac Five, (number withheld) Orchard Boulevard, Empire Apartments, Unit One F.

00:33

For the activated CO alarm.

00:36

Engine One and Tac Five, (number withheld) Orchard Boulevard, Empire Apartments, Unit One F, Foxtrot, for the activated CO alarm.

00:44

No symptoms.

00:49

Engine One, respond.

00:56

Engine One.

01:03

I mean, engine one's responding.

01:06

Engine one's responding.

01:09

Engine three, truck one, car three, (number withheld) Washington Parkway.

01:14

Just received a call back from the alarm company reporting the homeowner was trying to change the battery, activated the alarm.

01:24

Engine three's on scene.

01:25

We'll go ahead and confirm.

01:28

Received engine three on scene.

01:30

Car three copies.

01:32

You can clear the balance of the assignment and have truck one respond to the CO alarm and place attack five.

6/27/2026 01:32 PM

Fire & Arson

Washington Pkwy, Stratford, CT 06615

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire units were dispatched to a possible residential fire alarm near Washington Parkway and to a possible carbon monoxide alarm at an apartment on Orchard Boulevard. The fire alarm appeared to be accidentally set off by the homeowner while changing a battery, and remaining units were redirected to the CO alarm call.