Fire alarm failure due to damaged detector in apartment, Upton MA
Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to a fire alarm activation in the B building on the first floor near Dunkin'. They found a damaged heat detector in an apartment that could not be reset or repaired. There was no confirmed fire, but they could not restore the alarm system. Building management was contacted to address the malfunction.
Audio|Source: Upton Fire and EMS
04:16
Transcript:
00:00
Up and fire the indicators B building first floor left.
00:13
Ahreasy.
00:20
Up and fires and two is in route with three.
00:26
Receive engine 221.2.
00:34
Engine 2nd2.
00:36
Engine 2, B building first floor left.
00:41
Receive, just confirming B as in Bravo.
00:45
B right out front, right next to Dunkin'.
00:51
Receip.
00:57
Check that apartment to see what the issue was.
01:07
Carl, okay, you were walked over, repeat that.
01:13
It won't reset. There must be a problem in that apartment.
01:17
Thank you. We're going to approach.
01:25
Car three's on.
01:29
Three, say, car three, twenty-one, twenty-four.
01:39
Say, B building,
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center apartment, three, kitchen heat, heat detector.
01:50
Ready, Dr. Fogg's showing you two on C.
01:55
Three, three, two, twenty-one, twenty-four.
02:05
Trial Street, command, be advised.
02:07
We can load heat detector in B3, first floor.
02:22
Receive.
02:29
Catchment, command.
02:30
Try a reset again.
02:33
Receive. Receive.
02:44
Still showing that alarm.
02:55
Cuttee command be advised the detector itself is damaged.
03:00
It's been snapped out of the base.
03:03
It cannot be repaired.
03:04
We're going to see if we can bypass it.
03:11
Okay.
03:12
Okay. We're going to get up and fire. We've been clear by command and it would be returning.
03:27
Ready to seep, 2130.
03:37
Got one up to fire.
03:41
Upton Fire. Do you have a contact number for the management company if you have the emergency number?
03:52
A firm, I do have a contact number. I can leave on a call.
03:58
Can you contact us, tell them we have a problem in the fire alarm? We can't get it back into,
04:06
to operate.
04:07
They're going to need to have somebody come out.
04:09
If they want, they can call me on my phone.
04:14
Where do you think? Don't call them now.
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Location mentioned:
Near Hartford Ave N, Upton, MA 01568
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