Accidental pendant activation at Amherst Ave residence, Waltham MA

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/1/2025 12:05 PM

Near Amherst Ave, Waltham, MA 02451

Fire and medical units responded to a pendant activation near Amherst Ave for an elderly woman. It was confirmed to be accidental while she was putting on her jacket. No emergency was found.

Audio|Source: Waltham Police & Fire

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Transcript:

00:00

Attention engine 7, medic 3. It's engine 7 and medic 3 with the police near Amherst Ave. It's going to be for an unknown problem, pendant activation with no contact.

00:13

It's engine 7, medic 3 with the police near Amherst Ave for the unknown problem.

00:19

Wampum Ave to Wom Sutter Ave.

00:22

Engine 7.

00:28

Medic3.

00:31

Medic3. Medic 3.

00:33

Engine 7, Medic3, responding at 1508.

00:37

Thank you.

00:41

Thank you. All that control.

00:43

All right.

00:44

Engine 7, a fire alarm. We're off investigating, we'll have Amherst command.

00:51

7 off investigating unless command 1510.

01:00

Open control to 448-3-2.

01:04

4486.

01:05

232, same.

01:07

Okay, good. We can respond over to 725 Lexington Street to YMCA.

01:11

This is a request from Watertown PD.

01:13

He is missing juvenile Patrick Ward, date of birth 3-2, 2014 is there.

01:19

Apparently he often goes to YMCA to swim

01:22

in Watertown apparently thinks that he could possibly be there.

01:27

Roder, check.

01:30

445 is off.

01:33

Amherstab, command, a fire alarm.

01:36

Amherstaff command, command command command.

01:39

This is an accidental activation while she was putting her jacket on, you can cancel a medic.

01:44

7 is going to be clear, it's already command terminated.

01:48

Accidental activation,

01:50

canceling medic 3, Waltham fire medic 3.

01:54

Medically, we have that, thank you.

01:57

Engine 7 will show you clear, terminating command at 1511.

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