False fire alarm caused by faulty smoke detector, Wilmington MA
Firefighters responded to a fire alarm at an apartment building near Burlington Ave in Wilmington, MA. Upon investigation, they found no smoke or fire present. The cause of the alarm was a faulty smoke detector in one apartment. All units cleared the scene after confirming there was no actual fire.
Audio|Source: Middlesex and Essex Counties Fire
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Transcript:
00:00
Fire alarm, engine 5.
00:03
Engine 5 answering, on scene.
00:07
On scene. Should you need them, it's going to be yard hydrants throughout.
00:17
Fire alarm, engine one's on for near Burlington Ave. I have the hydrant location, clear the doors.
00:25
Fire alarm is engine one on responding and with the hydrant locations. Clear the door is 44 minutes.
00:42
Fire alarm, engine four.
00:46
Fireline main to your engine four. All right, this sounds like it's isolated to one on the second floor, we'll go to check it out.
00:58
Engine four, very low audio. Go again with your message.
01:03
Fire alarm, we got no... No fire alarm in the building going off. It sounds like it's isolated to one apartment on the second floor, but check it out.
01:14
Fire alarm has alarms seem to be local to one apartment.
01:19
Can I go and investigate 45 minutes?
01:31
Anger one's on scene, fire alarm.
01:35
Fire alarm, hence engine one on scene, 45 minutes.
01:51
Fire alarm, Minson command.
01:56
All right, we're in their apartment.
01:58
Just no smoke, no fire.
02:01
You can clear you want your five.
02:09
Fire alarm has we're able to access the apartment. No smoke, no fire.
02:13
It's going to be clearing engine one and engine five, 47 minutes.
02:17
Fire alarm's engine one.
02:22
Engine 1 has it. We're returning.
02:27
Fire alarm is engine 1, clear returning. Fire alarm engine 5.
02:31
Fire alarm engine 5 is clear returning. Fire alarm engine 5 is clear returning.
02:34
Fire alarm is engine 5, clear returning, 47.
02:41
Final, I'm engine five back quarters.
02:47
Fireland is under five back in quarter to wait and a minute.
02:57
File,
02:59
I'm Inj1, back. Two or three, please.
03:04
Fireland, and Andrew 1 back in court, before your name.
03:17
Fire alarm command.
03:20
Fire alarm, Eastern Command.
03:27
Department 2214, faulty smoke detector.
03:34
Fire alarm, unit 214 with a faulty smoke detector. It's 53 minutes.
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Location mentioned:
Near Burlington Ave, Wilmington, MA 01887
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