Fire alarm triggers evacuation at four-story school, Worcester MA
Fire & ArsonA fire alarm sounded at a four-story school near Main St, Worcester. Occupants were evacuating while no smoke was visible outside. Fire units arrived and investigated, discovering a boiler issue likely caused the alarm. After confirming no active fire, most companies were released to return.
Audio|Source: Worcester City Fire and EMS
04:26
Transcript:
00:00
Engine five, a fire alarm for the initial radio report.
00:05
Engine 5, go with your initial.
00:09
Engine 5 is on arrival. We have a four-story school.
00:12
alarms are sounding.
00:14
Occupants are evacuating.
00:15
There's nothing shown from the outside.
00:17
Engine 5 is going to go and investigate.
00:19
We'll be in the offensive strategy and engine 5 will have main street command.
00:25
And then 5, assuming main street command and investigating.
00:38
Mike for gulfwaite road, we're going to send engine 4 and ladder 5 from training division so you can back off engine 7 and ladder 3.
00:52
Receive. Line 5 to car, Ford. Do you mean engine 13?
01:06
Yeah. I met Lieutenant Spencer and we have a truck you run.
01:12
Fire line, ladder 5. That's going to be engine 13, ladder 5 going to go.
01:20
I didn't have the direction, sorry to keep jacking me these days.
01:24
Engine 4 also has that no longer respondent.
01:32
I'll take this mode here.
01:35
Got three following?
01:36
Brown.
01:38
How much student commands going to hold the car assignment?
01:41
I'm going to stay offensive.
01:45
Receive Carthrieve, I have you on arrival soon command.
01:48
Hold on the assignment, 10.4.
01:51
Check C's level one.
01:54
All right, he was level one.
02:02
Six. Six.
02:05
Yeah,
02:06
did COFOR, were they going to go to Goldweight or not on?
02:11
Negative they're at training.
02:14
COFOR is on for golf weight. What channel, Mike?
02:20
D-D-D-DFA.
02:26
Yeah.
02:29
Good Ed.
02:31
There's no smoker in the basement. It just looks like it's a boiler problem.
02:35
Looks like some pipe or something might have ruptured.
02:37
You can create this down engine three.
02:40
Don't carry seats.
02:41
You have a boil problem.
02:42
It's going to bring down to you guys.
02:44
May I follow?
02:45
It looks like a boil problem.
02:49
Three can handle.
02:50
The rest of the assignment.
02:53
All right, Steve.
02:54
All companies off 25, Fredericksman Ave, you can return a quarter to hold the engine three only.
02:58
Again, companies off 25, Fredericks and Nav, you can return a quarter to the engine three only. Engine three LC on C.
03:05
Good, for two times.
03:13
They have it, they respond.
03:15
Ray C, so you're going to have engine six, engine 13, and lot of five.
03:32
F-B-101 the fire alarm?
03:36
Found.
03:39
We're going to be conducting tests on the fire alarm system, number (number withheld) Shootsbury Street.
03:45
The alarm will come in via central station if you can call any receiving the alarm.
03:50
(number withheld) Shootsbury Street.
03:59
Command to file on.
04:05
File on.
04:08
Engine 5 can handle this. You can return all other companies.
04:10
Engine 5 will switch over to Charlie.
04:17
Companies out at near Main St may return holding engine 5 only.
04:22
Companies out at near Main St return holding engine 5, engine 5, engine 5, switching to Charlie.
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Location mentioned:
Near Main St, Worcester, MA 01603
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