Fire alarm prompts investigation at Austin Street building, Worcester MA
Fire & ArsonA fire alarm was activated at a multi-story residential building near Austin Street. Fire crews responded and investigated a strong odor in the boiler room and detected low-level gas readings. They found no active fire or immediate hazard.
Audio|Source: Worcester City Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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Engine 13, engine 2, Ladder 3, Car 4,
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43 Austin Street, Central Station, Fireground Channel, B Bravo,
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I'm out 1126.
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Car 4 de Pran.
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Carrella Pran.
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Code 40, responding,
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43 Austin Street.
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The apartment's here, alarm company, just receiving a general fire alarm.
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General file, 43, Austin.
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We're responding.
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Cut for the file of initial radio report.
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File, I'm answering.
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File, I'm answering.
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We have a medium, four-story, residential.
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We have nothing showing.
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Car 4 is going to investigate being the offensive strategy.
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Hold the assignment.
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We'll have urban command.
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Proceed Car 4 on arrival, investigating.
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11.29.
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Command, file a follow-up.
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Follow.
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The 60s complete, no hazards,
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four stories with a single-story walkout in the basement.
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It's a real.
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Remain offensive hold each time.
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Great.
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Comrade 13.
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All right, we'll go ahead, command.
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Okay,
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13. Proceed with the investigation.
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Proceeding with investigation.
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Pension 2 is level 1.
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5.3-1.
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Car 2 is 11.
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Car 2 in 11.
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Take your 11.
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Hitch 11 answer car too.
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LT,
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are you clearing upon the street?
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That's correct, right north on West Wilson Street.
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Keyed up by near Kendrick Ave,
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there's a hydrant whose side ports are loose and it's running water.
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If you can set the hydrant down for us, please.
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Yes, that's near Kendrick Ave.
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Correct, number (number withheld).
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We're in that area.
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All right, is 11 a sub.
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Thank you.
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13 command status change? Oh,
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it's the status change.
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It's telling me, all-floor smoke, hole, zone one.
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It smells like something blue on the first.
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We're trying to track it down.
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I don't find anything activated yet.
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Please see if you're continuing to investigate,
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4-1.
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Man answering.
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Man, I'm with building personnel right now.
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I'm saying I got Team 2 check the upper floors.
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Team 1, I'm going to go to the boiler room as well.
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I'm getting the word that that's obviously the strongest odor where the place coming from.
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Brief teeth, I'm in here with Ladder 2 right now.
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They're getting low-level readings, but not percentage readings.
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Receive, we're making our way down the boiler.
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We're making our way down the boiler.
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Receive 1134.
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File on.
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File on.
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IndJ3 is available for your bank to admin.
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Receive 1134.
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If they command status change.
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Everybody's got to change.
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Yeah,
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Chief, so far, we can't find anything.
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It's definitely something on the first floor.
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Uh,
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so narrowing it down, but you break this down for now.
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Okay, just yourself?
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Yeah, it'll be good.
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Location mentioned:
Near Austin St, Worcester, MA 01609
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