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Food on stove triggers alarm at housing authorityWorcester MA

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Great Brook Valley Ave, Worcester, MA 01605

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a reported fire alarm at the Worcester Housing Authority’s Curtis Building A near Great Brook Valley Ave. The alarm was triggered by food cooking on a stove. Fire units investigated, found no active fire, and the incident was cleared.

Audio|Heard on: Worcester MA Fire-Tac Group Calls
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01:21
Transcript:
00:00
Car three, engine eleven, engine eight, ladder six rescue.
00:03
Near Great Brook Valley Ave.
00:06
Worcester Housing Authority, Curtis Building A, general file up.
00:10
Received near Great Brook Valley Ave., building A, companies responding.
00:17
Engine eight to fire alarm initial ready for.
00:20
Follow the incident, go ahead.
00:23
Engine eight is on scene.
00:25
We have a large four-story residential.
00:28
We have nothing showing.
00:29
Alarms are sounding.
00:31
We're going to be offensive investigation.
00:32
We're going hold the assignment.
00:33
Engine eight has Great Brook Valley command.
00:37
Received. Engine eight, I'll establish command.
00:39
Nothing showing here.
00:40
Investigating.
00:41
Twelve thirty-four. Command, fire one is all up for what?
00:46
Probably it's coming out.
00:49
Panel indicates unit (number withheld) alarm.
00:53
We're going to be investigating.
00:56
Received, engine eight continues to investigate.
01:00
Command, fire one.
01:03
Call this command.
01:06
Yeah, this was just cooking food on the stove.
01:10
We can return to assignment.
01:14
Charlie.
01:16
Receive return all companies from Great Brook Valley holding engine eight only at twelve thirty-seven.

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Great Brook Valley Ave, Worcester, MA 01605

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