Fire alarm triggers evacuation at goodwill strip mall, Amherst MA
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Fire & ArsonA fire alarm sounded at the Goodwill strip mall near University Drive in Amherst. The building was evacuated, but no smoke or fire was found.
Audio|Heard on: Amherst Fire
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02:54
Transcript:
00:00
Attention, 5101, engine 2, still alarm[1].
00:02
Attention, 5101, engine 2, still alarm[1].
00:04
Respond, 181, University Drive, Suite D Delta, for the fire alarm activation, called in by the alarm company, an employee of the Goodwill reporting the building's alarms were going off, no smoke or fire reported.
00:19
It's 181 U drive, Suite D,
00:22
Delta, 1446.
00:27
729, engine 1.
00:30
Go ahead, Engine 1.
00:31
Engine 1.
00:33
Andrew, responding to 181,
00:36
University Drive, fire alarm activation, Suite B.
00:42
Andrew on your responding, 181, University Drive, Suite D Delta, from Fearing, 1446.
00:48
So, 9, it's 2.
00:51
Go ahead, engine 2. Go ahead, engine 2.
00:54
No, there's always a two on the air for 181 U drive 1447.
01:02
840.
01:06
8.4.
01:15
Did you want? May 4.
01:19
2. May 4.
01:27
Is it too.
01:30
Do you want to start to respond with you? We're coming upon a new drive from Rocky Hill.
01:37
You keep yourself in service.
01:39
We'll be all set.
01:41
Thank you.
01:51
729A3. Go ahead, A3.
01:55
Transpany1 to CDH.
01:59
A3, Transporting 1, CDH 1449.
02:09
729-1.
02:11
Go ahead, Edge 1.
02:14
Engine 1 is not seen.
02:15
Goodwill strip mall with fire alarm sounding building.
02:20
Building being evacuated, no smoke or fire showing.
02:22
NG111 command remaining on primary.
02:28
Engine 1, you're on scene at the strip mall.
02:30
Fire alarms sounding, building evacuated, no smoke or fire from the exterior.
02:34
Engine 1, you have command running on primary 1450.
02:41
1450.
02:42
Number 9, this is 2.
02:45
Go ahead, engine 2.
02:48
You show, Winston 2 on C.
02:49
Agent 2 on C.
02:52
Agent 2, you're off scene on U-Drive.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
still alarm: Single-company, non-Box fire response dispatched without a full alarm assignment (lower-priority call)
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Location mentioned:
University Dr, Amherst, MA 01002
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