Sprinkler pipes break causes water flow in Chelsea apartment, Chelsea MA
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Fire & ArsonThe Chelsea Fire Department responded to a water flow alarm at an apartment building near Broadway. They found flowing water in the dry sprinkler system in the garage area caused by broken or frozen pipes. The affected section was isolated, and a building representative and fire prevention officials were called to the scene.
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Chelsea Barks 3912 Auxiliary.
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For the apartment buildings near Broadway.
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Broadway.
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The Chelsea Barks 3912 auxiliary, near Broadway, the apartment buildings.
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Sports to the box.
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Gid 1.
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Engine 1. Fire alarm, engine Cot 3.
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That's marginal.
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3, you spot a little old module, switch the channel 2.
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The faucet of the box is engine 1,
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engine 4,
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ladder 2, car 3.
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1, inch 4, latitude, car 3.
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All companies responding to a working out box.
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391 2, channel 2 is the fire 1.
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NGF4 has a response responding from NACCOSA.
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Mr.4,
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where you're responding from?
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Druson, Evidav.
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Okay, uh,
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I can answer two clear a marginal street.
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One of the other take the box.
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Mr. 1 call for a long.
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Well,
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let me answer it as your one.
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I didn't hear the other company's location, but we're responding from Central.
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I take it. There it's module and, uh,
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module in Willow, just getting that full of training.
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Just respond to the box.
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Your first do anyway.
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Okay, we have it first of them.
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We can take that for you.
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4, stand out.
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Injord 4, stand out.
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Companies respond on Box 3912.
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Be advised the along company reports a water flow activation.
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Count 3 has a water flow activation.
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Line 10104, you have that, stand down.
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Danger 4 has a message.
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Ginger 4 is in service service.
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Your right, service.
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Trial on 1148.
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A lot of tour, file on.
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File line, answer, a lot of two.
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Well, other two, John Skeen, investigating.
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We get alarm sound and we'll get the water going to also sign it.
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Investigator.
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You want, see, yeah, the water going activation.
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The alarm sounding.
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Chelsea fire alarm, 409.
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Not at 2 to the 5-3.
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5-3.
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We have visible water flown in the garage area.
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We have visible water flown in the garage area.
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Receive, you got water flowing in the garage area.
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Responding up March 3912, use caution apparatus of responding off inscribed ropes.
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Cotterine, Cotterine, 4th story, wood frames,
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residential, we have water flow in the garage area.
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Companies will be investigating.
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Cotry's command.
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Okay, you've got a water flow in the garage.
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You're investigating 4-story wood construction.
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Chelsea Fireland, 1150.
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Command.
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Command, answer.
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Select a water flow of dry system.
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Received water flow address.
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All right now.
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Answering.
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Now, we'll make a way up to the second floor.
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Selfie blocks free.
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Command to the command.
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Command answering.
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We're checking the appellate right above that area.
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We don't have any water up on the second floor, so it's just between the second and the first floor right at that garage level.
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We can isolate that.
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Okay, I read you.
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We got into the sprinkler room right now.
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I'm silent for me alone.
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14 to file alone.
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We're taking a limitation of the every hospital.
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The wind.
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We're checking your pilots right above that break.
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There's no hazard up there, no fire.
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File.
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These engine ones working on shutting down the sprinklers.
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The man.
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The main entrance.
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All right, the garage section has been shut down.
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All right, why don't you open the main drain? If you can drain that house.
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No,
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nothing showing.
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24 Gervishab, Chelsea Fireland, 11 o'clock, 154.
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Broadway command of fire alone.
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Fireline. Fireline.
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We had a waterfall of a, what might be a broken or frozen sprinkled pipe.
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We're going to need a building representative to this beam.
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Broken sprinkler pipes,
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getting the building rep to the scene.
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1155.
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You have a member from Fire Prevention Respond as well.
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Okay, you also want a member from Fire Prevention, 1155.
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Slide it to a command.
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Command answering water tools.
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We're actually guys on this in the garage area.
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The brake is isolated inside the garage.
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Broadway, Chelsea, MA 02150
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