Fire department responds to unintentional fire alarm, Fitchburg MA
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, the Fitchburg Fire Department responded to a medical alarm at a location near Crestview Lane that was later found to be an unintentional fire alarm activation caused by sprinkler system issues.
Audio|Heard on: Fitchburg and Lunenburg Fire and Mid State Control
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03:23
Transcript:
00:00
Fitchburg Fire Department, near Crestview Lane,
00:04
unknown medical alarm, engine 5, paramedic 1, near Crestview Lane, unknown medical alarm,
00:09
engine 5, paramedic 1.
00:12
I'm 5,
00:14
paramedic 1.
00:16
File.
00:17
File, information on arrival, we'll be investigating.
00:22
Engine 2 in arrival.
00:29
Section 50 near Crestview Lane for the unknown.
00:34
Pension 5 respond in.
00:36
201.9.
00:42
2.01.
00:45
File. File, mention 201.
00:47
Yeah,
00:49
we do have the alarm sounding.
00:51
You want to notify the police, it just set off the fire alarm.
00:56
Recease, I'll notify police.
01:04
201, file update.
01:07
Final message 201.
01:11
Disregard.
01:13
Disregarding. Disregarding.
01:19
Very many points in group.
01:21
Very many bond respondent.
01:28
Brown responding near Crestview.
01:30
Call came in through lifeline.
01:32
Sounds like it might be the same issue.
01:34
They are requesting a call to their dispatch center from the parties on scene, if available.
01:40
21-22.
01:44
Measure 5 eyes off.
01:46
G5 on scene.
01:50
Have you on scene to file mention.
02:04
The building.
02:06
Because the panel doesn't indicate exactly what was going on.
02:17
Received.
02:18
(Name withheld) is currently in restoration.
02:20
We were having issues with a bump in the pressure on the sprinkler system earlier.
02:26
Have you locked in the building.
02:32
Also file them.
02:33
You have the sprinkler room location in the notes.
02:42
This is going to be bottom floor across from the cafeteria.
02:55
Thank you. You can clear paramedic one.
02:58
It's an accident on an alarm again.
03:02
Please see if paramedic one is clear.
03:05
Number one, after six.
03:10
Fire alarm.
03:16
It's going to be unintentional.
03:18
Same as well time.
03:19
Can you switch to attack too, please?
03:22
Thank you. Unintentional.
03:23
On to you.
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Location mentioned:
Crestview Ln, Fitchburg, MA 01420
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