No fire found after alarm at apartment building, Longmeadow MA
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Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to an alarm at a three-story brick apartment building near Gigabee Street in Longmeadow, Massachusetts. Alarms and smoke detectors indicated possible smoke in the basement and stairwells, but firefighters found no visible smoke or fire. The situation was investigated and building maintenance was contacted.
Audio|Heard on: Westcomm Regional Public Safety
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03:55
Transcript:
00:00
Dismatch, engine fives aren't seen, three-story brick apartment building, we have alarm sounding, no, nothing showing.
00:06
Fives coming.
00:07
Pives come in.
00:08
PigeG-5[1]5 on the scene, no, two and five is coming.
00:12
21 at this match.
00:16
Not or five, match.
00:17
Twenty-one.
00:18
Twenty-one.
00:19
Twenty-one.
00:20
Can we have an ambulance or location for a transport, please?
00:26
Please.
00:28
One S.O, you can secure the bay.
00:31
Two dispatch, you can clear my assist.
00:34
Repeat, too.
00:36
Sounds right.
00:40
See that I'm running.
00:46
Front stairs, smoke,
00:49
and front left stairs smoke.
00:51
Where is that? Still no smoke, no fire.
00:55
Where is it?
01:02
Let's come.
01:11
Medics seven,
01:13
24 press and drive, 24 press and drive, pings on scene requesting EMS, transfer only.
01:23
(number withheld).
01:28
Got it.
01:34
Are you available for 60?
01:37
I am.
01:45
22 is arriving.
01:54
22 from 0 to 5[1].
02:00
Go ahead.
02:06
Yeah, if I can't find on that committee detector, I do have water in the room,
02:12
and a resident said that some sort of alarm was sounding outside before alarms went off.
02:20
We're still investigating.
02:23
Just back from 22, see if you can get maintenance to 818 ticket to be.
02:34
Rider 5[1] unit from your unit 5.
02:38
5[1] from 22. Were you able to get into the basement?
02:46
Yeah,
02:47
basement's clear.
02:50
Satch for that car, 22.
02:53
22.
02:58
We have no site info for that address of 818, Gigabee Street.
03:07
Unit Tye from latter side, what does the panel say?
03:16
Basement smoke detectors,
03:19
front,
03:22
right stairs, front left stairs.
03:29
Dispatch from unit 5[1], I got a number for you to try.
03:35
(number withheld).
03:39
MCP Unlimited, Property Management.
03:43
Received, we're going to present.
03:50
Unit 5[1] from latter unit, the basement, the basement and all the different genres.
Police codes explained
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[1]
5: Assigned radio channel (Channel 5)
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