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Malfunctioning detector reported at apartment near Cottage StNew Bedford MA

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Cottage St, New Bedford, MA 02740

Fire responders were sent to an apartment near Cottage Street for a detector that was malfunctioning. The nature of the detector, possibly carbon monoxide, was being confirmed. The alarm was sounding intermittently every 15 to 30 seconds.

Audio|Heard on: New Bedford Police, Fire and EMS
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01:17
Transcript:
00:00
Ladder 1, can you make your way to near Cottage Street, apartment number two for a malfunctioning detector?
00:07
Near Cottage, apartment number two, malfunctioning detector?
00:15
Ladder 1 is going to be responding on a delayed response, we're on Belleville-Ev, returning to our still area.
00:25
Okay, a lot of one, thank you.
00:26
Cross is going to be Morgan.
00:31
File out from Measure 1, we can take that.
00:36
Then, Enter 1, we'll put you on the board.
00:44
File up from 1.
00:59
Lab from Ladder 1.
01:02
Ladder 1, this is Fire Alarm.
01:06
Do we know what sort of detector this is? Is this a CO detector?
01:13
We have fire alarm protector going off every 15 to 30 seconds.

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Location mentioned:
Cottage St, New Bedford, MA 02740

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  1. Resolution and Clearance
  2. On-Scene Investigation
  3. Clarification of Detector Type
  4. Response and Status Update
  5. Initial Dispatch

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