Fire alarm at Monarch House shows no visible fire, New Bedford MA
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Fire & ArsonA fire alarm was activated at Monarch House near South 6th Street reporting smoke in a second floor bedroom. Fire units responded and found no visible fire upon arrival, with the alarm still sounding.
Audio|Heard on: New Bedford Police, Fire and EMS
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05:28
Transcript:
00:00
Fireland dispatching ladder 1, engine 1, engine 6 unit 2, the Monarch House 33 South 6th Street.
00:06
For a fire alarm called by central station, indicating Zone 22, 2nd floor,
00:10
bedroom smoke.
00:11
Again, fire alarm dispatching ladder 1, engine 1, engine 6, unit 2, the Monarch House 3 3 South 6th Street.
00:18
For a fire alarm called by Central Station, indicating 2nd floor southeast bedroom smoke.
00:23
Cross is Walnut Street.
00:25
Anyone?
00:30
Pencil.
00:36
All right, let me just six responding.
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Manager 6 responding.
00:42
Yeah, though.
00:46
Unit 2 is responding.
00:49
Unit 2 respondent. Unit 2 respond.
00:51
Angel 1 responding.
00:55
1 responding.
01:06
I'm out of wind and room.
01:10
The latter one responding.
01:17
The medic one to control.
01:22
Last medic.
01:26
The medic one to control, control is 16 from the host first.
01:29
Okay.
01:35
Fine, let me do this on the scene checking, there's nothing showing, alarm soundling.
01:41
Unit 2 on scene checking, nothing showing, alarm sounding.
01:49
All right under there, your one's on seat.
01:54
Edge 1 on C. Engine 1 on C.
01:57
Team under control.
02:04
PM1.
02:07
It sounds like the machine is now functioning out here at 42 Tremont Street.
02:14
The owner of the unit is trying to contact someone now to get a replacement.
02:21
There is no EMS needed here.
02:24
Received.
02:28
By now for me to two.
02:33
Go ahead, unit two.
02:36
The report over the activation from my hair dryer would check in the green turn.
02:39
It's six.
02:43
This report's activation from a hair dryer.
02:49
Soft and shop 438 down this street.
02:51
It's going to be for an older gentleman, white male,
02:54
green jacket, where they blue one their hat, he was following people on in the floor half minutes of somebody who's now approaching vehicles outside in one of the room.
03:04
Be sure.
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CP 11 will take stop and shop this you got him.
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10 423 this regard.
03:14
You just put something in there.
03:15
Okay.
03:17
Okay. Okay.
03:18
Okay.
03:20
We're checking.
03:26
Let's turn the way down a little of a second.
03:35
Yeah, too. So, Mingo and portable.
03:40
Either two.
03:44
Activated detector and no smoke or fire.
03:46
I'm going to try to reset the meal.
03:49
Okay,
03:50
boy, can you send someone to the back door to let me up?
03:55
Okay, now.
04:00
Okay, all I see it.
04:06
Okay, all I see it.
04:17
Eight, Blueberry Terrace, phone alarm, residential bedroom motion.
04:24
That work.
04:40
Fireland dispatching engine 9, 1024 Kings Highway for a six-year-old having a seizure.
04:47
Again, far on dispatching engine 9, the Bunsey Trampoline Park, 1024 Kings Highway, for a six-year-old having a seizure.
04:54
Crosses Mount Pleasant and Tarquin Hill Road.
05:00
24.
05:04
I'll be clear.
05:05
Will you have a solver job?
05:09
What's the older gentleman asking people for money, white, male, tan jacket, glasses, and a blue one to half.
05:17
The answer will be sent out.
05:19
Retroletters, letter one, take the report.
05:23
File on copies, accidental,
05:26
alarm, panel reset.
05:27
The military return engine one.
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Location mentioned:
S 6th St, New Bedford, MA 02740
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