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Fire alarm at Newton building was accidentalNewton MA

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Washington St, Newton, MA 02458

A fire alarm was triggered at a building near 275 Washington Street, Newton. Firefighters responded to a heat sensor activation on the first floor. After investigation, the alarm was found to be accidental. The response was scaled back and units held on site.

Audio|Heard on: Newton Police and Fire
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03:42
Transcript:
00:00
491 Flip the fire at near Washington Street, One Newton Place with a fire left.
00:09
Roger.
00:14
Washington Street 1 Newton plays responses engine one engine four ladder 3 c2 21 52.
00:29
Engine 1, engine 4, ladder 3 C2.
00:33
Responding to the box has been received and transmitted box 1153 for the address near Washington Street, One Newton Place.
00:41
Also receiving a central station update for a heat sensor on the first floor, 2154.
00:57
Fire alarm engine one.
01:00
Along with light of three bucks, one-153.
01:02
And you want to ask him in.
01:05
Chief Benjamin 1, you're off at Ladder 3, you're off command, 2.156.
01:21
Control. We'll be off.
01:33
Right now.
01:42
Patty's pup, 95-ounce street, 9-1 hang up.
01:47
I don't want to hang up.
01:49
Roger.
01:51
We can have people celebrating in the background.
02:08
Washington County County.
02:12
Hello, I'm answering Washington Street Command.
02:16
Box 1153. Trip for the inside, water flow.
02:20
We're investigating.
02:21
We're investigating.
02:22
You have a trip for a water flow sensor on Box 1153.
02:28
You're investigating 2158.
02:36
Contact with the caller,
02:39
accidental by (name withheld).
02:58
Same issue as well as in a ladder.
03:03
Okay, no medicine.
03:04
Washington Street, command, calling final.
03:07
Fire alarm, engine Washington Street command.
03:12
Yeah,
03:14
there's nothing flowing here.
03:16
Engine one and ladder three would take care.
03:19
Receive nothing flowing.
03:21
Engine one ladder three can handle.
03:22
Fire alarm, C2.
03:28
C2 has a message, send the all-out box 1153.
03:32
We'll hold engine 1 and ladder 3.
03:37
Receive, sending the all-out on a box 1153, holding engine one, ladder 3.

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Washington St, Newton, MA 02458

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