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Fire alarm activated at apartment building with no fire foundReading MA

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audio iconFire & Arson
Sanborn St, Reading, MA 01867

A fire alarm was activated at a four-story apartment complex near Sanborn Street. Firefighters responded and found no visible fire or signs of alarm.

Audio|Heard on: Reading Police & Fire Dispatch
Listen to dispatch call
03:55
Transcript:
00:00
Reading to policing fire units, transmitting box 1121 for near Sanborn Street.
00:11
Water and entranceway.
00:22
In that box?
00:25
Yeah, burning fire.
00:26
That was a fire alarm activation called in by the alarm company.
00:35
Okay.
00:39
Downtown company's on for the box. Downtown company's on for the box.
00:52
Pressing.
00:58
Reding fire with three responding.
01:04
Redding fire with the box alarm box 1121 transmitted for near Sanborn Street.
01:12
All companies responding.
01:19
Downtown companies arriving on scene.
01:21
We have a four-story masonry apartment complex.
01:24
High-victive profile, C,
01:28
offensive strategy, nothing's wrong from the outside.
01:31
Passing command of the car soon, his arrival.
01:34
The firefighter has that.
01:37
Downtown Company's on scene, four-stories,
01:39
high-vict profile.
01:42
Passing command of car three up on the road.
01:50
Morning matter, I'm out with the FD.
01:53
Please.
02:18
I'm going to give you a medic one they're on the way up now.
02:23
Proceed.
02:26
Trang fire from engine 3.
02:28
Ron arrival, low-with-stand-board and stand-in-by-hydrant.
02:41
All systems are normal on the panel.
02:42
All systems normal on the panel.
03:00
Can you give a call back to the alarm company, please? Just confirm we're at their correct location.
03:08
Okay, stand by the phone.
03:11
We'll see if they have any further information for us, too, please.
03:19
We'll be cleared by command returning.
03:23
The fire hazard is a three clear by command, return.
03:31
Right,
03:34
we did confirm near Sanborn for general fire alarm activation, no other info.
03:42
Received, we have no sign of any alarm at this location.
03:45
You can recall the box, all companies clear, determining command.
03:50
It has no sign of any alarm at location recalling box 1121.

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Location mentioned:
Sanborn St, Reading, MA 01867

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