Fire alarm at car wash was detector malfunction, Springfield MA
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Firefighters responded to a fire alarm at a car wash near East Columbus Avenue in Springfield. The alarm was caused by a heat detector malfunction, and no fire was found.
Audio|Heard on: Springfield Fire
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02:14
Transcript:
00:00
Command 2. Engine 3.
00:03
Truck 1. Respond to near East Columbus Avenue.
00:07
Fire alarm.
00:16
Engine 5. Inge 5.
00:21
You can cancel a truck.
00:24
There will be a detector malfunction at this time.
00:27
Engine 5 is going to continue to investigate.
00:30
Receive truck 40, copy?
00:39
Fire alarm, truck 1.
00:41
Truck 1. Truck 1.
00:45
Truffernier responding with Engine 3 to near East Columbus Avenue came in as Wash Bay Heat Detector for the indicator.
00:54
Burry.
01:07
Command 1, Engine 6.
01:10
Respond to 911 Geneva Street.
01:18
(name withheld) fire, hello.
01:23
Go ahead, squire.
01:25
Can you have truck to respond here as well? We are going to need additional assistance.
01:32
Okay.
01:46
Command 1.
01:48
Truck 2. Respond to 23 Darkness Street.
01:57
Truck one.
01:59
Truck one.
02:03
Put Truck 1 on scene, single-story car wash.
02:07
Nothing showing alarms is sounding.
02:11
Truck one on team, single-story car wash, nothing showing alarm sounding.
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Location mentioned:
E Columbus Ave, Springfield, MA 01105
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