Carbon monoxide alarm false alert in Wilmington home, Wilmington MA
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Fire & ArsonA carbon monoxide alarm activated in a residence near Lawrence Street in Wilmington. Emergency units investigated and found no carbon monoxide present. One person was evaluated for breathing difficulty. The alarm was determined to be caused by a faulty detector.
Audio|Heard on: Middlesex and Essex Counties Fire
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03:53
Transcript:
00:00
Azure 1st.
00:04
Captain,
00:05
Residential reports on a battery operated CO detector reading over 200.
00:11
I was advised to evacuate the house.
00:16
Receive.
00:24
Hi, P1 is on Lawrence.
00:28
P1, you're on Lawrence Street, near Lawrence St.
00:47
Fire alarm, close by,
00:49
Please. All right, measure one's unseen.
00:59
S3, I'll have Morin Street command.
01:04
Number one on scene, near Lawrence St, with command.
01:21
From engine five zone,
01:23
You're on scene, you're on scene, near Lawrence St.
01:37
Enter 5 from command.
01:43
Go ahead and 5, new command.
01:48
Do you want to put a CO meter on the residence and give them a check.
02:07
Fire alarm, answer and commit.
02:12
Fire alarm, answering commit.
02:19
Yeah, I agree.
02:21
We have zero on the meter right now.
02:25
And the resident detector is also reading zero.
02:32
There's zero reading on the meter.
02:33
The detector is also reading zero at this time.
02:36
Near Lawrence St.
02:40
P1, you're on scene.
02:45
P1, you're on scene, near Lawrence St.
02:54
P1, sounds like we're being canceled.
03:00
B1, you canceled by command.
03:12
P1 from commander for the center to the scene.
03:22
Fire alarm to P1.
03:24
You can show them on scene, fireline, fire alarm. P1.
03:31
P1 back on scene.
03:37
Fire, just for a scene update, we do have one patient complaining a difficulty breathing.
03:41
We're going to have few one evaluate.
03:43
You can make engine one and engine five available.
03:45
This is going to be a faulty detector.
03:48
Okay, faulty detector.
03:50
One patient being evaluated.
03:52
Available at the scene.
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Location mentioned:
Lawrence St, Wilmington, MA 01887
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