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False fire alarm due to burnt food in Amherst homeAmherst MA

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Near Hunters Hill Cir, Amherst, MA 01002

Fire crews responded to a fire alarm at a home near Hunters Hill Cir in Amherst. Investigation found burnt food was the cause. There was no actual fire. The alarm was reset and the incident was cleared.

Audio|Source: Amherst Fire
03:8
Transcript:
00:00
Attention, five, one, engine one, engine two, still alarm[1], tension, engine one, engine two, still alarm. Respond to near Hunters Hill Cir for a fire alarm activation at near Hunters Hill Cir at 1245.
00:18
729 engine 1.
00:20
Go ahead, engine 1.
00:23
Angel 1.
00:24
Angel 1 is on the responding Hunters Hill Cir, given the nature and the history of that location. You got engine 2 respond cold.
00:34
Engine 1, you're responding near Hunters Hill Cir advising that engine 2 can respond cold at 1246.
00:48
Go ahead, engine two.
00:55
Engine 2, and A3, you'll be responding.
00:58
Near Hunters Hill Cir.
01:00
Cold.
01:02
Engine 2A3, you'll be responding. Did you copy X5's transmission about how you can respond cold because of the history at this residence, 1249?
01:13
Oh, you did, it will be responding, cold.
01:17
Received. Engine 2A3, responding cold, near Hunters Hill Cir, at 1249.
01:24
729, Andrew 1.
01:27
Go ahead, Endo 1.
01:30
Ender 1 is on scene.
01:31
Nothing selling, investigating staff is on the front porch. They don't look too excited.
01:36
X-5 will have command.
01:39
Andrew 1, you're on scene, nothing's showing. X-5 is out front.
01:44
You're establishing command, 1249. Also, the zone is coming in as front house smoke.
01:50
Engine, back five.
01:54
Engine two.
01:57
You can push yourself in service.
02:03
729, engine two, A3, a clear return.
02:08
The engine two, A3, your clear return in 1250.
02:19
179A1. Go ahead, A1.
02:23
Off at Cooley.
02:26
A1, you're off at Cooley at 1252.
02:30
A1, you're off at 1252.
02:35
Hunter Hill, Command.
02:38
Go ahead, Hunter Hill Command.
02:43
burnt cheeseburgers, system's reset, commands terminated.
02:48
Command advising was burnt food and for the cause of the alarm. Command terminated engine one's returning 1253.
02:54
7-2-9 engine 2.
02:57
4-ahead, engine 2.
03:02
Ends back quarter.
03:06
Engine 2 back in quarter is 1254.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
still alarm: Single-company, non-Box fire response dispatched without a full alarm assignment (lower-priority call)

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Near Hunters Hill Cir, Amherst, MA 01002

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