Fire alarm triggered by water flow switch with no fire, Bedford MA
Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to a fire alarm at Boston Market near Great Rd, Bedford, MA. Alarms were sounding in a large commercial building, but no fire or water flow was found. The alarm was triggered by a water flow switch in the fire alarm panel without evidence of fire or water flow.
Audio|Source: Bedford Fire
03:44
Transcript:
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Attention, Engine 2, Ladder 1A2.
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Engine 2, Ladder 1A2, Central Station fire alarm activation.
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at near Great Rd.
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Zone listed with Boston Market General Fire Alarm[1].
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Engine 2, Ladder 1A2, Central Station Fire Alarm activation for near Great Rd.
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Zone is Boston Market, a General Fire Alarm[1],
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at 2.32.
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Engine 2 to fire alarm.
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Fire alarm answering engine 2.
00:53
Responding to on near Great Rd.
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Engine 2 is responding for near Great Rd.
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Flyers on.
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Letters on at 234.
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Engine 2 to fire alarm station.
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Fire alarm answering engine 2.
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On arrival, near Great Rd, 2-story large commercial building,
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alarms are sounding.
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Engine 2 will be investigating.
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Engine 2 is on scene at near Great Rd, 2-story commercial, alarm sounding.
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Engine 2 has command at 235.
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The latter one's going out far along.
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The latter one's on scene at 236.
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A210.
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A2 is on scene at 236.
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Command of fire alarm.
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Fire alarm answering command.
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Fire alarm, we're investigating a water flow part of the fire alarm panel here.
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Fire alarm is a water flow for the fire alarm panel at 2.37.
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Ladder 1. Can you just let A2 in with you? The door lock.
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Breezee.
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Ladder 1, Carla.
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Sorry, alarm answering Ladder-1.
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My apologies to follow.
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Ladder-1 command.
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Go ahead.
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Just the general water flow, is that right?
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A farmer is not just a specific on a panel, just water flow.
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Received,
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we have a flow switch for M33 activated.
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It doesn't appear to be anything flowing at this time.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
General Fire Alarm: Automatic fire alarm activation (non-specific)
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Location mentioned:
Near Great Rd, Bedford, MA 01730
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