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Fire alarm activation with no fire at Cambridge locationCambridge MA

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Fawcett St, Cambridge, MA 02138

A fire alarm was triggered at a location near Fawcett Street in Cambridge. Fire crews responded and found no actual fire. The fire pump had been running with no clear reason but was shut off.

Audio|Source: Cambridge Fire
02:48
Transcript:
00:00
Division 1 to Fire alarm.
00:03
Fire alarm, may I have turned Division 1? Division 1 has the box[1], Fawcett Street, responding.
00:13
Receive, responding to the box[1].
00:14
Engine 9 to fire alarm.
00:17
Fire alarm answering engine 9.
00:21
We're going off, we'll be lost to your command.
00:24
Received on location assuming command.
00:27
8-11.
00:29
Command to fire alarm.
00:35
Fire alarm answering command.
00:38
Engine 9 is going into advancing an inside trip.
00:46
Receive a report in box[1] 9-1-1-3 engine going inside to investigate the trip.
00:51
12.
00:52
Receive a report in box[1] 9-1-1-3- and J-9 going inside to investigate the trip.
00:57
812.
01:04
Division 1, Fire alarm.
01:07
Fire alarm answering Division 1. Fire alarm answering Division 1.
01:10
Division 1 is off of the box[1] in command, going on Channel 16.
01:15
9... Receive Division 1. On location, assuming command, 813. Receive Division 1, on location assuming command,
01:25
813.
01:32
Engine 900, call engine 901.
01:36
901. 911.
01:42
There's a fire pump garage level you guys end up?
01:47
We're down here now, the pump is shut off, it was running,
01:51
but it had shut off.
01:54
Okay, receive.
02:00
Command is calling engine 9.
02:08
Go from 9.
02:13
All right, what have we gotten in? An activation garage level water flow?
02:24
I don't know command.
02:28
Command answering.
02:36
The only activation was the fire pump running and engine knives down there. There was no apparent reason.
02:45
All right at that, uh,
02:47
command one, you all said.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
box: Box alarm transmitted (initial fire alarm assignment)

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Fawcett St, Cambridge, MA 02138
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