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Fire alarm caused by broken sprinkler in hospitalGloucester MA

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Washington St, Gloucester, MA 01930

According to the dispatch call, a fire alarm was triggered at Addison Gilbert Hospital on Washington Street due to a broken sprinkler head caused by a contractor working on the second floor in the shop area. Responding units found no fire.

Audio|Heard on: Gloucester Fire
Listen to dispatch call
03:32
Transcript:
00:00
Engine one, engine one, Ladder 1, rescue one, car three.
00:11
Uh,
00:14
Fire alarm activation, 298 Washington Street, Addison Gilbert.
00:18
That's engine one, engine two,
00:20
line on rescue one, car three.
00:22
All activation,
00:24
298 Washington Street,
00:27
(number withheld).
00:32
Okay,
00:33
Fine. The headquarters will be on there.
00:39
Your five are on there, (number withheld).
00:46
Headquarters from Crackery.
00:54
Headquarters from Crackery.
00:59
Hey, Corres, answer.
01:02
On scene,
01:03
Three-story hospital, nothing showing.
01:05
Alarm sounding, being met by security at the front door.
01:08
I'll be a huge man.
01:15
Call three, unseen, alarm sounded, nothing showing.
01:19
(number withheld).
01:27
As you want to see.
01:28
Under the AGHH.
01:33
Andrew 1 you're unseen.
01:35
Rescue on you have one of the ACH-(number withheld).
01:43
Level 1. Stage, level 1.
01:46
5-1, you're stage (number withheld).
01:55
Engine 2 is on scene.
01:57
We'll be level 1.
02:02
And you're 2, you're on scene, you have level 1, (number withheld).
02:19
Command to demand.
02:28
C10,
02:29
answering cops.
02:33
Security is going to meet you guys out front.
02:36
They think a contractor up on the third floor who's doing some work, struck a pipe and set it off.
02:41
I'm at the panel right now.
02:52
Thank you.
02:55
C6C3.
02:57
C3. Answer.
03:03
It's a broken sprinkler head.
03:07
It's a second floor in the shop area.
03:15
Okay, receive broken sprinkler head in the second floor shop.
03:24
Presculeans off the hospital.
03:30
Prescuingly at the hospital, (number withheld).

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Location mentioned:
Washington St, Gloucester, MA 01930

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