False residential fire alarm caused by humidifier, Hopkinton MA
Fire & ArsonFire department responded to a residential fire alarm near Garden Gate in Hopkinton. The residents were woken by the alarm, but no smoke or fire was found. The cause of the alarm was identified as a humidifier. Residents were advised to evacuate as a precaution. No actual fire was present.
Audio|Source: Hopkinton Police, Fire and DPW
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Transcript:
00:00
Hopkins and fire dispatching, engine two, residential fire alarm activation, near Garden Gate, dispatching, engine two, residential fire alarm activation, near Garden Gate, engine two, residential fire alarm activation, near Garden Gate, time out,
00:15
(number withheld).
00:20
Can you respond with the fire department near Garden Gate for a residential fire alarm? Thank you.
00:40
Fire alarm[1], engine two's in route.
00:45
Engine two year en route, due near Garden Gate. The residence that was woken up by the fire alarm going off.
00:53
No smolder fire seen, they've been advised to evacuate.
00:57
Timeout, 2.30-2.
00:58
A few is the update.
01:11
So I don't control, code for, audible line is bounding.
01:24
Terry wants to go to the state advisor housing not had evacuated, but they have been advised to do so.
01:33
Racing. I had also asked them on the phone to evacuate a statement.
01:43
Roger up.
01:53
Does anyone control it sounds like a humidifier with the cause of the fire?
02:02
Can you repeat that?
02:08
It sounds like the cause of the alarm activation was able to be a humidifier.
02:25
Engine 2 answering.
02:29
Please don't think that it may have been caused by a humidifier.
02:38
Okay, receive.
02:48
So I'll mention who's in arrival.
02:51
Single family, two-story, nothing showing you're investigating.
02:53
L3, 3.
02:56
3rd, 3. Single-story,
02:59
2-story, single-family, nothing showing you're investigating. L3 has command at 2-30.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Fire alarm: Activated automatic fire alarm signal
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Location mentioned:
Near Garden Gate, Hopkinton, MA 01748
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