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Sprinkler activation causes water damage in Marlborough buildingMarlborough MA

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Marlborough, MA

According to the dispatch call, a sprinkler was activated on the third floor of an unoccupied unit in a Marlborough building. Water damage affected four to five apartments across the third, second, and first floors. Fire department, maintenance, and code enforcement responded to manage the situation.

Audio|Heard on: Marlborough Police and Fire
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04:39
Transcript:
00:00
Fire alarm, car five.
00:06
Guide, fire alarm.
00:07
Maintenance and code enforcement is imminent.
00:13
Regic.
00:19
400 from commitment.
00:21
400. 400. 400.
00:27
I get the squad.
00:29
They already set down the sprinkler system prior to your message.
00:31
Do you need any assistance up there? Do you want them to go help the truck crew floor below?
00:38
Yeah, they can check the floor below the truck.
00:41
That'd be good.
00:42
There's a significant amount of water damage up there.
00:50
Received and just to confirm that's 83 Delta.
00:58
Yeah, it's a parameter of 83 Delta SRX law.
01:04
Truck, would you get in that area let me know what unit you're going into so I can find an occupant out here, please?
01:16
Command 400, that water is shut down to this sprinkler.
01:20
Can we also see if we can sound with the system?
01:29
Truck one in command.
01:34
Truck one, and go, we didn't get nothing.
01:43
We're at 82 Delta, we encountered a lock door via that bolt.
01:49
We can basically see water from the other side.
01:53
It's dripping in the hallway and down the door.
01:59
3-seat standby when I have maintenance on the WC-C-50s first C.
02:07
400, the system will not silence.
02:14
Stay on the message, thank you.
02:17
31 control.
02:20
Good.
02:22
Can you sign me to a P3 and I'll be out of service for a few? Three.
02:33
Fire alarm from command.
02:35
Come in.
02:37
Come in, go ahead.
02:41
Just a little update we did have a sprinkler activation third floor unoccupied unit water is made its way down through the second and first floor about four to five apartments affected right now.
02:52
We do have maintenance on scene.
02:53
We'll be obviously standing by code enforcement as well.
03:08
Truck won the command.
03:18
The command, we did gain N3 into 82G, we do have a waterfall on here.
03:28
Received, Tom's going to do anything for you, or is that just going to be a cleanup issue?
03:36
Yeah, it's going to be a clean-up this show.
03:42
Thirty-four, what cruiser are you going to take?
03:47
I'll be a P-10.
03:53
32 to control.
03:55
P7 is in a lot, so I'm going to take P6.
04:01
Crazy, opposite.
04:03
Georgia P7's a DPW.
04:08
Very sweet, thank you.
04:16
Total 35 would be in a P11.
04:19
Thank you.
04:24
Thank you. Man from squad one.
04:28
Go ahead.
04:31
Resident at 81F is now saying they have water.
04:37
Yeah, it was just a matter of time.

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Incident Timeline

  1. Incident Wrap-Up and Ongoing Cleanup
  2. Further Water Damage and Resident Assistance
  3. Sprinkler System Shut Down and Damage Assessment
  4. Water Damage Confirmed in Multiple Units
  5. Investigation and Water Flow Identified
  6. Initial Response and Arrival

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