Fire alarms trigger but no fire found in building, New Bedford MA
Fire & ArsonFire alarms were activated at a building near Bradhab in New Bedford. A smell of smoke was reported by an on-site nurse who was evacuating people. Firefighters found no fire or smoke after checking the building. An emergency door alarm was triggered when someone opened a side door.
Audio|Source: New Bedford Police, Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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23 and 24, it's coming to a young town. (number withheld) brought up to us as a fire department. With fire arms going off, caller 50 used and small smoke.
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Both,
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copy.
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31, official.
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31.
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So, Julie and I was not there. You can clear it out. Thank you, 32.
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Time 4.
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32, control. I'll take that check auto on Clock Street.
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Copy, Route 32, Ingrid.
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Route 32, 32. I'm right around. On 8 for this grid.
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First one.
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Two, Ralph, 31.
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First morning.
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You are 16. You want to meet the other city yard?
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Yeah, ten four out a little bit.
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Go ahead. Control. Please show my... Um, then, Brad 31 under two city yards.
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He doesn't have a fault.
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Copy.
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Smell of smoke in the building, again, fire alarm[1]s catching Latter 3, Lider 1, Enter 6001, 7, Unit 1, Unit 2,
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at (number withheld) Broaddab.
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Community caller stating smell of smoke inside the building, Crosswater, M.S. Street and Ellen Street.
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File alarm for Unit 2.
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Go ahead, Unit 2.
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Did you receive the box for the Younghouse?
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That's negative unit 2, we got a call.
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How many calls did you receive?
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Unit two so far we've only received one call for this location.
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All right, acknowledge. Did they state what apartment could be coming from or a floor?
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That's a negative unit two. The caller was an on-site nurse.
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She's trying to get herself and everyone out of the building.
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Acknowledge.
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Unit 2 from Portable 6.
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Unit 2. We are on scene here now, there's still fire alarm[1] going off. There is an emergency door alarm going off.
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All right, acknowledge,
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advice. It's initial.
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File, I'm from Unit 2. If you have a contact back with that, Harris, you will have her meet in 6 and point out where she smelled the smoke.
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File, I'm copy that unit 2. Give her a her a call back, tell her meet up with N6.
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Fire line for Portable 6. You didn't get a floor on the...
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Smell, smell a smoke, did you?
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That's negative 4106.
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She just stayed if she still felt smoke in the building and she was trying to get herself and others out.
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10 4. We're walking the building now. So far there's no sight of smoke afire.
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264 from Unit 2, were you able to locate the medical alarm?
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Yeah,
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Chief, it wasn't a medical alarm.
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Somebody opened a side door which set off an emergency alarm.
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All right, copy.
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Thank you.
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I'll copy you. Do you want to see what come in?
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Okay.
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Just right.
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Agent 6 Line 3 portals from command.
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Have we located in any odor smoke?
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I'm being from Portable 6. I've locked the second, third, and fourth floor. I got no smoke.
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Acknowledge, fire line, we can keep this Agent 6 to lie 3. You can return our weather after us for us.
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File on, copy.
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6 and line of 3.
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You can alter return in 7.
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7. 7.
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fire alarm: Fire alarm activation incident
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