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Cooking smoke triggers false fire alarm in apartmentNew Bedford MA

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audio iconFire & Arson
Hillman St, New Bedford, MA 02740

As discussed during the dispatch call, a fire alarm at an apartment was caused by cooking smoke. No fire was found. The alarm system was reset and emergency units returned.

Audio|Heard on: New Bedford Police, Fire and EMS
Listen to dispatch call
04:52
Transcript:
00:00
Mano indicate apartment 406, I'm going to take the riches to go investigate.
00:04
Unit 2 copy, it's fire alarm, you can put Unit 2 on C.
00:12
Unit 2 on C.
00:19
We're out there, Chief Control.
00:23
Go ahead.
00:25
Control traffic slot you can use King Street and Nashville with Mastag 6, Romeo, Juliet, Bravo, 7, 7.7.
00:31
You come back to a block on record.
00:37
30 on 2.
00:42
Okay.
00:46
Domestic vines, Zabick is on? I hope you guys came back to all right off.
00:50
Something's bad down yet.
00:55
My phone is heard.
01:00
Well, thank you.
01:09
Detail to control.
01:10
Detail to control.
01:16
Detail.
01:19
Control, this is Milletower's Ethiopia.
01:21
You could put me on the air 3797.
01:24
Can you put me on the fire that was originally assigned at Villetau's? Can you change the location? It's actually 32 Hillman Street, 32 Hillman Street.
01:37
Copy.
01:43
So,
01:44
you're the two for a lot of affordable.
01:49
Unit two. Uh,
01:53
no fire, ladies cooking chicken, burn it.
01:56
Um,
01:58
can you come up here to apartment 406 with me?
02:03
Get a two copies, it's on my way.
02:07
The panel should take a reset.
02:13
Two copies, I'll have to reset, make my way up.
02:25
Come back with that.
02:27
I'm gonna need you up for translation.
02:33
Copy W6, I use it a little over there.
02:41
That's a negative.
02:42
Fire alarm from Unit 2.
02:43
You can return, engine 6.
02:46
Drop the engine 6, acknowledge you return.
02:49
6 return.
02:57
36, you need my assistance translating so I can make my way over to about 38.
03:05
Negative. We're using Google Translate.
03:07
We should be all set over here.
03:10
Copy. Can you show me around over there?
03:14
Received.
03:16
34 to control.
03:21
34.
03:22
I'm transporting one party to crisis.
03:26
The start of miles was 7.2.
03:30
Received.
03:37
Control 34 and 2, go ahead.
03:44
Where else there are you want to control? Hold on.
03:53
Is there anyone?
03:55
Control who's coming to the toast?
03:59
I was given the Honda record for Bravo Foxshot 090 and it's going to be Murphy's towing.
04:05
That's all we have at this time.
04:12
35 control.
04:15
35.
04:18
We're back to the Jeep Compass.
04:19
This is actually a different vehicle I was asked before.
04:22
This tag is (number withheld).
04:26
Come back to Navy Blue's Jeep Compass.
04:29
And I'll get the next one of the list for the truck for this vehicle as well.
04:31
Thank you.
04:33
All right, Steve.
04:37
System picket reset.
04:39
You can return all apparatus.
04:41
Officer Lada 1 will take the report.
04:46
Copy that unit two, apartment 406, smoking, no fire at that location, system took a reset turning on apparatus.

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Hillman St, New Bedford, MA 02740

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