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False fire alarm at six-family building in New Bedford, New Bedford MA

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New Bedford, MA

Firefighters responded to a smoke detector activation at a six-family, three-story wood frame building near Cole Street in New Bedford, MA. Upon arrival, no fire was found. The alarm was determined to be false, and the system was reset before units cleared the scene.

Audio|Source: New Bedford Fire
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Transcript:
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Special ladder 4, engine 8, engine 9, unit 1, 15 coal vels, you got a bottom activation.
00:06
Again,
00:08
ladder 4, engine 8, engine 9, you know what,
00:11
15 Cole Velry profile activation.
00:19
All right.
00:20
All right.
00:23
The unit one's on scene, three-story wood frame, six family. Nothing shown from the outside.
00:28
Good alarm sound and we're checking.
00:32
The unit one off the scene,
00:34
three-story, six family,
00:36
rather than this, wrong town, and not the show.
00:44
It'll be in the rear stairs and the attic. For a second.
00:52
Copy that. It'll be the rear stairs attic.
00:56
Portable A's from you know what?
01:01
Any portal?
01:03
Yeah, the panels indicating that there's two such a sales back there.
01:11
Can you come back with that? I have panelcues in the case two-step the surface.
01:16
Yeah,
01:20
it should be the left rear stairs if there's two-step back there.
01:25
No one. Ladder four forward. We have an activated detector second floor rear stairs.
01:31
No fire.
01:35
No one, coffee. Fire left. You have one.
01:40
Commituary 1.
01:46
Activated smoke detector, rear hall, no fire.
01:49
The system's taking a reset and returned our apparatus.
01:55
...activated detector rear hall and took a resetting about 1029.
01:59
9. No, it's just... ...toin8.
02:05
Number eight, acknowledges.
02:13
Flat of four.
02:16
Glad of four, acknowledges.

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