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Fire alarm at residential building found to be falseNew Bedford MA

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Near Dawson St, New Bedford, MA 02745

Firefighters responded to a fire alarm at a residential building near Dawson Street, apartment 1. Upon arrival, they found a two-and-a-half-story wood frame building with no visible fire or smoke. The incident was determined to be a false alarm, and units cleared the scene without further action.

Audio|Source: New Bedford Fire
01:39
Transcript:
00:00
Item 9, Engine 8, Unit 1, near Dawson St, Apartment 1, Echo[2].
00:07
Fire alarm[1] called in by resident. Again, ladder 4, engine 9, engine 8, unit 1, near Dawson St, apartment 1, echo.
00:19
For a fire alarm called in by resident,
00:21
crosses our conduit Street, Felton Street.
00:30
Niners responding, IFC South.
00:34
Fireland copies, engine nine are responding.
00:42
All right, on nine on a scene, two and a half story wood frame.
00:45
Nothing shown, checking.
00:48
File on copies, mention nine on C two half wood story, wood frame.
00:52
Nothing showing.
00:53
Check him.
01:00
You don't want Portable 9.
01:04
You don't want.
01:11
They're going out for a couple hours, just on that function.
01:14
We're trying to identify which one's short-ins and just for a lot.
01:20
Unipot copy, fire on, he can return, engine 8, letter 4.
01:27
Fire alarm[1], purpose.
01:28
Acknowledge your turn, letter 4.
01:33
Letter 4.
01:36
Knowledge return, engine 8.
01:39
Engine 8.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Fire alarm: Fire alarm activation incident
[2]
Echo: Phonetic code word for the letter "E" in radio communications.

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Near Dawson St, New Bedford, MA 02745

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