Smoke detector alarm at Northfield regional school, Northfield MA
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, a smoke detector alarm was activated at Pioneer Valley Regional School near Sumner Turner Drive in Northfield. The building was evacuated as a precaution. The alarm may have been caused by burnt toast. Fire crews responded to the scene.
Audio|Heard on: Franklin MA Fire Dispatch Group Calls
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02:13
Transcript:
00:00
Attention, Northfield Fire, Personnel, Northfield Fire.
00:04
Respond,
00:06
97F Sumner-Turner Road, Regional,
00:10
for a smoke detector activation.
00:14
Again, 97F Sumner-Turner Road, Pioneer Valley Regional School.
00:18
For an alarm activation, Control State by (number withheld).
00:24
Control, Northfield, X3.
00:27
Go out, X-3.
00:29
X-3 to the station.
00:33
X3 to the station, (number withheld).
00:37
Shelman, Control, Northfield, X1.
00:40
Northfield X1.
00:41
Northfield X1.
00:43
Yes, show me responding.
00:45
I've gotten a call from the school, I believe it to be burnt toast,
00:48
but continue everything until I get there.
00:53
Received. They said it was zone number two, doesn't say what it was, what area and smoke.
01:01
Yeah, the phone call I received was from the faculty room.
01:06
My EPA is about two minutes.
01:09
Receipts, sir.
01:12
Control Northfield X2 to the station.
01:17
X2 to the station at (number withheld).
01:21
Over control, Northfield X1.
01:24
Northfield X1. Northfield X1. show me unseen, building is evacuated,
01:23
Yeah,
01:27
can I have an opt-general, please?
01:31
Unseen, buildings evacuated, ops 3, (number withheld).
01:37
Copy that, Ops 3.
01:43
Northeastel engine 1 from X1.
01:47
Yeah, Northfield engine 1 from X1, on fire 1.
01:52
Go ahead.
01:55
Yeah, I wasn't gott, I was an off street.
01:57
Are you unseen at this point?
02:00
Just coming through the gate.
02:03
Okay, come to the bus drop off.
02:06
I need your electric PBG fan.
02:10
Okay, so the main office, not the middle of the entrance.
Disclaimer:
This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
F Sumner Turner Dr, Northfield, MA 01360
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